Professor

YASUDA Yoshinori (More info)

Books

2005: The Pollen Flora of Yunnan, China (with Fujiki, T. and Zhou, Z.), Lustre Press and Roli Books.
2004: Monsoon and Civilization (eds. with Shinde,V.), Lustre Press and Roli Books.
2002: The Origins of Pottery and Agriculture (ed.), Lustre Press and Roli Books.
2001: Forest and Civilisations (ed.), Lustre Press and Roli Books.

Articles

2011: “Land-use change for rice and foxtail millet cultivation in the Chengtoushan site, central China, reconstructed from weed seed assemblages.” (with Hiroo Nasu, Hai-Bin Gu and Arata Momohara), Archaeological Anthropological Science, DOI 10.1007/s12520-011-0077-9.; “Widespread tephras in sediments from lake Ichi-no-Megata in northern Japan:Their description, correlation and significance.” (with Okuno,M., Torii, M., Yamada,K., Shinozuka,Y., Danhara,T., Gotanda,K. and Yonenobu,H.) Quaternary International 246, pp.270-277.
2010: “Late Holocene monsoonal-climate change inferred from Lakes Ni-no-Megata and San-no-Megata, northeastern Japan.” (with Kazuyoshi Yamada, Masaki Kamite, Megumi Saito-Kato, Mitsuru Okuno and Yoshitsugu Shinozuka), Quaternary International 200, pp.122-132.
2008: “Climate change and the origin and development of rice cultivation in the Yangtze River basin, China.” AMBIO 14, pp.502-506.; “Environmental variability and human adaptation in the Pacific rim and the sustainability of the islands.” (eds. with Flenley, J.), Quaternary International 184, pp.1-204.; “Environmental variability and human adaptation in the Pacific Rim and the Sustainability of the Islands.” (Editorial with Flenley,J.), Quaternary International 184, pp.1-3.; “Development and distribution of Castanea and Aesculus culture during the Jomon Period in Japan.” (with Kitagawa, J.), Quaternary International 184, pp.41-55.; “Disturbed vegetation reconstruction using the biomization method from Japanese pollen data: Modern and late Quaternary samples.” (with Gotanda, K., Nakagawa, T. and Tarasov, P.E.), Quaternary International 184, pp.56-74.; “Spatial biome changes in southwestern Japan since the Last Glacial Maximum.” (with Gotanda, K.), Quaternary International 184, pp.84-93; “Late Holocene vegetation changes and human impact in the Changbai Mountains area, Northeast China.” (with Makohonienko, M., Kitagawa, h., Fujiki, T., Xin L. and Huaining, Y.), Quaternary International 184, pp.94-108.; “Correcting Misperceptions about the History of Castanea Stands in Satoyama in Japan.” (with Kitagawa,J. Nakagawa,T., Okuda,M. and Fukuoka,M), Economic Botany 62, pp.594-603
2006: “The occurrence and identification ofSetariaitalica (L.) P. Beauv. (foxtile millet) grains from the Chengtoushan site (ca. 5800 cal B.P.) in Central China, with reference to the domestication center in Asia.” (with Nasu, H. and Momohara, A.), Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 16, pp.481-494; “Seasonally specific responses of the East Asian monsoon to deglacial climate changes.” (with Nakagawa, T., Tarasov, P.E, Kitagawa, H., Gotanda, K and Sawai, Y.), Geology 34, pp.521-524.
2005: “Sustainability of the Islands and Resource- Recycling Society.” (eds. with Rolett,B.), Monsoon 6, 80pp; “Pollen/event stratigraphy of the varved sediment of Lake Suigetsu, central Japan from 15,701 to 10,271 SG vyr BP (Suigetsu varve years before present): Description, interpretation, and correlation with other regions.” (with Nakagawa, T., Kitagawa, H., Tarasov, P.E., Gotanda, K.and Sawai, Y.), Quaternary Science Reviews 24, pp.1691-1701.
2004: “Environmental variability and human adaptation since the last glacial period.” (eds.with N.Catto), Quaternary International 123/125, pp.1-158.; “Environmental archaeology at the Chengtoushan site, Hunan Province, China.” (with Toshiyuki Fujiki, Hiroo Nasu, Megumi Kato and Toshiro Naruse), Quaternary International 123/125, pp.149-158.; “Environmental variability and human adaptation during the Lateglacial/Holocene transition in Japan with reference to pollen analysis of the SG4 core from Lake Suigetsu. ” (with Yamaguchi, K. , Nakagawa, T., Fukusawa, H., Kitagawa, J. and Okamura, M.) Quaternary International 123/125, pp.11-19.; “Vegetation history during the Holocene from Lake Hyanho,northern Korea.” (with Fujiki, T.) Quaternary