tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185653702012-01-26T12:44:09.424+09:00This blog offers research information on Japanese archaeobotany as well as my interests ©2005-ayakohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02135159122586112867noreply@blogger.comBlogger2051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18565370.post-5276077218321551152012-01-26T12:44:00.001+09:002012-01-26T12:44:09.433+09:00

The following paper is published at last. Ayako Shibutani. 2011. Starch on stone tools at the Nishitaragasako site, Kagoshima, Japan, and its plant utilization in the Upper Palaeolithic period. Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum 3: 73-88. (in Japanese with an English abstract)

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I've got an email about the 7th Meeting of Society for Kyushu Ancient Seed Research Days: March 3rd (Sat) and 4th (Sun), 2012 Place: Central Community Center, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture (7-8, Himegi-cho, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki #885-0073) 【Topics】 (1)  Interpreting transportation of cereals from Eurasia continent (2)  Topics regarding recent results in archaeobotany The

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Today I read this paper. Grobman, A., D. Bonavia, T.D. Dillehay, D.R. Piperno, J. Iriarte, I. Holst. 2012. Preceramic Maize from Paredones and Huaca Prieta, Peru. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) Early Edition: 1-5.

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I'm reading previous studies about starch into tea leaves because I took residue samples from tea quern. Mizuno, T., T. Kinpyo. 1963. Quantitative Determination of Starch in Leaves of Tea. Journal of Food Science and Technology 10 (6): 216-223. (JAPANESE) Nakamura, S. 1983. Studies on Tea Ⅳ. The Thecontent of Starch in Tea Leaves. Journal of Okinawa Agriculture 18 (1・2): 15-18. (JAPANESE)

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My collaborator provided the following photos. Cinnamon trees in Vietnam are like these.   Cultivated cinnamon About 2 or 3-year-old cinnamon Cinnamon cut down  About 30-year-old cinnamon  Peeling the bark of cinnamon

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I read a new paper about seed replicas on pottery. When starch residue analysis can approach to domestication of cereals, I will get so many various results.  Endo, E. 2011. Yayoi People's Plant Use as Known from the SEM Analysis of Seed Replicas (Reburial Site Gunma Oki II). Cultura Antiqua 63 (3): 122-132. (JAPANESE)

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From December 28-30 in 2011, I visited to Lăng Ông (street selling oriental medicine) in Hanoi, Vietnam for our cooperative survey. This survey is a part of "A historical approach to aromatic medicines in Vietnam", and I went together with my collaborator's interviews. My main tasks were just taking photos and collecting reference plant samples, and I got some plant samples.

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The following papers are written by Horrocks and others. Horrocks, M., S. Bedford. 2010. Introduced Dioscorea Spp. Starch in Lapita and Later Deposits, Vao Island, Vanuatu. New Zealand Journal of Botany 48 (3-4): 179-183. Horrocks, M., I.W.G. Smith, R. Walter, S.L. Nichol. 2011. Stratigraphic and Plant Microfossil Investigation at Cook's Cove, North Island, New Zealand: Reinterpretation of

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On 15th (Thu), we went to see the Shiraho-sonetabaru cave site. A news on the Shiraho-sonetabaru cave site is here →　The Archaeology News Network* *I introduced Mainichi Shimbun's articule in Japanese version, but this is not available now. The difference of soil colours show this cave's expanding. Can I find any starch granules from residues on stone artefacts excavated from

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Today I had so many works: cropped taros, collected reference plants, saw archaeological sites, and observed museum materials. Alocasia odora    Colocasia esculenta   Manihot esculenta

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From tomorrow to 16th (Fri), I'm going to Okinawa for our new survey. 13th (Tue) Taking samples at the Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center (JAPANESE) 14th (Wed) Taking samples at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum 15th (Thu)  Observing the Shiraho-sonetabaru cave site in the Ishigaki Island 16th (Fri) Observing other archaeological site in the Ishigaki Island

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After so long, this has more contents. It shows many papers into Publications, but I cannot get many papers in Japan.    =>　Microfossil Research

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I've got the following papers just today. My opinions are different from some of them, but they show very recent research results. Dickau, R., M.C. Bruno, J. Iriarte, H. Prümers, C.J. Betancourt, I. Holst, F.E. Mayle. 2012. Diversity of Cultivars and Other Plant Resources Used at Habitation Sites in the Llanos De Mojos, Beni, Bolivia: Evidence from Macrobotanical Remains, Starch Grains, and

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From December 2nd to 3rd, I observed artefacts in the Kansai University Museum. I took residue samples from ethnographic materials followed by requests of my cooperative researcher. What kind of results can I get? The recent special exhibition is good for archaeologists.

