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Record of Japanese Archaeological Association
HASHIMOTO Hiroyuki1The spring general meeting was held on May 27 and 28 at Taisho University, and the fallconvention was held from Oct. 21 to 23 at Miyazaki Municipal University. It was ﬁrst time
for the Japanese Archaeological Association (the Association) to hold a general meetingat Taisho University and a convention in Miyazaki Prefecture. Exhibition “Tegami kara
Mita Kokogakushi: Saito Tadashi Shozo Shiryo kara (History of Archaeology Seen inLetters: Documents Owned by SAITO Tadashi)” was also held at the general meeting. Theconvention was quite successful with many people attending, although the weather was not
the best with a typhoon approaching.
As for the supporting member system which has been discussed since ﬁscal 2016,“regulation and bylaws regarding supporting members” was approved by the board of
directors on July 22, 2017, and recruitment has begun. Also, reexamination of various rules
and regulations being conducted since ﬁscal 2014 is almost seeing the light at the end of thetunnel.
As for the commemorating projects for the 70th anniversary of the Association,
preparations are proceeding with:
1. collection and archiving of materials related to the foundation of the Association,
2. honoring of longtime members,
3. a memorial publication Nihon Kokogaku no Saizensen (Forefront of JapaneseArchaeology), 4. public lectures, 5.
publication of the 70th anniversary issue of Nihon Kokogaku (Journal of the ArchaeologicalAssociation), and 6. an international seminar.
A “high school students poster session” was held at the general meeting on May 2017
aiming to nurture a new generation of future archaeologists. Also a session “Nihon
Kokogaku no Kokusaika: Imi, Igi, Hoho (Internationalization of Japanese Archaeology:
Meaning, Signiﬁcance, and Methods)” was held.
The 11th Joint Lectures by Four Asian Archaeological Societies was held on Jan. 21, 2018
at Meiji University under the theme “Ajia no Kirameki: Garasu ga Musubu Ajia no Tozai(Glimmer of Asia: The East and the West of Asia Connected by Glass).” Also an open lecture
1 Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara prefecture, 1 Unebi-cho, Kashihara Nara 634–0065, Japan(h-atom@kashikoken.jp)

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cosponsored by Hokkaido Ainu Kyokai and the Anthropological Society of Nippon was heldon Dec. 17, 2017 at Tokyo University. This open lecture was hosted by the Association under
the theme “Jinruigaku/Kokogaku to Ainu Minzoku: Saishin no Kenkyu Seika to Kongo
no Kenkyu no Arikata (Anthropology/Archaeology and Ainu: Latest Research Results andFuture Study).”
Preservation requests were submitted for Koshima clinic site in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki
Prefecture and Noborioji tile kiln sites in Nara City, Nara Prefecture.
Installment of Committee for Measures Against Disasters was approved at the general
meeting, the purpose of which is to “prepare for damage to members and buried culturalproperties due to earthquake, ﬂood, landslide, ﬁre, and so on, and to take measures on theviewpoint of disaster prevention and damage reduction.” Also, a session was held at thegeneral meeting titled “Heisei 28nen Kumamoto Jishin niyoru Bunkazai Higai to Sono
Fukkou ga Kakaeru Shomondai (Damage from the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake andVarious Problems in Reconstruction).”The Association has issued a public comment on “interim report” of deliberation on“the future preservation and utilization of cultural properties” that has been discussed in a
cultural council of the Agency for Cultural Affairs since June 2017. Also, the Association
expressed an opinion toward “appropriate preservation and utilization for secure successionof the cultural properties (the ﬁrst report)” submitted by the council.
There was a report from Nara University that registration of donated books by theAssociation has completed, which totaled 61,799 books.

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