ANNUAL ACTIVITIES OF THE JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

RECORD OF THE JAPANESEARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Furuse Kiyohide1Fiscal 2012 saw a signiﬁcant change in executive and ofﬁce personnel engaged inadministration of the Association. Due to reelection of trustees, former sub-chairman
TANAKA Yoshiyuki became the chairman. Also, as the vice director of the secretariat,
SAKAI Kazuko, was to retire at the end of this ﬁscal year, two fulltime personnel,
HAYASHI Junko and HOTTA Natsuko were employed. The position of secretary wasabolished, and the new secretariat system will be carried out by four staff, including apart-time employee, DEGUCHI Madoka.
This ﬁscal year saw various activities by two special committees engaging in measures
for the Great East Japan Earthquake and problem of donated books at the Association,
as well as six regular committees of the Association. Outstanding were issues regarding
revision of the Association articles and establishment of an internet publication in
English, Japanese Journal of Archaeology. Especially, the problem of donated books
saw sure progress toward solution this ﬁscal year. The special committee, joined bythree non-member consultants, had in total 12 meeting in two years, developing honest
and positive discussions. As the special committee will face the two-year establishment
deadline in April 2013, the examination results will be submitted as “Report of theSpecial Committee Regarding the Association Books” to the board of trustees in March
2013. It will have a “Summery on Advertisement for Donated Books at the Association”
as an operation method. These will be discussed at the general meeting in the next ﬁscal
year.
This ﬁscal year’s general meeting was held on 26th and 27th of May at Rissho
University, and the convention was held from 20th to 22nd of October at Seinan
Gakuin University in Fukuoka Prefecture, and both events were quite successful withhelp from many association members. Also, the Second Japanese Archaeological
Association Award’s Grand Prize was awarded to FUNAHASHI Kyoko [Basshi Fushu
to Shakai Shudan (Tooth Extraction Customs and Social Groups), Suirensha, June 2010],
and the Encouragement Award was awarded to HIGAMI Noboru [Mokuseihin kara
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School of Letters, Hiroshima University, 1–2–3 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima City,Hiroshima Prefecture, 739–8522, Japan(kfuruse@hiroshima-u.ac.jp)
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Kangaeru Chiiki Shakai: Yayoi kara Kofun he (Local Communities Seen from Wooden
Objects: from Yayoi to Kofun), Yuzankaku, May 2010]. The seventh open lecture ofthe Association, “Kita no Jomon: Entodoki no Sekai (Jomon of the North: World ofCylindrical Pottery) was held in December 2012, at Jomon Jiyukan of Sannai-Maruyama
sites, and attended by about 90 people. Lectures in northeast Japan were postponed
after the Great East Japan Earthquake, but were ﬁnally held this ﬁscal year. Hopefully it
contributed to the revitalization of the region.
As for membership changes in this ﬁscal year, the total membership is 4206, with 24
deceased, 47 withdrawn, 64 new members, and 11 members losing their membership due
to unpaid fees. Although the total number has not changed much, it’s on a slight decline.
It is necessary to make the Association more attractive for new researchers to join, andactive exchange of opinions among members is desirable to increase our inﬂuence in andout of Japan as the largest archaeological organization in the country.

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