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I attended to present our research to Symposium on the Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Palaeolithic Asia (Modern Human Behavior Symposium), especially the 4th Annual Meeting of the Asian Palaeolithic Association (APA meeting) held in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. I joined in an international congress of Palaeolithic archaeology for the

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Residue samples from 29 stone tools at the Tama Newtown sites in the Palaeolithic to Incipient Jomon periods.

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Today and tomorrow, I'm taking residue samples from stone tools of the Tama Newtown sites.

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In this week, on 24th (Thu.) and 25th (Fri.), I will take residue samples from stone artefacts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Archaeology Center (JAPANESE). Then, I will attend to present our research to Symposium on the Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Palaeolithic Asia (Modern Human Behavior Symposium), especially the 4th Annual Meeting of the Asian Palaeolithic Association (APA

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The following are my recent tools used for my study. Portable small centrifuge used for collecting all samples at the bottom of a tube.   Microscope: Olympus BX53-33Z with a cross-polarized light Camera: Wraycam G500 Portable cleaning system

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On November 5-6th, the 26th Meeting of Japanese Association of Historical Botany (JAPANESE) was held. At this time, the following paper was awarded the 1st Paper Prize. Shibutani, A. 2010. A Comparative Starch Reference Collection in Japanese Archipelago and Its Application to Japanese Archaeological Studies – Focusing on Morphological Classification of Archaeological Starch Grains. Japanese

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Hiroshima University Museum, the 5th Special Exhibition in 2011 "Memory of Ecology, the Future of Craftmanship: It Lives with the Earth" JAPANESE poster http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/museum/img/event-poster/2011SE-omote.png http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/museum/img/event-poster/2011SE-ura.png 2011. 10. 21 (Fri)-11.12 (Sat), 10:00-17:00 (enter until 16:30) Closed: Sundays and Mondays (

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Yesterday, I conducted a lecture at the Museum Cafe. I presented my recent study on analysing starch residues on pottery as well as research situation and methodology of starch residue analysis. My lecture was opened at the cafe in my university, and so participants enjoyed it, taking their drinks and pastries. I got many questions by almost all participants and adopted them for my further

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The following is interesting, and so I'd like to show here. Unfortunately, this is just only in JAPANESE without English abstract. Shoda, S., Yoneda, M., Nasu, H., 羅建柱, and 安承模. 2011. Distinguishing wet and dry rice in ancient rice grains using C/N stable isotope. International Archaeobotany Symposium. Recent Situations and Problems in East Asian Archaeobotany, 93-97. Seoul National

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The following article is interesting for me. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/sep/22/a-gift-from-the-past/

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I will talk about my recent research in this coming October. The 36th Public Letcture Hum-Hum Cafe "Jomon-jin no bangohan: doki ni nokotta micro no tegakari (Diets of Jomon people: micro-remains on Jomon pottery)" (JAPANESE) October 6, 2011, 18:00- Mermaid Cafe, Higashi-hiroshima campus, Hiroshima University  ...It is just a little bit load for me.

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1 examines analysing methods and plant identification, and 2 shows an experimental study about carbonised cooking residues. Cortella, A.R., M.L. Pochettino. 1994. Starch grain analysis as a microscopic diagnostic feature in the identification of plant material. Economic Botany 48 (2): 171-181. Raviele, M.E. 2011. Experimental assessment of maize phytolith and starch taphonomy in carbonized

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From September 1 (Thu.) to 3 (Sat.),  I took samples from residues on pots and stone tools excavated from the Shimoyakebe site (JAPANESE) in Higashi-murayama city in Tokyo. My working place was at the Hachikokuyama Taiken no Sato (JAPANESE). In the previous survey, I analysed residue samples from 19 charred plant remains adhering to the Jomon potteries. As the result, I found very

