Research theme for competitive and other funds (7):
2022 - 2026 Establishment of an International Obsidian Research Hub: Introduction and New Development of International Standards for Identification of Obsidian Sources
2019 - 2023 Human-environmental interactions between obsidian source exploitation and palaeoenvironmental changes during the last glacial period
2018 - 2021 Obsidian analyses as the key to understanding of human activities in the prehistoric period
2015 - 2018 ヒト-資源環境系から見る更新世/完新世初頭の石材獲得活動の国際比較
2014 - 2018 気候寒冷化による先史狩猟採集社会の遊動戦略の変化と人口動態
2011 - 2016 ヒト-資源環境系の歴史的変遷に基づく先史時代人類誌の構築
2008 - 2011 黒耀石利用のパイオニア期と日本列島人類文化の起源に関する研究
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Papers (15):
Kazutaka Shimada. Prehistoric obsidian source exploitation in the middle-range site scatter in the Central Highlands, central Japan. Natural Environment and Humans. 2023. 13. 1-15
Kazutaka Shimada. Provenance of obsidian artifacts from the Upper Palaeolithic industries in the Central Highlands based on portable XRF analysis: Yukishirazu, Chausuyama, and Yashima in Suwa City. Natural Resource Environment and Humans. 2022. 12. 121-131
Kazutaka Shimada, Yoshimitsu Suda. Building an analytical system for sourcing obsidian artifacts by portable XRF (Bruker Tracer 5i). Natural Resource Environment and Humans. 2022. 12. 37-79
Yoshimitsu Suda, Tatsuro Adachi, Kazutaka Shimada, Yasuhito Osanai. 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. 2021. 129
An anthropography of the prehistoric Central Highlands of Japan : a photographic catalogue for the 2011-2013 excavation seasons at the Hiroppara site group, Nagano Prefecture (digital version). 2017. 7. 111-118
2022/06 - Japanese Palaeolithic Research Association JPRA academic award
Association Membership(s) (5):
JAPAN GEOSCIENCE UNION
, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR QUATERNARY RESEARCH
, JAPANESE PALAEOLITHIC RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
, THE JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
, 駿台史学会