SHIMADA_Kazutaka

1989–1993 Meiji University, B.A., Archaeology and Geography.
1993–1995 Meiji University, M.A. Archaeology.
1995–1996 Meiji University, D.C. Archaeology (left the course to be employed)

1996–2004: Museum of Archaeology, Meiji University
2004–Present: Archaeology Section, University Museum, Meiji University

■XRF spectrometry for obsidian provenance analysis
■Obsidian exploitation and circulation in the Upper Palaeolithic.

■ Academic Award of the Japanese Palaeolithic Research Association in 2022

 

■2008-2012: Secretary General of the Japanese Palaeolithic Research Association
■2011-2014: Editorial Committee of the Japan Association for Quaternary Research

2019	Akira Ono (ed.)  Dynamic Interactions between Humans and Natural Environment. 239p.Yuzankaku, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
2012	Humans, Environment, and Culture in the Ice Age: a catalogue of the Meiji University Museum special exhibition 2012. 128p. Meiji University Museum, Tokyo. (in Japanese)

2021	Suda, Y., Adachi, T., Shimada, K., Osanai, Y. Archaeological significance and chemical characterization of the obsidian source in Kirigamine, central Japan: Methodology for provenance analysis of obsidian artefacts using XRF and LA–ICP–MS. Journal of Archaeological Science 129, 105377
2018	Palaeolithic behaviour system for obsidian procurement in the Central Highlands: Archaeological data integration of provenance analysis. Natural resource environment and humans (Shigen-kankyo to jinrui) 8: 67-82.
2017	Shimada, K., Yoshida, A., Hashizume, J., Ono, A. Human responses to climate change on obsidian source exploitation during the Upper Paleolithic in the Central Highlands, central Japan. Quaternary International 442: 12-22.
2014	Upper Palaeolithic obsidian use in central Japan: the origin of obsidian source exploitation. Yamada, M. and Ono A. (eds.), Lithic raw material exploitation and circulation in prehistory, Études et Recherches Archéologiques de l'Université de Liège 138: 175-199. Liège, Belgique.
2013	From gathering to mining: prehistoric human activities around obsidian sources in central Japan. Archeometriai Műhely 2012/4: 229-245. Hungarian National Museum.
2012	Pioneer phase of obsidian use in the Upper Palaeolithic and the emergence of modern human behavior in the Japanese Islands. Ono. A., and Izuho. M. (eds.) Environmental Changes and Human Occupation in East Asia during OIS 3 and OIS2, BAR International Series 2352: 129-146. Archaeopress.
2011	Variability of “circular settlements” in Central Japan and the dispersal of modern humans. Natural resource environment and humans (Shigen-kankyo to jinrui) 1: 9-26. Meiji university Center for Obsidian and Lithic Studies.
	Obsidian use and its changes in the Upper Palaeolithic in the Musashino Uplift. Kenkyu-happyo-shiryoshu: 17-25. Organizing committee for the symposium of the Japanese Archaeological Association in Tochigi Prefecture 2011.
2010	Did the archaeological sites prior to 40,000 years BP exist? : issues on the Lower and the Middle Palaeolithic in the Japanese Archipelago. Journal of the Korean Palaeolithic Society 21: 71-82. The Korean Palaeolithic Society.

27–29 May, 2019	A local behavior system for obsidian acquisition in a source area: Integrative lithic analyses focused on the Early Upper Palaeolithic industry of Hiroppara II in the Central Highlands, Japan.  International Obsidian Conference 2019, Sárospatak, Hungary. Oral presentation.
28 October, 2017	Obsidian procurement and accumulation process of a lithic assemblage at the Early Upper Palaeolithic site of Hiroppara II, Central Highlands, Japan. COLS International Workshop 2007: Palaeoenvironment and lithic raw material acquisition during MIS2 and early MIS1: a comparative perspective.  Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. Oral presentation.
6 June, 2016	Changes in obsidian use and human responses to the LGM climate conditions in central Japan. International Obsidian Conference, 2016, Lipari, Italy.  Oral presentation.
29 July, 2015	Upper Paleolithic obsidian exploitation and human behavior in the central highlands, central Japan. INQUA Congress 2015, Nagoya.  Nagoya Congress Center, Japan. Oral presentation.