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Very recently, I got the following papers on starch granules. I've seen pumpkin starch for the first time. Fujita, S., Sugimoto, Y., and Fuwa, H. 1983. Some characteristics of air-classified potato starch-granules and their effects on digestive functions of rats. Journal of Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Sciences 67: 87-93.Iwasaki, Y., Matsuda, T., and Nitta, Y. 2001.Decomposition of

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I've got the following information (JAPANESE) today.He will visit to my museum on Saturday, 30th. I'm looking for seeing him.Topic: The Mystery of Early Pottery: Origins and Dispersals in Northern EurasiaLecturer: Dr. Peter Jordan (University of Aberdeen, UK)Date: August 7 (Sun) Time: 13:30-15:00Place: Wakasa History Museum, Fukui Prefecture

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From July 22 to 23, I attended to XVIII. INQUA Congress.This congress had more than 2,000 attendants, including about 80 Japanese researchers and students. Oral sessions and poster sessions had so many presentations and a wide variety of their topics.My participation was just only the first half of this congress, and I tried to attend to many sessions. But session rooms were very distant each

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In the latter half of last week, I presented 3 presentations at the congress and research meeting continuously.The annual meeting of Museoacademiae (JAPANESE)Date: June 23 (Thu.)- June 24 (Fri.)Place: Nagoya UniversityPresentationsUniversity museum and regional contribution: focusing on the two cases of Hiroshima University Museum (○Hidenori Okahashi, Norio Shimizu, Ayako Shibutani, Chika

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This shows an approach to charred remains on Yayoi pottery.Shoda, S. Y., Matsutani, A., Kunikita, D. & Shibutani, A. 2011. Multi-analytical approach to the origin of charred remains on Yayoi pottery from the Joto site, Okayama. Japanese Journal of Historical Botany 20 (1): 41-52. (Japanese with English abstract)

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On May 28 (Sat) -29 (Sun), I attended at the 77th Annual Meeting of Japanese Archaeological Association, 2011 (JAPANESE: http://archaeology.jp/convention/sokai2011about.htm).I joined in this meeting for the first time, and presented our research results at the oral session. We talked about the recent starch residue analysis of Late Palaeolithic stone artefacts.The presentation programme shows the

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The following papers given recently shows research results in China. I have not finished them yet because they are written in Chinese. 1 approaches to starch residues on stone artefacts, and 2 shows cooking experiments of modern starch granules. They have English abstracts.陶大卫, 杨益民, 黄卫东, 吴妍, 吴耀利, 王昌燧. 2009. 雕龙碑遗址出土器物残留淀粉粒分析. 考古与科技 第9期: 92-96.葛威, 刘莉, 陈星灿, 金正耀. 2010. 食物加工过程中淀粉粒损伤的实验研究及在考古学中的应用.

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The following report shows the result that Paranthropus boisei as "Nutcracker Man" (between 1.4 million and 1.9 million years ago) actually chewed grasses instead.Cerling, T. E., Mbua, E., Kirera, F. M., Manthi, F. K., Grine, F. E., Leakey, M. G., Sponheimer, M. & Uno, K. T. 2011. Diet of Paranthropus boisei in the early Pleistocene of East Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of

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These are article that traces of weevils (Sitophilus zeamais) were found drom potsherds in the Earliest Jomon.The oldest weevils discovered: a survey conducted by a research group at the Kumamoto University (JAPANESE) The oldest weevils found from Tanegashima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, the Earliest Jomon, 10,000 years ago (JAPANESE)

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It is a new report of starch granules extracted from stone artefacts of the Late Palaeolithic site.Ayako Shibutani. 2011. Tobitakyu-kita iseki kara syutsudo shita sekki no zanzon denpun-ryu bunseki (Starch residue analysis of stone artefacts excavated from the Tobitakyu-kita site). Chofu-shi Tobitakyu-kita site dai 9 chiten (The number 9 area at the Tobitakyu-kita site, Chofu, Tokyo). IN: T.

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The following figure was made for my presentation. Red circles show locations of archaeological discoveries of ancient starch (1976-2011).*The map is based on the following published reports (Matthews & Nishida 2006; Shibutani 2009; Torrence & Barton 2006: 19; et al.).

