2022-09-14 BB: Managing the Land, Forest and Water

Title: Managing the Land, Forest and Water: Historical Ecology and Landscape Archaeology in Japan and Beyond
ARF Brownbag | September 14 | 12:10-1 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
Speakers: Junko Habu; Emanuele Guglielmini; Anna Nielsen; Sandra Oseguera Sotomayor
Sponsor: Archaeological Research Facility
Abstract: In the summer of 2022, graduate students of the East Asian Archaeology Lab and I were able to visit Japan after 3-years of entry restrictions into the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our goals were 1) to collect archaeological data to understand continuity and change in landscape practice in mountainous regions of Japan, 2) to resume paleoethnobotanical research that we started before the pandemic, and 3) to start discussions with Japanese scholars and local stakeholders to develop inter-and trans-disciplinary approaches. This bag lunch highlights our research trips to different parts of Japan as will be presented by our four speakers. Comparative perspectives from other parts of the world, including Mexico, will also be presented.