Akira Tsuneki
Biographic Data
| ID | 1302208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akira Tsuneki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akira |
| FAMILY NAME | Tsuneki |
| SIGNATURE | TSUNEKI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tsukuba |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
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Landscape and early farming at Neolithic sites in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan
The University of Tsukuba team began investigations of the Neolithisation process in the Slemani area in 2014. Excavations were undertaken at Qalat Said Ahmadan (2014, 2015) in the Pshdar Plain, in addition to surveys at Jarmo (Charmo)1 and Turkaka (2016-2018) in the Chamchamal area. Integrated research, including the making of topographical maps and 3D visualisations using the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and geological and paleoenvironmental s…
Dining together
The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia
Over the past fifty years or so early pottery complexes in the wider region of West Asia have hardly ever been investigated in their own right. Early ceramics have often been unexpected by-products of projects focusing upon much earlier aceramic or later prehistoric periods. In recent years, however, there has been a tremendous increase in research in various parts of West Asia focusing explicitly on this theme. It has generally become accepted t…
Ancient West Asian Civilization
A glimpse of human life from the Neolithic cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria
The excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria, have uncovered the presence of a large Neolithic settlement that had a long cultural sequence. The settlement covers a vast area of at least 16ha and shows signs that it was a complex society. Excavations recently revealed a Neolithic cemetery with the remains of over 240 individuals that is one of the earliest outdoor communal cemeteries in West Asia. The discovery of the cemetery has provided a…
Proto-Neolithic Caves in the Bolaghi Valley, South Iran
The Eastern Zagros region has not previously been considered in the study of Neolithisation in the Near East. Our recent research, which was carried out as one of the salvage projects in the Bolaghi valley, Fars, sheds new light in this area. Two cave sites were excavated and both sites produced a considerable amount of lithic artefacts. They show a coherent assemblage which appears to date to some point within the “Proto-Neolithic” framework of …
The Early PPNB in The North Levant
The recent discovery of EPPNB occupation at Tell Ain el-Kerkh (ca 9 400-9 200 uncal. BP) in northwest Syria provides a new perspective of the early stage of Neolithisation in the north Levant. The archaeological evidence from Kerkh shows first that the earliest Neolithic occupation in northwest Syria goes back to the EPPNB period and revises the generally accepted hypothesis that the Neolithisation in this region started in the LPPNB. In addition…
The Earliest Pottery Sequence of the Levant
The Pottery Neolithic chronology of the Levant has long been discussed based on the Amuq sequence defined by the Braidwoods. New soundings at Neolithic tells in the Rouj Basin, near Idlib, provide a series of well stratified pottery sequences that can be used to reconsider the Amuq chronology. In this article, we report the results from Tell el-Kerkh 2 which documents the earliest pottery sequence in the Levant
An Ethnoarchaeological Research of the Pottery in Armanaz, Syria
Spondylus Shell Objects of Neolithic Greece
Spondylus gaederopus Linné is a large and durable marine bivalve, and Neolithic people in Europe used to make various shell objects, especially ornaments like bracelets, pendants and beads, from this species. Spondylus shells and shell objects were transported from the eastern Mediterranean far into inland Europe, and they are one of the most spectacular indicators of large scale trade in Neolithic Europe. In order to discuss Spondylus trade, the…
The Earliest Pottery Sequence of the Levant
The Pottery Neolithic chronology of the Levant has long been discussed based on the Amuq sequence defined by the Braidwoods. New soundings at Neolithic tells in the Rouj Basin, near Idlib, provide a series of well stratified pottery sequences that can be used to reconsider the Amuq chronology. In this article, we report the results from Tell el-Kerkh 2 which documents the earliest pottery sequence in the Levant
Landscape and early farming at Neolithic sites in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan
The University of Tsukuba team began investigations of the Neolithisation process in the Slemani area in 2014. Excavations were undertaken at Qalat Said Ahmadan (2014, 2015) in the Pshdar Plain, in addition to surveys at Jarmo (Charmo)1 and Turkaka (2016-2018) in the Chamchamal area. Integrated research, including the making of topographical maps and 3D visualisations using the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and geological and paleoenvironmental s…
Dining together
Proto-Neolithic Caves in the Bolaghi Valley, South Iran
The Eastern Zagros region has not previously been considered in the study of Neolithisation in the Near East. Our recent research, which was carried out as one of the salvage projects in the Bolaghi valley, Fars, sheds new light in this area. Two cave sites were excavated and both sites produced a considerable amount of lithic artefacts. They show a coherent assemblage which appears to date to some point within the “Proto-Neolithic” framework of …
Spondylus Shell Objects of Neolithic Greece
Spondylus gaederopus Linné is a large and durable marine bivalve, and Neolithic people in Europe used to make various shell objects, especially ornaments like bracelets, pendants and beads, from this species. Spondylus shells and shell objects were transported from the eastern Mediterranean far into inland Europe, and they are one of the most spectacular indicators of large scale trade in Neolithic Europe. In order to discuss Spondylus trade, the…
An Ethnoarchaeological Research of the Pottery in Armanaz, Syria
The Earliest Pottery Sequence of the Levant
The Pottery Neolithic chronology of the Levant has long been discussed based on the Amuq sequence defined by the Braidwoods. New soundings at Neolithic tells in the Rouj Basin, near Idlib, provide a series of well stratified pottery sequences that can be used to reconsider the Amuq chronology. In this article, we report the results from Tell el-Kerkh 2 which documents the earliest pottery sequence in the Levant
The Early PPNB in The North Levant
The recent discovery of EPPNB occupation at Tell Ain el-Kerkh (ca 9 400-9 200 uncal. BP) in northwest Syria provides a new perspective of the early stage of Neolithisation in the north Levant. The archaeological evidence from Kerkh shows first that the earliest Neolithic occupation in northwest Syria goes back to the EPPNB period and revises the generally accepted hypothesis that the Neolithisation in this region started in the LPPNB. In addition…
Proto-Neolithic Caves in the Bolaghi Valley, South Iran
The Eastern Zagros region has not previously been considered in the study of Neolithisation in the Near East. Our recent research, which was carried out as one of the salvage projects in the Bolaghi valley, Fars, sheds new light in this area. Two cave sites were excavated and both sites produced a considerable amount of lithic artefacts. They show a coherent assemblage which appears to date to some point within the “Proto-Neolithic” framework of …
A glimpse of human life from the Neolithic cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria
The excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria, have uncovered the presence of a large Neolithic settlement that had a long cultural sequence. The settlement covers a vast area of at least 16ha and shows signs that it was a complex society. Excavations recently revealed a Neolithic cemetery with the remains of over 240 individuals that is one of the earliest outdoor communal cemeteries in West Asia. The discovery of the cemetery has provided a…
Ancient West Asian Civilization
Dining together
The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia
Over the past fifty years or so early pottery complexes in the wider region of West Asia have hardly ever been investigated in their own right. Early ceramics have often been unexpected by-products of projects focusing upon much earlier aceramic or later prehistoric periods. In recent years, however, there has been a tremendous increase in research in various parts of West Asia focusing explicitly on this theme. It has generally become accepted t…
Landscape and early farming at Neolithic sites in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan
The University of Tsukuba team began investigations of the Neolithisation process in the Slemani area in 2014. Excavations were undertaken at Qalat Said Ahmadan (2014, 2015) in the Pshdar Plain, in addition to surveys at Jarmo (Charmo)1 and Turkaka (2016-2018) in the Chamchamal area. Integrated research, including the making of topographical maps and 3D visualisations using the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and geological and paleoenvironmental s…
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Archaeology (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · History (5 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 works) · Pottery (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (3 works)