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From March 1 to March 4, I went to Kanazawa for taking residue samples. Our destinations were Kanazawa City Archaeological Center (JAPANESE) and Ishikawa Prefectural Archaeological Research Foundation (JAPANESE).In this survey, we analysed residues on stone artefacts and pottery excavated from Late to Final Jomon sites. I will conduct starch residue analysis of pottery.Nakayasawa siteMibiki

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The following papers were found at the database of electric journals.Starch residue analysisGong, Y., Yang, Y., Ferguson, D. K., Tao, D., Li, W., Wang, C., Lü, E. & Jiang, H. 2011. Investigation of ancient noodles, cakes, and millet at the Subeixi Site, Xinjiang, China. Journal of Archaeological Science 38: 470-479.Langejans, G. H. J. 2010. Discerning use-related micro-residues on tools:

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In this month, I'm conducting starch residue analyses from Saturdays to Mondays. Until yesterday, I looked at residue samples taken from artefacts at the Nishitaragasako and Mizusako sites. The results will be published some other time.During these analyses, I made modern reference collection of Trichosanthes sp. (Kikarasuuri) and Apios sp. (America Hodoimo) provided in the end of last

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The following paper reports starch granules extracted from dental calculus. Very recently, these studies, reporting starch granules found from ancient dental calculus, increase steadily.Wesolowski, V. N., Souza, S. M. F. M. D., Reinhard, K. J. & Ceccantini, G. R. 2010. Evaluating microfossil content of dental calculus from Brazilian sambaquis. Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 1326–1338.

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Today, I got the following paper.Henry, A. G., Brooks, A. S. & Piperno, D. R. 2010. Microfossils in calculus demonstrate consumption of plants and cooked foods in Neanderthal diets (Shanidar III, Iraq; Spy I and II, Belgium). Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). (www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1016868108) The paper was informed here (linked URL: JAPANESE). Thank you

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When I attended to the third meeting of the collaborative research for approaching to plant utilization in the Jomon period, I read the following paper. There are some problems, but this is a very new approach of starch residue analysis.Liu, L., Field, J., Fullagar, R., Bestel, S., Chen, X. & Ma, X. 2010. What did grinding stones grind? New light on Early Neolithic subsistence economy in the

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The following report was published on December 10th, 2010.Ayako Shibutani. 2010. Starch Residue Analyses of Stone Tools in the Jomon Period excavated from the Kozanji Shell-Midden, Mizonokuchi, Ichiwaki, Shimohaya, and Chonomachi-Myoji Sites. Annual Bulletin of Wakayama City Museum 25: 105-117.

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From 20th to 22nd, I went to Ibusuki Archaeological Museum (linked URL: JAPANESE) for my survey.This survey aimed to take residue samples from stone slabs and handstones at the Mizusako site (Earliest Jomon) mainly, and I was able to take samples from pot residues (Incipient Jomon) and stone slabs (Late Palaeolithic) at the Nishitaragasako site which I surveyed in 2009. taking samples in this

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My present works relating to the special exhibition (linked URL: JAPANESE) are settled now, and I'm preparing my presentation at the following meeting.The 25th Meeting of Japanese Association of Historical Botany (JAPANESE)Place: Nagoya University Noyori Conference Hall (Nagoya-shi, Higashiyama Campus)November 27 (Sat) 13:00-Public Symposium "Satoyama in Tokai District: Origin, History, Usage and

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The above posters show our special exhibition (JAPANESE).Hiroshima University Museum 4th special exhibition "Satoyama no megumi: Seibutsu-tayosei wo hagukumu sekai (A natural blessing of Satoyama: the world coexist with biodiversity)"[Date and hour] Friday, October 29- Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:00- 17:00 ( Entrance closed at 16:30)[Place]

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The following papaer shows bread as early as 30,000 years ago. This approach conducted starch residue analysis of stone tools.Revedin, A., Aranguren, B., Becattini, R., Longo, L., Marconi, E., Lippi, M. M., Skakun, N., Sinitsyn, A., Spiridonova, E. & Ji ři Svoboda. 2010. Thirty thousand-year-old evidence of plant food processing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS),

