ARCHAEOLOGIA JAPONICA

Southeast Asia
TAWARA Kanji1
Trends of Southeast Asian archaeology are discussed by giving overviews on activities ofacademic societies, publication of books, theses, periodical articles, and others in the last
ﬁve years of research by Japanese scholars on Southeast Asian archaeology, from ﬁscal
2009 to ﬁscal 2013.

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Academic society

The ﬁscal 2009 research convention of the Japan Society for Southeast AsianArchaeology was held on Jan. 14 and 15, 2009 at Aoyama Gakuin University, under thetheme ‘Life and Culture of Southeast Asia II: Salt Production and Distribution in Asiaand Japan.’ The ﬁscal 2010 research convention was held on Nov. 28, 2010 at Aoyama
Gakuin University under the theme ‘Life and Culture of Southeast Asia III: Decorate/Prey/Mark: Decorations of South China Sea.’ The ﬁscal 2011 research convention washeld on Nov. 26 and 27, 2011 at Aoyama Gakuin University, under the theme ‘Lifeand Culture of Southeast Asia IV: Views on Luxury Items: Sweets and Smoking.’ Theﬁscal 2012 research convention was held on Nov. 17 and 18, 20l2 at Showa Women’s
University under the theme ‘Forefront of Southeast Asian Underwater Archaeology.’ Theﬁscal 2013 research convention was held on Nov. 16 and 17, 2013 at Showa Women’sUniversity, under the theme ‘Movement of Vietnamese Ceramics in 14th and 15th Century
Asian Seas: Vietnam/Ryukyu/Majapahit.’

II.

Books

As for publication of books, there are YONEZAWA Yoichi’s Ransho to Yami to Kokogaku(Orchid Island and Tao and Archaeology) (Rokuichishobo, 2010), ISHIMURA Tomo’sArchaeology of Lapita People (Keisuisha, 2011), ONO Rintaro’s Fishing and Subsistence
Strategies in the Celebes Sea: Ethno-Archaeological Approach to Area Studies (KyotoArea Studies on Asia 24) (Kyoto University Press, 2011), and NISHIMURA Masaya’s
1 Facultyof Human and Social Studies, Nagasaki International University, 2825–7 Huis Ten Bosch,
Sasebo City, Nagasaki 859–3298, Japan(kanjitaw@niu.ac.jp)
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Archaeology and Ancient History of Vietnam (Doseisha, 2011).

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Collected theses

Major publications of collected theses were: IMAMURA Keiji. (ed.) Nankai wo Meguru
Kokogaku (Archaeology of Southeast Asia) (Doseisha, 2010); Japan Society for Southeast
Asian Archaeology. (ed.) Shio no Seisan to Ryutsu: Higashi Ajia kara Minami Ajia
made (Salt Production and Distribution: from East Asia to South Asia) (Yuzankaku,2011); KIKUCHI Seiichi and ABE Yuriko. (eds.) Umi no Michi to Kokogaku: Indoshina
Hanto kara Nihon he (Sea Route and Archaeology: Indochinese Peninsula to Japan)(Koshishoin, 2011); Editorial Committee for Commemoration of Retirement for Prof.
NITTA Eiji. (ed.) Nitta Eiji Sensei Taishoku Kinen Ronbunshu (Commemoration ofRetirement for Prof. NITTA Eiji: Theses on Southeast Asian Archaeology) (EditorialCommittee for Commemoration of Retirement for Prof. NITTA Eiji, 2014).

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Periodical theses and others

Prehistory/Proto-history, the Historic Period (10th Century to 19th Century), Contemporary(ethnoarchaeology), and academic history were discussed.
Observing study trends in the past ﬁve years in the journal of the Japan Society forSoutheast Asian Archaeology, Journal of Southeast Asian Archaeology, among total
47 titles, there were 20 theses (43%), six study notes (13%), 14 introductions of data/excavation research (32%), three excavation and study trends (6%), and three bookreports (6%). As for studied periods, there were six on prehistory/proto-history (13%),
20 on the historic period (43%), 12 on the contemporary period (ethno-archaeology)(26%), and nine others (academic history, theory, overall history, etc.) (19%). Limited totheses, there was one on prehistory/proto-history (5%), 11 on the historic period (55%),
six contemporary (30%), and two others (10%), so there were few studies on prehistory/protohisotry.

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