RECORD OF THE JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Annual Activities of the Japanese ArchaeologicalAssociationTANAKA Kazuhiko1
General meeting, convention and membership
The spring General Meeting was held on May 25 and 26, at Komazawa University, andthe fall Convention was held Oct. 19 to 21 at Wakasato Municipal Cultural Hall andNaganoken Shakai Fukushi Sogo Senta in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. The total
number of members is 4127, with 23 deceased, 43 withdrawn, 72 new members, and 11people losing their membership due to unpaid association fees.

Activities of the special committee for the great east japan earthquake
Activities of the Special Committee for the Great East Japan Earthquake were: 1).
Holding committee meetings, 2). On-the-spot inspection of affected areas, 3). Reports onexcavation research due to reconstruction projects of the Great East Japan Earthquake,4). Report sessions at site tours.
1) Committee meetings were held four times: May, August, October 2013 and January
2014. A member from Fukushima Prefecture reported on measures against radiation atexcavation sites.
2) On-the-spot inspections and hearing surveys were conducted in six disaster areasof three prefectures from November 2013 to January 2014, and it became clear that there
were differences in the progress of reconstructive research. It also became clear thatin areas where excavation research is planned to be concluded by 2015, organizationof data and preparation for excavation reports will certainly take beyond ﬁscal 2015,
and therefore it is necessary to ensure public funding after ﬁscal 2016, and also ensure
enough personnel by continue sending human resources.
3) Excavation research results involving the Great East Japan Earthquake werereported at Iwate University in Morioka City and Sendai City Museum in January 2014
1 Department of Foreign Languages, Sophia University, 7–1 Kioicho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo 102–8554,Japan(luha_ng_kabibi@mwa.biglobe.ne.jp)

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under the theme ‘Hakkutsu Chosa de Wakatta Enganbu no Rekishi (Coastal History
Learned from Excavation Research).’4) A report session was conducted by a researcher on the medieval era at Niidadate
remains in Minami-Sanriku Town.

Activity of special committee for association books
The Special Small Committee for Association Books submitted a report to the boardof trustees on March 31, 2013 which concluded thus: ‘it is desirable for books stored
at the Japanese Archaeological Association to be donated to university libraries, publiclibraries or public organizations where it is possible to be utilized by anybody, including
Association members, and the Committee regards that there is a basis for realizing
the goal.’ The report was approved by the board of trustees in April along with an‘Outline for Donating Association Books,’ and they were to be consulted at the 79th
General Meeting. Both the report and outline were approved at the general meeting, andimmediately the Association started advertising for a place to donate the books. The
period of advertisement was from May 25 to October 31, and the number of books tobe donated was 62 531. Two institutions applied for the donation, and after examination
Nara University Library was selected. It was approved in the board of trustees meetingin January and it will be consulted to Association members at 80th General Meeting.

Revision of association rules
Revisions of Association rules were discussed among committee members and the boardof trustees, and after conﬁrmation by a lawyer, they were published in The Bulletin ofthe Association (No. 180). Adjustments were made after suggestions from Associationmembers, and the ﬁnal draft was approved by the January meeting of the board oftrustees, and it will be submitted to the 2014 General Meeting.

Publication of english journal
After the ofﬁcial grant of Grant-in-Aid for Scientiﬁc Research (Promotion of Publicationof Research Results), Koji Mizoguchi was appointed as editorial chief, and holding
editorial committee meetings in August and November, Japanese Journal of Archaeology(JJA) Vol. 1, No. 1 was published as an internet journal.

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Activities of standing committees
The Committee for the Protection of Buried Cultural Properties submitted a preservation
and utilization request for Kitsuki Castle, Kitsuki City, Oita Prefecture.
Regarding imperial tombs, observations were conducted for Koshiragayama mounded
tomb in Osaka Prefecture, Fukakusa Kitano Misasagi in Kyoto Prefecture, Nobono
mounded tomb in Mie Prefecture, Koriyama-Nikiyama mounded tomb and Noguchi Obo
mounded tomb in Nara Prefecture.
The Committee for International Exchange held the 7th Joint Lecture by Four AsianArchaeological Associations, ‘Soshingu to Ajia no Kodai Shakai (Ornaments andAncient Asian Society)’ in January 2014 at Meiji University, which was attended byabout 130 people.

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