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Now, the following special exhibition has been prepared.Hiroshima University Museum 4th special exhibition "Satoyama no megumi: Seibutsu-tayosei wo hagukumu sekai (A natural blessing of Satoyama: the world coexist with biodiversity)"[Date and hour] Friday, October 29- Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:00- 17:00 ( Entrance closed at 16:30)[Place] Higashi Hiroshima Campus,

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Today we did various works (linked URL: JAPANESE). After that, I went to take photos for the special exhibition of my museum and for just a little bit relaxing of us. The destination was the Saijyo Experimental Farm Station.The other day, I saw flowers of kudzu plants (Pueraria lobata) there. I thought these photos can be used for the autumn exhibition of my museum. These plants are clustered in

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International Archaeobotany Symposium will be conducted by Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Sato Project as the following.The theme will be "Roles of Millets in the History of Human Society", and researchers in many countries will present recent research results about millet studies, in terms of archaeology, ethnology, and linguistics.10:00-17:00, Sunday 19-Monday 20 SeptemberAt

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Now, I'm staying in Higashi-murayama city in Tokyo.This time, I aim to take samples for starch residue analysis as my work of the collaborative research for approaching to plant utilization in the Jomon period conducted at National Museum of Japanese History.I'm taking samples at the Hachikokuyama Taiken no Sato (JAPANESE). These pot residues of Late and Final Jomon were excavated from the

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From July 26th to 27th, I went to survey stone artefacts found from the Tobitakyu-kita site (JAPANESE) at the Tobitakyu-kita compartment of Tokyo Prefectural Archaeological Research Center (JAPANESE).During these days, I took residue samples from 15 Palaeolithic stone tools (about 20,000 years ago) for my starch residue analysis.Among them, how many starch grains can I extract from these sampled

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When I went to look at a hall used for the special exhibition (linked URL: JAPANESE) at my museum (JAPANESE) during this autumn, I found tochinoki (horse chestnut, Aesculus turbinata) and karamushi (China grass, Boehmeria nipononivea).Horse chestnut near the hall Chinese grass (possibly wild)I can get modern reference plants easily in this year.

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On 10th and 11th, the second meeting of the collaborative research for approaching to plant utilization in the Jomon period was conducted. We saw Yashu asa (Yashu hemp) cultivated in Kanuma-shi, Tochigi Prefecture on 10th, and on the next day 11th, we discussed plant utilization in the Jomon period at the meeting in the Tochigi Prefectural Museum.It was not until I saw the hemp field that I knew

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While I was in Osaka (JAPANESE), a new volume of Japanese Journal of Historical Botany arrived to my home. The paper shows my observation of modern starch reference collection.2010. A comparative starch reference collection in Japanese archipelago and its application to Japanese archaeological studies - focusing on morphological classification of archaeological starch grains. Japanese Journal of

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Since coming to Hiroshima, I have been here for a month soon. Every morning, crab (Charybdis japonica, linked URL are just in JAPANESE) requires me his food dried sardine after reading a sign of mine.From this weekend, our university will start Higashi-hiroshima Kanko-ten (Exhibition of Tourist Attraction in Higashi-hiroshima City, JAPANESE). Now we prepare our museum collections used for this

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This paper reports starch residues on pottery.Valamoti, S.-M., Samuel, D., Byram, M. & Marinova, E. 2008. Prehistoric cereal foods from Greece and Bulgaria: investigation of starch microstructure in experimental and archaeological charred remains. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 17 (Suppl 1): S265-S276.

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From June 1, I started to work in Hiroshima. My working place is dominated rich natural environment.Today 6 members climbed up the Futakamiyama Mt. We aimed to preview the mount related with the Autumn exhibition in this year. 　This area has lots of pond irrigation. (photo by Dr. S)The western part of the Futakamiyama-jo (Futakamiyama castle).Similarly, the western part of the Futakamiyama-jo.

