Presentations
2005 July 22nd meeting of Japan Society for Scientific Studies on Cultural Properties
Starch grains in soils from archaeological sites
Yastami Nishida, Yasuyo Tsubakisaka and Chiharu Abe
Residues of starchy tissues on stone artefacts in Japan
Ayako Shibutani and P.J.Matthews
2005 September Japan Society for Cooking Science
Did people in the Palaeolithic eat acorns?
Hajime Hatta, Kana Okamoto, Chuji Suzuki and Yastami Nishida
2006 May Japan Association of Archaeology
Scientific analysis of the experimental pottery residues
Kunio Yoshida, Yastami Nishida, Toru Miyao and Masaichi Sato
Publications
Bulletin of the Niigata Prefectural Museum of History Vol.7 2006
| History and aims of starch analysis | P.J.Matthews and Y.Nishida |
| Starch references using modern Japanese plants | A. Shibutani |
| Starch analysis of Palaeolithic stone tools | A.Shibutani, P.J.Matthews and C.Suzuki |
| Experiment on charred pottery residues | Y.Nishida |
| Stable isotope analysis of charred pottery residues | K.Yoshida |
| Sixth record of stone oven cooking experiment | C.Suzuki, N.Takeuchi and stone oven experiment group |
| Temporal changes of stone mortars and plant food processing | T.MIyao and N.Miyauchi |
| LIst of starch references | A.Shibutani and Y.Nishida |
texts in Japanese with English summary
Investigating Plant Foods in Japan before the Introduction of Rice
JSPS grant-in-aid research report 2007
| Research Outline | Yastami Nishida |
| Plant Food Processing: evidence from stone tools | Richard Fullagar |
| Starch Research Project | P.J.Matthews, A.Shibutani and Y.Nishida |
| Burial Experiments with Obsidian Blades | A.Shibutani |
| Acorn Processing: A Food Science Perspective | H.Hatta and C.Suzuki |
| Acorn Processing: A Food Science Perspective II | C.Suzuki and H.Hatta |
| Grinding Stones of Japanese Paleolithic | C.Suzuki |
| Changes in the Jomon Period Grinding Tools and Plant Food Processing | T.Miyao and N.Miyauchi |
| Identifying Pottery Carbon Residues through Isotope Anlysis of Experimentally Charred Residues | K.Yoshida and Y.Miyazaki |