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KURISHIMA Yoshiaki



Ph.D (Meiji University)
Archaeologist 
Researcher, Center for obsidian and Lithic Studies, Meiji University
3670-8, Daimon, Nagawa-machi, Chiisagata-gun, Nagano, 386-0601, Japan

Education

1977/04-1980/03  Meiji University、B.A、Archaeology and Geography
1980/04-1983/03  Meiji University、M.A、Archaeology
1998/12     Obtained History Ph.D from Meiji University 

Employment

1983/04-1984/03  Museum of Archaeology Meiji University 
1984/04-2017/03  Curator of Saitama Prefectural Museum
2017/04-2023/03    Professor of the Center for Obsidian and Lithic Studies, Meiji University

 

Current Research 

■Hunter-gatherer Societies of Central Japan
■The appearance of Ceramics on Japanese Archipelago
■Transitional Cultures from Paleolithic to Neolithic Period
■Prehistoric technique of wooden materials in Japan
 

Selected Publications

2020 Kurishima Y.  Reexamination of the chronological position of the Mikoshiba Phase, Archaeology quaterly, No.153, p.26-30 (in Japanese) 
Kurishima Y.  Problems of Scutellastra optima Shell Bracelets of Prehistoric Jomon Japan, Kokogaku Shukan, No.16, p.23-46 (in Japanese) 
Kurisima Y.  On Mikoshiba debates; present and future, Natural Resource Environment and Humans, No.10, p.1-24 (in Japanese) 
2019 Kurishima Y. (Editor)  Jomon Period: Why people were Decorate themselves, Yuzankaku (in Japanese)
Kurishima Y.  Wooden container: The technique made out of wood in Jomon period, Saitama Koko, No.54, p.31-53 (in Japanese)
2015  Kurishima Y.  Reconsideration of Wooden frame features: Did leaching facilities exist in the Jomon period?, Quarterly of Archaeological Studies, Vol.62, p.26-43 (in Japanese)  
2014  Kurishima  Y.  Production and Distribution of Stone Rods made of Chlorite-Schist, Sundai Shigaku, No.150, p.29-53 (in Japanese)