Education
1985-1989 Tohoku University, BA, archaeology.
1989-1991 Tohoku University, MA, archaeology.
2009 Obtained literature Ph.D. degree from Tohoku University.
1989-1991 Tohoku University, MA, archaeology.
2009 Obtained literature Ph.D. degree from Tohoku University.
Employment
2001-present Curator, Nagano Prefectural Museum of History (shifted to Archaeological Research Center of Nagano Prefecture 2013-2017)
2014-present part-time lecturer, Tohoku University
2016-present Visiting researcher, Obsidian and Lithic Studies, Meiji University
2014-present part-time lecturer, Tohoku University
2016-present Visiting researcher, Obsidian and Lithic Studies, Meiji University
Current Research
■Polarizing microscope observation for Jomon Pottery
■Preservation and storage for resources of Jomon period.
■Conservation Science for wooden items
■Preservation and storage for resources of Jomon period.
■Conservation Science for wooden items
Honors
Received the 16th Togariishi Jomon Culture Prize, in honor of the advancement of Jomon culture studies. October 2015, from Chino City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Academic Fellowship and Activities
Committee of the Nagano prefectural Archaeological Association (2014-present)
Selected Publications
2000 | Mizusawa K.(Ed), The Koshokujyori Site; the Yashiro sites-the Jomon Period. Bulletin of the Excavation by Archaeological Research Center of Nagano Prefecture, vol.51, p.943 (in Japanese) |
2014 | Mizusawa K. Pottery Exchange and Interaction in Jomon Society. Yuzankaku Co., Ltd., P. 298. Tokyo. (in Japanese) (The thesis for the Ph.D.), |
Selected Monographs and Articles
2016 | Mizusawa K. Polarizing microscope observation of pottery from the Yashiro sites, Nagano Prefecture, Central Japan. Quaternary International 397, pp.495-503 (in English) |
2013 | Mizusawa K. Observation of Haji pots excavated from Shinonoi archaeological sites, using a polarizing Microscope. Bulletin of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of History 15, pp.77-84 (in Japanese) |
2011 | Matsui A., Mizusawa K., Kanehara M., Kanehara Y.,Re-examination of Middle Jomon Subsistence Activities :An analysis of soil samples from features at the Yashiro Sites. Bulletin of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of History 17, 63-97 (in Japanese) |
Mizusawa K. A study of ceramic resources in the southern Nagano basin. Bulletin of the Yamanashi research institute of cultural properties, Teikyo University, vol.15, pp.17-30 (in Japanese) | |
2010 | Mizusawa K. Polarizing Microscope Observation of prehistoric Study. Shinano 62-4, pp.1-21 (in Japanese) |
2009 | Mizusawa K. Observation of Haji pots excavated from Shinonoi archaeological sites, using a polarizing Microscope. Bulletin of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of History 15, pp.77-84 (in Japanese) |
2008 | Mizusawa K. Observation of cooking pots excavated from Yashiro archaeological sites, using a polarizing Microscope (vol.2). Bulletin of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of History 14, pp.3-14 (in Japanese) |
2007 | Mizusawa K. Observation of cooking pots excavated from Yashiro archaeological sites, using a polarizing Microscope (vol.1). Bulletin of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of History 13, pp.37-52 (in Japanese) |
2006 | Mizusawa K. Observation of Hiraide IIIa type Pottery, using a polarizing Microscope. Bulletin of the Nagano prefectural Archaeological Association 118, pp.104-117 (in Japanese) |
2005 | Mizusawa K. Observation of Akkon ryutaimon style pottery excavated from Yashiro archaeological sites, using a polarizing Microscope. Bulletin of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of History 11, pp.88-95 (in Japanese) |