Mami Aoyama
Biographic Data
| ID | 315595 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mami Aoyama |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mami |
| FAMILY NAME | Aoyama |
| SIGNATURE | AOYAMA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nishikyushu University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0362-7602 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
No Better Medicine: Health in American Environmental Writing
Occupation Mediates Ecosystem Services with Human Well-Being
The 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment linked ecosystem services, the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, directly with four constituents of human well-being: security, basic material for good life, health, and freedom of choice and action. No explicit model of the role of human activity in the transformation of ecosystem services into well-being was, however, developed by the Assessment and the connective relations between ecosystem servic…
Prospects and challenges for an archaeology of global climate change
Archaeology has a long history of research in reconstructing past environments and in attempting to understand the interactions between climate and human societies. So far, however, there has been little attempt by archaeologists to employ this knowledge in the debate over current global climate change. This paper provides a broad overview of the relevance of archaeology to the problem of global climate change, yet also attempts to consider some …
The South Tyrol as Occupationscape: Occupation, Landscape, and Ethnicity in a European Border Zone
This article attempts the beginnings of an occupational theory of landscape. We propose the concept of occupationscape, defined as landscapes formed and performed through histories of occupational behavior. This concept is used to examine the relationships between occupation, landscape and ethnicity in the South Tyrol border region of northern Italy. After the South Tyrol was ceded to Italy following the First World War, occupations in this regio…
Possible steatopygia in prehistoric central Japan: Evidence From Clay Figurines
It is proposed that the so-called ‘protruding buttock’ figurines from Middle Jomon central Japan may be representations of steatopygia. The distribution of these figurines is associated with archaeological evidence for high population densities and possible intensive use of wild yams (Dioscorea japonica). Given the low fat content of these yams, it is suggested that nutritional stress in the diet of Middle Jomon hunter-gatherers of the Chubu high…
Waist-to-hip ratios of Jomon figurines
The authors show that the Jomon clay figurines made by hunter-gatherers use imagery that emphasises a narrow waist and full hips, showing that a female construct was part of the symbolism of these possibly shamanistic objects. In creating these figurines, prehistoric people were no doubt turning a recognition of health and fertility into more cultural icons. Admirers of the female form will be interested to learn that preference for the fuller, c…
Views of Japanese Ethnic Identity Amongst Undergraduates in Hokkaido
Many studies of postwar Japan have emphasized that an ideology of ethnic homogeneity has been an important element in Japanese society since 1945. Oguma and others have argued that this ideology contrasts with the view of a multi-ethnic empire that was prevalent prior to 1945. It has been widely proposed, we believe correctly, that this ideology of ethnic homogeneity -the idea of the tan'itsu minzoku -has been used by political and business elite…
Prospects and challenges for an archaeology of global climate change
Archaeology has a long history of research in reconstructing past environments and in attempting to understand the interactions between climate and human societies. So far, however, there has been little attempt by archaeologists to employ this knowledge in the debate over current global climate change. This paper provides a broad overview of the relevance of archaeology to the problem of global climate change, yet also attempts to consider some …
Occupation Mediates Ecosystem Services with Human Well-Being
The 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment linked ecosystem services, the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, directly with four constituents of human well-being: security, basic material for good life, health, and freedom of choice and action. No explicit model of the role of human activity in the transformation of ecosystem services into well-being was, however, developed by the Assessment and the connective relations between ecosystem servic…
The South Tyrol as Occupationscape: Occupation, Landscape, and Ethnicity in a European Border Zone
This article attempts the beginnings of an occupational theory of landscape. We propose the concept of occupationscape, defined as landscapes formed and performed through histories of occupational behavior. This concept is used to examine the relationships between occupation, landscape and ethnicity in the South Tyrol border region of northern Italy. After the South Tyrol was ceded to Italy following the First World War, occupations in this regio…
Views of Japanese Ethnic Identity Amongst Undergraduates in Hokkaido
Many studies of postwar Japan have emphasized that an ideology of ethnic homogeneity has been an important element in Japanese society since 1945. Oguma and others have argued that this ideology contrasts with the view of a multi-ethnic empire that was prevalent prior to 1945. It has been widely proposed, we believe correctly, that this ideology of ethnic homogeneity -the idea of the tan'itsu minzoku -has been used by political and business elite…
Waist-to-hip ratios of Jomon figurines
The authors show that the Jomon clay figurines made by hunter-gatherers use imagery that emphasises a narrow waist and full hips, showing that a female construct was part of the symbolism of these possibly shamanistic objects. In creating these figurines, prehistoric people were no doubt turning a recognition of health and fertility into more cultural icons. Admirers of the female form will be interested to learn that preference for the fuller, c…
Possible steatopygia in prehistoric central Japan: Evidence From Clay Figurines
It is proposed that the so-called ‘protruding buttock’ figurines from Middle Jomon central Japan may be representations of steatopygia. The distribution of these figurines is associated with archaeological evidence for high population densities and possible intensive use of wild yams (Dioscorea japonica). Given the low fat content of these yams, it is suggested that nutritional stress in the diet of Middle Jomon hunter-gatherers of the Chubu high…
The South Tyrol as Occupationscape: Occupation, Landscape, and Ethnicity in a European Border Zone
This article attempts the beginnings of an occupational theory of landscape. We propose the concept of occupationscape, defined as landscapes formed and performed through histories of occupational behavior. This concept is used to examine the relationships between occupation, landscape and ethnicity in the South Tyrol border region of northern Italy. After the South Tyrol was ceded to Italy following the First World War, occupations in this regio…
Occupation Mediates Ecosystem Services with Human Well-Being
The 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment linked ecosystem services, the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, directly with four constituents of human well-being: security, basic material for good life, health, and freedom of choice and action. No explicit model of the role of human activity in the transformation of ecosystem services into well-being was, however, developed by the Assessment and the connective relations between ecosystem servic…
Prospects and challenges for an archaeology of global climate change
Archaeology has a long history of research in reconstructing past environments and in attempting to understand the interactions between climate and human societies. So far, however, there has been little attempt by archaeologists to employ this knowledge in the debate over current global climate change. This paper provides a broad overview of the relevance of archaeology to the problem of global climate change, yet also attempts to consider some …
No Better Medicine: Health in American Environmental Writing
Geography (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Prehistory (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works)