JAPANESE JOURNAL of
ARCHAEOLOGY
Volume 5 Number 1 September 2017

Editorial .......................................................................................................................................

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Part 1: Original Articles
What did Jomon people consume for starchy food? A review of the current studies on archaeologicalstarch grains in JapanSHIBUTANI Ayako ......................................................................................................................

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Progress in Land Transportation System as a Factor of the State Formation in JapanTANAKA Yutaka ..........................................................................................................................

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Part 2: Report
Report on the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Archaeological Association

NI’IRO Izumi ...............................................................................................................................

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Part 3: Archaeologia Japonica
I. TRENDS IN ARCHAEOLOGY IN JAPAN ........................................................................

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Overview

TANIGAWA Akio .........................................................................................................................

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Interdisciplinary Research

NEGISHI Sho ...............................................................................................................................

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The Committee for the Protection of Buried Cultural Properties

OGASAWARA Nagataka .............................................................................................................

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Paleolithic

SUGIHARA Toshiyuki .................................................................................................................

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Jomon Period

NAKAMURA Kosaku .................................................................................................................

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Yayoi Period

SAITO Mizuho .............................................................................................................................

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Kofun Period

SUZUKI Kazunao ........................................................................................................................

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Ancient

DEURA Takashi ...........................................................................................................................

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Medieval

HAMANO Hiromi ........................................................................................................................

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Early Modern

AKAMATSU Waka ......................................................................................................................

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Part 3: Archaeologia Japonica
II. TRENDS IN ARCHAEOLOGY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES .......................................

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Korean Peninsula

MORI Takanori .............................................................................................................................

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China

MATSUMOTO Keita ...................................................................................................................

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South Asia

SHUDAI Hideaki .........................................................................................................................

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West Asia

NISHIYAMA Shin’ichi ................................................................................................................

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Part 3: Archaeologia Japonica
III. RECORD OF THE JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ...................

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Record of the Japanese Archaeological Association

MIYAMOTO Kazuo .....................................................................................................................

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Notes to Contributors .................................................................................................................

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