Research theme for competitive and other funds (35):
2024 - 2028 山形県日向洞窟から出土した後期更新世-完新世初頭人骨群の考古科学的研究
2024 - 2026 Elucidation of the burial principle and social transformation at the end of the Jomon period by bone archaeological analysis of injured human bones
2022 - 2026 Elucidation of the burial principle and social transformation at the end of the Jomon period by bone archaeological analysis of injured human bones
2018 - 2021 Species identification of burnt bones excavated from Fukui Cave in the Incipient Jomon period using micro-CT at SPring-8
2018 - 2021 Multidisciplinary research for social transition and local varieties by cultural contacts between hunter-gatherers and agricultural cultures
2016 - 2020 Interdisciplinary Research of the Resource Utilization by the Pleistocene Humans in the Northern Part of Honshu
2015 - 2020 High-precision chronology and human life history
2017 - 2020 Anthropological and bioarchaeological study of the human skeletal remains of the Incipient Jomon period from the Hinata cave site
2015 - 2020 Domestication Processes in Continental Southeast Asia
2016 - 2019 Reconstruction of prehistoric human activities using the concentration of volcanic fluoride intake
2015 - 2019 Exploratory survey of Pleistocene human remains in limestone area of Hokkaido
2013 - 2018 Excavation of prehistoric huntergatherer sites in China, to shed light on population history of eastern Eurasia.
2014 - 2017 Interdisciplinary study of the Kofun skeletons excavated from Eastern Japan.
2013 - 2016 Interdisciplinary Research of the Pleistocene Humans in the Northernmost Part of Honshu
2012 - 2016 Reconsideration of phylogeny and lives of ancient human skeletal remains from Kanto
2012 - 2015 Researches on diversity of life histories and life styles in Prehistoric Jomon people sectioning in the local area
2010 - 2014 bioarchaeological study of life history of medieval and early modern human bone remains from multiple perspectives
2011 - 2013 interdisciplinary study of the Jomon skeletons excavated from the Kanto region of Japan
2011 - 2013 Osteoarchaeological studies on cremated bone
2011 - 2013 Osteoarchaeological research of the child bones excavated from the archaeological site
2011 - 2013 Histomorphological species identification of tiny bone fragments from Paleolithic sites
2008 - 2011 Research on the origin of modern Japanese population by new methods.
2008 - 2010 Validation of "Two Layer" model in the peopling Southeast Asia ; anthropological approach from thse site of Man Bac in Vietnam
2008 - 2010 The population history of Japan as viewed from osteoarchaelogical and palaeopathological traits on ancient human materials
2006 - 2008 A study of the background of infant death
2005 - 2007 In search of the Ainu''s trace in the Tohoku district, Honshu, Japan: skeletal morphological and genetic perspectives
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Papers (45):
Yousuke Kaifu, Iwan Kurniawan, Soichiro Mizushima, Junmei Sawada, Michael Lague, Ruly Setiawan, Indra Sutisna, Unggul P. Wibowo, Gen Suwa, Reiko T. Kono, et al. Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis. Nature Communications. 2024. 15. 1
Yoshitaka Kanomata, Hinako Aoki, Fumihito Nagase, Junmei Sawada, Fumiko Saeki, Daisei Kodama. Reexamination of the jar coffin excavated from the Sannotoge site in Aomori Prefecture. Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum. 2024. 23. 35-52
Junmei Sawada, Guoping Sun, Weijin Huang, Shinji Kubota, Fumiko Saeki, Kenji Okazaki, Minoru Yoneda, Shin’ichi Nakamura. Paleopathological characteristics of Neolithic early rice farmers in the lower reaches of the Yangtze river. Frontiers in Earth Science. 2023. 11
Hattori T, Sawada J, Kanomata Y, Akoshima K, Sato T. Animal utilization of the Epi-Jomon and Okhotsk cultures in Sakhalin: A zooarchaeological analysis of the Nobuo Ito Collection. Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum. 2021. 20. 41-66
Animal resource use in Hoabinhian: The Phung Quyen rockshelter research findings
(Cave sites in Southeast Asia: recent advancement of research, conservation and promotion 2023)
1999 - 2004 Tohoku University School of Medicine Department of Anatomy and Anthropology
1993 - 1998 Tohoku University Faculty of Arts and Letters Department of Archaeology
Professional career (1):
Doctor (Tohoku University)
Work history (4):
2023/04 - 現在 Niigata University of Health and Welfare
2015/04 - 2022/03 Niigata University of Health and Welfare Department of Physical Therapy Associate Professor
2014/04 - 2015/03 St. Marianna University School of Medicine Department of Anatomy Lecturer
2005/04 - 2014/03 St. Marianna University School of Medicine Department of Anatomy Assistant Professor
Association Membership(s) (5):
THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF ANATOMISTS
, THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NIPPON
, International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ)
, JAPAN SOCIETY FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
, Japanese Society for Zooarchaeology