Oct 19 (Thu)

Organiser:

Junzo Uchiyama, Kati Lindström (4-4FS), and Takakazu Yumoto(5-3PR)

Chair:

Takakazu Yumoto

PROGRAM

9.30 Welcome speech by T. Yumoto (Professor, RIHN) and J. Uchiyama (Associate Professor, RIHN)

9.55-10.25 Kalevi Kull (Univ. of Tartu, Estonia)

Cultures of Leaving no Trace: the case of wooded meadow

10.25-10.55 Takakazu Yumoto (RIHN)

The Historical Floral Management and Human Wisdoms in the Japan Archipelago

10.55-11.25 Hannes Palang (Tallino University, Estonia)

Layered Landscapes

11.25-11.55 Tomoya Akimichi (RIHN)

Landscape in Ecological History: Why are trees left in the tire field?

Lunch

13.00-13.30 Simon Kaner (The Sainsbury Institute of Japanese Art and Culture, UK)

The Evolution of Landscapes Over the Long Term: perspectives from Etituin and Japan

13.30-14.00 Junzo Uchiyama (RIHN)

Why Did Shell-Middens Disappear? - Culture roles in the landscape shift in prehistoric foraging societies

14.00-14.30 Kati Lindström (RIHN)

MenIal and Physical Relief in Landscape: Eight Omi Landscapes and the environmental perception of its present inhabitants

14.30-15.00 Oki Nakamura (Kokugakoin University, Tokyo), Seiji Kobayashi (Tochigi Junior College, Tochigi)

Landscape studies in Japanese archaeology

Break

15.15-16.30 Discussion

17:30 Speech by Director-General Hidaka

18:00-20:00 Reception for all the participants of the pre-symposium