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A paper about the first noodle in China was published in 2005. The following paper shows the recent results of that analysis.Wei, G., Li, L., Xingcan, C. & Zhengyao, J. 2010. Can noodles be made from millet? An experimental investigationof noodle manufacture together with starch grain analysis. Archaeometry. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00539.xFrom this coming June, I will work in Hiroshima

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On 24th and 25th, a research meeting was conducted in National Museum of Japanese History.This was the first meeting of the collaborative research for approaching to plant utilization in the Jomon period, and researchers in various fields such as archaeology, botany, and folklore, attended at this meeting.I'm expecting to progress each research and to create good results as the collaborative

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On Saturday, 27th, I attended at the meeting of the Oumi Kaidzuka Kenkyukai (JAPANESE). The purpose was to present the results of my PhD research.Members of this society have been providing me various useful suggestions in terms of focusing on the most important points, survey methods, contents of my thesis, and so on, since I started starch residue analysis. Thank you very much for all members.

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Yesterday, I attended the graduation ceremony to receive a certification of my PhD. Thank you very much for everyone concerned in my research. on the extreme left（the first receiver）　Certification of my PhD　Written in Japanese and English

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This paper explores the above question.Langejans, G. H. J. 2010. Remains of the day-preservation of organic micro-residues on stone tools. Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 971-985. For your information, the other approaches to starch preservation in the archaeological sites are as the following. They contain some papers on soil science. Ashman, M.R., G. Puri. 2002. Essential soil science:

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The following websites show that many cereal remains such as Setaria italica Beauv. and Panicum miliaceum) in the Early Yayoi period (about 2500 years ago) were excavated from the Sho-Kuramoto site in Tokushima-shi, Tokushima Prefecture. Those photos can be seen on both of links.Sankei News (JAPANESE)Yayoi zenki no awa, kibi nado zakkoku shushi ga shutsudo Tokushima-dai konai no iseki (Seed

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I attended at the ESF-JSPS Frontier Science Conference for Young Researchers (February 27- March 4). The theme is "Contact Zones of Empires in Asia and Europe: Complexity, Contingency, Causality", and approximately 100 researchers from Japan and Europe joined in this conference.February 27 (Saturday): Welcome Party　February 28 (Sunday), March 1 (Monday): Oral presentation, poster session9:00 am -

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Yesterday, I went to the Wakayama City Museum (JAPANESE only) for taking residue samples from stone artefacts.The museum will conduct the special exhibition in 2010 about human lives and their tools in the Jomon period, and this exhibition will show stone tools found from the Jomon sites in Wakayama Prefecture. I took samples from these stone tools for starch residue analysis.Coming around the

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I will attend at the ESF-JSPS Frontier Science Conference for Young Researchers.Dates: February 27- March 4Place: Kyushu University, JapanTheme: "Contact Zones of Empires in Asia and Europe: Complexity, Contingency, Causality"I would find any solutions for my recent research problem "quantitative analysis of starch grain morphology" through discussions with specialists in other research areas.

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The annual conference of Japan Society for Science Studies on Cultural Properties will be held in this coming June, Osaka. The detail available on the following website.The 27th Congress of Japan Society for Science Studies on Cultural Properties (JAPANESE)Date: June 26 (Sat) -27 (Sun), 2010Place: Kansai University 100th-Year Memorial Building

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The annual conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology (AEA) will be held in this coming December, Kyoto. The detail is available on the following website. The Association for Environmental Archaeology Annual ConferenceDate: December 1-3, 2010Place: International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)Theme: The Environment and Civilization: Past, Present and Future

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Yesterday, I attended at the meeting of Oumi Kaidzuka Kenkyukai (JAPANESE). The main topic was on archaeozoology. Two presentations were conducted at this meeting: an approach to shell middens in Hokuriku District (in the central, western part of Japan), and another approach to fishing from the Jomon period to the Yayoi period.These are not related to archaeobotanical researches directly, but

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Today, I took the oral examination at my PhD thesis committee.This committee took more than 2 hours, which seemed to be the unusually-long examination, but I got so many suggestions for my thesis. I have to revise it to submit the binding book.At last, I achieved a certain result in my fifth year since I started starch residue analysis in Japan. Thank you very much for everyone concerned in my

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The Lacquer Summit 2010 will be conducted from January 15th (Friday) to 17th (Sunday). The details are available on the website.The website is here. The Lacquer Summit 2010 official website**Unfortunately, this website is written just only in Japanese.

