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Archaeological studies on the relationships between cognition and material cultures: Theories and case studies

Date: December 6 (Saturday) - 7 (Sunday), 2003
Location: Hokkaido University Conference Hall
Speaker:
  Yasushi Kosugi (Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University)
  Hirofumi Katou (Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University)
  Yuriko Fukasawa (Sapporo International University)
  Akihiro Kaneda (National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nara)
  Masashi Kobayashi
  Naoko Matumoto (Okayama University)
  Satoru Nakazono (The International University of Kagoshima)
  Jyunya Sakurai (Keio University)
  Others

Theme:
The aim of this workshop is to discuss the following questions: How human's cognitive ability has been interrelated with artistic and utilitarian expressions in material cultures in the process of human evolution?; What kind of adaptive strategies have been used in the interrelations? In the workshop, intensive studies of Japanese archaeological data ranged from Paleolithic to ancient states on the relationships between cognition and material culture will be presented in order to develop the field of cognitive archaeology.





December 6th, 2003

9:30-10:15 Hirofumi Katoubr





10:30-11:15 Naoko Matumoto





13:00-13:45 Jyunya Sakurai





14:00-14:45 Yasushi Kosugi





15:15-16:00 Satoru Nakazono





16:15-17:00 Akihiro Kaneda





December 7th, 2003

9:15-10:00 Masashi Kobayashi





10:30-12:00 Discussion





13:30-14:00 Naoko Matumoto





14:10-14:40
@Yuriko Fukasawa





14:50-15:20 Masashi





15:40-16:20 Discussion





16:30 End

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