International 123/125, pp.63-69; “Late-Holocene natural and anthropogenic vegetation changes in the Dongbei Pingyuan (Machurian Plain) northeastern China.” (Makohonienko, M., Kitagawa, H., Naruse, T., Nasu, H., Momohara, A., Okuno, M., Fujiki, T., Liu, X. and Yin, H.), Quaternary International 123/125, pp.71-88; “The influence of climatic change on chestnut and horse chestnut preservation around Jomon sites in Northeastern Japan with special reference to the Sannnai-Maruyama and Kamegaoka sites.” (with Kitagawa, J.), Quaternary International 123/125, pp.89-103; “Environmental magnetism of brackish-water sediments from Lake Tougou- ike on the Japan Sea coast.” (with Inoue S., Hayashida A., Kato M. and Fukusawa H.), Quaternary International 123/125, pp.35-41; “Cord Impressed Ware and rice cultivation in South Asia, China and Japan: possibilities of inter-links.” (with Kharakwal, J., Yano, A., Shinde, V. and Osada, T.), Quaternary International 123/125, pp.105-115.; “Human activity and climate change during the historical period in central upland Japan with reference to forest dynamics and the cultivation of Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinate)”, (with Kitagawa, J., Nakagawa, T., Fujiki, T., and Yamaguchi, K.), Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 13, pp.105-113
2003: “Monsoon and Religions.” In Yasuda, Y., Shinde, V.(eds.), Monsoon and Religions Lustre Press and Roli Books, pp.319-338; “Asynchronous climate changes in the North Atlantic and Japan during the Last Termination.” (with Nakagawa, T., Kitagawa, H., Pavel E. Tarasov, K. Nishida, Gotanda, K., Sawai, Y. and Yangtze River Civilization Program Members (2003)), Sciences 299, pp.688-691; “Environmental variability in East and West Eurasia.” (ed.), Quaternary International 105, pp.1-80.; “Environmental variability in the East and West Eurasia.” (with Negendank, J.F.W.), Quaternary International 105, pp.1-6.; “Varved lacustrine sediments of Lake Tougou-ike, Western Japan, with reference to Holocene sea-level changes in Japan.” (with Kato M., Fukusawa H. and Yasuda Y.), Quaternary International 105 pp.33-37.
2002: “Quantitative pollen-based climate reconstruction in central Japan:application to surface and Late Quaternary spectra.” (with Nakagawa, T. Tarasov, P.E., Nishida,K. and Gotanda,K.), Quaternary Science Review 21, pp.2099-2113; “Palynological evidence for the astronomical origin of lignite-detritus sequence in the Middle Pleistocene Marathousa Member, Megalopolis, SW Greece.” (with Okuda, M., van Vugt, N., Nakagawa, T., Ikeya, M., Hayashida, A. and Setoguchi,A.), Earth Planetary Science Letters 201, pp.143-157.; “Fluctuations in relative sea-level during the past 3000 yr in the Onnetoh estuary, Hokkaido, northern Japan.” (with Sawai, Y. and Nasu, H.), Journal of Quaternary Science 17, Nov., pp.607-622.; “Second East Side Story: Origin of Agriculture in West Asia.” In Yasuda, Y.(ed.) The Origins of Pottery and Agriculture, Lusre Press and Roli Books, pp.15-38.; “Origins of Pottery and Agriculture in East Asia.” In Yasuda, Y.(ed.) The Origins of Pottery and Agriculture, Lusre Press and RoliBooks, pp.119-142.; “Shift from Monistic to Pluralistic View of Civilization.” In Yasuda, Y.(ed.) The Origins of Pottery and Agriculture. Lusre Press and Roli Books, pp.351-362.; “Biome classification from Japanese Pollen data:application to modern-day and Late Quaternary samples.” (with Gotanda,K., Nakagawa,T., Tarasov, P., Kitagawa, J. and Inoue, Y.), Quaternary Science Review 21, pp.647-657.
2001: “Comparative study of the myths and history of Cedar forest in East and West Asia.” In Yasuda, Y.(ed.)Forest and Civilisation. Lustre Press and Roli Books, pp.13-40.; “Eyes of forest gods.” In Yasuda, Y.(ed.) Forest and Civilisation., Lustre Press and Roli Books, pp.105-120.; “Forest and civilisations.” In Yasuda, Y.(ed.) Forest and Civilisation., Lustre Press and Roli Books, pp.171-192; “Middle to Late Pleistocene vegetation history and climatic changes at Lake Kopais, southeast Greece.” (with Okuda, M. and Setoguchi, T.) Boreas 30, pp.73-82.
2000: “The earliest record of major anthropogenic deforestation in the Ghab Valley, northwest Syria.” (with Kitagawa, H. and Nakagawa, T.) Quaternary International 73, pp.127-136