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Today I read the following news on the SciencePortal.The Sannai-maruyama site was decayed by the cooler climate (JAPANESE)This press release is here (JAPANESE).The following paper is related to this news, and I introduced it in the last June.Hodaka Kawahata, Hisashi Yamamoto, Ken’ichi Ohkushi, Yusuke Yokoyama, Katsunori Kimoto, Hideki Ohshima, and Hiroyuki Matsuzaki. 2009. Changes of environments

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Happy New Year.I have some research plans including ancient starch analysis in 2010, and I'm looking to getting results. Your further cooperation in this year will be much appreciated.January 1, 2009

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Today I read the following papers.Miyata, Y., A. Horiuchi, Paleo Labo AMS Dating Group, T. Nishimoto. 2009. Traces of sea mammals on pottery from the Hamanaka 2 archaeological site, Rebun Island, Japan: Implications from sterol analysis, stable isotopes, and radiocarbon dating. Researches in Organic Geochemistry 25: 15-27.Nakayama, S. 2009. An Archaeobotanical Study of Utilization and Cultivation

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Dr. Mercader reported a new discovery of ancient starch in the December 18 issue of the research journal Science.AbstractMozambican Grass Seed Consumption During The Middle Stone AgeWeb newsPeople have been eating cereal during the Middle Stone Age (JAPANESE)People have been eating cereal for more than 100,000 yearsThe following paper are related to this report.Mercader, J., T. Bennett, M. Raja.

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The 10th Meeting of Society of Kansai Jomon Cultural Studies (JAPANESE) was helded on 12th and 13th. The theme of this conference was "Jomon settlements and local societies in Kansai area", and approaches on settlements between Late and Final Jomon in Kansai were reported as well as case studies on recent excavations in Kyoto, Nara and Wakayama Prefecture."Small sizes" and territory of permanent

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Today I had a presentation at the student seminar. I presented my results based upon my PhD thesis.I had to prepare this presentation before going to Vietnam and these problems were over my capacity, but I've done them at last. In the seminar, I was told that the morphology of starch grains from modern reference plants is the main selling point of my thesis.The rest is a poster for the 10th

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A journal "terra australis" vol. 28 and 30 contains some new papers on ancient starch analyses. They can be open access, and if you have interests, please see the following websites.http://epress.anu.edu.au/ta28_citation.htmlhttp://epress.anu.edu.au/ta30_citation.html

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Today I came back to Japan from Vietnam.I visited to Hanoi at a late hour on Friday, December 4th. A taxi driver found my reserved hotel by his guess, and I arrived my hotel room at around 0:00 am. My work was starting from 5th. On Saturday, December 5th, I attended at two sessions: taro cultivation (3D) and obsidian sources (3E) . From the afternoon, I presented my research results at the

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I found the following papers from Science Direct. (1) is similar to experimental studies of rekigun (stone clusters) conducted in Japan. (2) is not published, but shows how to classify morphologies of ancient starch grains. (3) presents changes in starch grains by cooking experiments.Thoms, A.V. 2009. The fire stones carry: Ethnographic records and archaeological expectations for hot-rock cookery

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Yesterday, I have just finished looking at residue samples taken in Ibusuki city. I have not analysed the data yet, but I may have very interesting results.Now I'm preparing my presentation in Vietnam, a resume for student seminar on December 10 (submitting resume by next Thursday), a poster for the 10th meeting of Society of Kansai Jomon Cultural Studies (JAPANESE), and these are OVER my

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Preparing my presentation in Vietnam, I revised the morphology of starch grains from modern reference plants. There are not enough blanks, and the botanical names are shown as very small characters. The better way is to show in Japanese names. I need to be in Japan to have many tasks to do, and I will join the conference on just December 5th. © ayako

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The title shows those initials of the places where I went (like names of universities written in Chinese characters).I went to Kumamoto (JAPANESE) to present my research results from November 6th, came back to Osaka to prepare my sampling tools on later 8th, and conducted my surveys in Chuo University from 9th to 11th. Before coming back to Osaka, I went to Chiba to see the special exhibition.At

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Today I've just submitted my PhD thesis.The title is "Plant food processing and using in early Japan: theory, method, and applications of ancient starch analysis". Finally, over 5 years after starting ancient starch analysis in Japan, I completed my research results.By the way, I've not prepared my presentation at the meeting in Kumamoto (Japanese Association of Historical Botany).

