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Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki

[Specialization]

Regional agriculture ,Technical history of agriculture

[Research in the past]

I have used phytolith analysis to study the establishment and propagation of rice cultivation techniques. This research has been conducted in China, South Korea, and Taiwan. Research in China began with investigation of the Cao Xie Shan site in the 1990s, which will soon be 20 years ago.

[My role in this research]

I have studied the change in rice cultivation techniques in the period from the first contact with wild rice to the fully-fledged cultivation of rice in the downstream basin of the Yangtze river. Specifically, I use phytolith analysis to investigate the location, scale, and yield of the rice cultivation in each period of the Neolithic age.
In addition, I have created a report of this study and have cooperated as a representative with other study groups.

[Major methodology: Phytolith analysis]

Phytolith is a soil particle that mainly originates from the silica body formed inside plants of the Gramineae. The morphological character and density of phytolith enables us to estimate the existence of particular crops and their production.

[Achievements concerned to this field]

宇田津徹朗「イネの細胞化石から水田稲作の歴史を探る」，『フィールド科学の入口 イネの歴史を探る』佐藤洋一郎・赤坂憲雄（共編），玉川大学出版，pp.164-176，2013年
宇田津徹朗・藤原宏志「植物硅酸体分析反映的水田稲作技術進歩」，『河姆渡文化国際学術論壇論文集』，余姚市河姆渡遺址博物館主編，中国時代経済出版社，pp.130-146，2013年
宇田津徹朗「稲作の展開と伝播 －プラント・オパール分析の結果を中心に－」
『ユーラシア農耕史 1 モンスーン農耕圏の人びとと植物』佐藤洋一郎（監修），臨川書店，pp.113-157，2008年