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Professor, Archaeological Operation Center, Institute for the Promotion of Science and Technology, Ehime University

[Specialization]

Archaeology

[Research in the past]

I have studied the propagation and establishment of farming cultures through investigations of the locations of paddy fields and upland fields, farming tools, and settlements. This study had been mainly conducted in Japan, South Korea, and China, where rice cultivation is the keystone of their agriculture. I have studied it from the perspective of various research fields (agriculture, botany, geology, and geography).

[My role in this research]

Through research on sites representing each phase of the Neolithic age in China, I plan to study the process of change in the location requirements, size, and productivity of the paddy fields. In addition, I will study this in collaboration with Chinese archeologists and other study groups.

[Major methodology: Micro land-form analysis, Sedimentary facies analysis]

Micro landform analysis is a method of examining ancient topography that is hidden underground. Analysis of sedimentary facies enables us to consider the various mechanisms (sedimentary factor, process, style and cycle, pedogenesis) by which a stratum is formed and trace the human activities left behind on the stratum. Using these two analysis methods, I plan to clearly show how farming develops in the midst of environmental change.

[Achievements concerned to this field]

田崎博之（2002）日本列島の水田稲作，東アジアと日本の考古学Ⅳ（後藤直・茂木雅博編），同成社，東京
田崎博之（2008）発掘調査データからみた土地環境とその利用，地域・文化の考古学，愛媛大学法文学部考古学研究室，松山，323-342
田崎博之（2010）朝鮮半島南部における新石器時代中期～青銅器時代の気候変動と農耕化のプロセス，先史学・考古学論究Ⅴ，龍田考古会（熊本大学文学部考古学研究室），熊本，925-938
2014「日本列島における縄文時代後晩期～弥生時代前期の集落と出土遺物，第8回韓国青銅器学会学術大会　青銅器時代韓日農耕文化の交流，韓国青銅器学会，65-81