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Yesterday, I attended at the meeting of the Oumi Kaidzuka Kenkyukai (JAPANESE). The main topic is "landscapes in archaeology". There were two presentations on interactions between villages and subsistence strategy in early-modern Hida, and cultural landscapes in Oceania.These are not archaeobotany directly, but I found archaeological stimulation in discussions with the members.

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Today I read the following paper. It discusses about starch residues on archaeological stone tools. Yang, XiaoYan, JinCheng Yu, HouYuan Lü, TianXing Cui, JingNing Guo, and QuanSheng Ge. 2009. Starch grain analysis reveals function of grinding stone tools at Shangzhai site, Beijing. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 52 (8): 1164-1171.

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The newest version of the map shows archaeological discoveries of ancient starch (black circle). Recent reports seem to be mainly conducted in Central America.

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The following figure shows my protocol for starch residue analysis of archaeological stone artefacts. This is my own method today.

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On August 30th and 31st, I attended at the International Archaeobotany Symposium organised by RIHN Sato Project, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN). Sunday, August 309:30-12:00　Session 1 12:00-14:00　Lunch (yoga workshop held by a speaker) Yoga workshop 14:00-17:00　Session 2Social hour at a restaurant　　"Summer Flavour"...too strong to drinkMonday, August 319:30-12:00　Session 312:

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From August 25th to 27th, I took residue samples in Ibusuki-shi, Kagoshima Prefecture.　beach near a roadside stationI will analyse residue samples of stone tools excavated from the Nishitaragasako site (late Palaeolithic) and Mizusako site (Jomon).The following photo shows the recent situation of the Nishitaragasako site.I'm looking forward to getting any results from this survey.For your

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at a coffee shop in ShimaneWhen I went to a Buddhist service, I got a notice about the International Archaebotany Symposium, which will be admission free.International Archaeobotany Symposium (click on "english" on the first news)Date: Sunday, 30 August (9:30-17:00) to Monday, 31 August (9:50-17:00) 2009Place: The Lecture Hall, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) Organiser: RIHN

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A research group at University of Missouri presented their new results as the following.News published by University of MissouriAncient Human Left Evidence From The Party That Ended 4,000 Years Ago　Article by Science DailyAncient Human Left Evidence From The Party That Ended 4,000 Years AgoI'm not sure about details because I haven't read this new paper. According to these articles, this group

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The following two papers about starch taphonomy are related with my PhD thesis.Barton, H. 2009. Starch granule taphonomy: the results of a two year field experiment. terra australis 30: Archaeological Science Under a Microscope: Studies in Residue and Ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Tom Loy (M. Haslam, G. Robertson, A. Crowther, S. Nugent,L. Kirkwood Eds.), 119-130. University of Queensland

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On July 11-12th, I attended the 26th Congress of Japan Society for Science Studies on Cultural Properties (JAPANESE).I heard the following oral presentations: identification of origins, conservation science, archaeological science, dating, and past environment. These sessions included some of research results on archaeobotany, such as charred rice remains and farming.Also, at the poster session,

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I presented recent results of my thesis at the 188th meeting of the Oumi Kaidzuka Kenkyukai (Ours) on Saturday, June 27th.I reported my current state of the thesis at the meeting. I was abale to get various suggestions which were very useful for reconstructing my thesis as well as preparating my oral presentation at the 26th Congress of Japan Society for Science Studies on Cultural Properties.

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I read the following English papers about Jomon Japan. The 1 discusses the relationship between environmental change and human activity which is helpful for my research. Hodaka Kawahata, Hisashi Yamamoto, Ken’ichi Ohkushi, Yusuke Yokoyama, Katsunori Kimoto, Hideki Ohshima, and Hiroyuki Matsuzaki. 2009. Changes of environments and human activity at the Sannai-Maruyama ruins in Japan during the

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I will present my research results at the following congresses in 2009. (1)July 11-12, 2009: 26th Congress of Japan Society for Science Studies on Cultural Properties (JAPANESE)PosterPlant food processing at the Sannai-Maruyama site: focusing on use-wear and starch residue analyses (collaborative research） OralPlant utilization at the Sannai-Maruyama site: focusing on starch residue analysis

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