A New Archaeology Initiative to Elucidate the Formation Process of Chinese Civilization

The 28th seminar, the 9th seminar of developing young scholars, named “Interdisciplinary methods in archaeology: opportunities and prospects” was held on September 3, 2023 (Sun.)

“Interdisciplinary methods in archaeology: opportunities and prospects”

Date and Time: 2023年9月3日(日)14:00~17:00 
Venue: Conference hall, Margulan Institute of Archaeology(Zoom併用ハイブリット)
Organizer: 学術変革領域研究(A)「中国文明起源解明の新・考古学イニシアティブ」

Moderator: Zhanuzak Ramazan – Head of the Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Secretary: Bekenova Zhanelya – employee of the Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Margulan Institute of Archaeology

Welcome speech
14.00-14.05   Akan Onggar
General Director of the Margulan Institute of Archaeology, Candidate of Historical Sciences

Reports
14.05-14.40    Minoru Yoneda
Dr., professor, Laboratory for Radiocarbon Dating
The University Museum, University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Introduction of our research projectand research of dietary reconstruction and radiocarbon dating with isotopes
14.40-15.15    Yasuo Hagihara
Ph.d., Niigata University of Health and Welfare (Niigata, Japan)
Measurements and analysis of the morphology of the human skeleton
15.15-15.50  Masafumi Saitoh
Ph.d., Laboratory of Isotope Ecology, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Study of red pigments in ancientburials
15.50-16.25  Eiko Endo
Center for Obsidian and Lithic Studies, Meiji University (Tokyo, Japan)
Plantprints in ceramic vessels
16.25-17.00   Exchange of views, discussions

Please see the flyer for details.