Other (Presentations at Academic Conferences, etc.)

2007: Stratigraphic analysis of the core samples from Lake Ichi-no-Megata, northeastern Japan. (with Yamada, K. et al.) In Makohonienko, M. et al. (eds.) Eurasian Perspectives on Environmental Archaeology, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznan, 149.; Lake Megata 2006 Project: an introduction. (Yamada, K. et al.) In Makohonienko, M. et al. (eds.) Eurasian Perspectives on Environmental Archaeology, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznan, 148.; Geochemical analysis of the core samples from Lake Ichi-no-Megata, northeastern Japan. (with Shinozuka, Y. et al.) In Makohonienko, M. et al. (eds.) Eurasian Perspectives on Environmental Archaeology, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznan, 130.; Lake Ichi-no-Megata sediments-sedimentological and geochemical indicators of environmental changes in annually laminated (varved) sediments (Kita Prefecture, Japan). (with Markus, S. et al.) In Makohonienko, M. et al. (eds.) Eurasian Perspectives on Environmental Archaeology, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznan, 128–129.; Development of cultural landscape in the Liao River basin, Manchurian plain, North-Eastern China.(with Makohonienko, M. et al.) In Makohonienko, M. et al. (eds.) Eurasian Perspectives on Environmental Archaeology, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznan, 98–99.; Preliminary results of pollen analysis of Lake Ichi-no-Megata core samples and the quantitative past climate reconstruction.(with Kitagawa, J. et al.) In Makohonienko, M. et al. (eds.) Eurasian Perspectives on Environmental Archaeology, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznan, 80.; Environmental archaeology in Japan: a new approach using annually laminated sediments. In Makohonienko, M. et al. (eds.) Eurasian Perspectives on Environmental Archaeology, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznan, 150.; “Opening lecture: Environmental archaeology in Japan” Annual Conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology (AEA), Poznan, Poland, September 12.; “Climate Change in Monsoon Asia: Deduced from the Analysis of Annually Laminated Sediments” Past climate change: Human Survival Strategies, Royal Colloquium in Greenland, June, pp.26–30.
2001: (invited lecture) “The Discovery of the Yangtze River Civilization”, The Royal Swedish Academy of Science, Hostens Program.; “Environmental Change and the Rise and Fall of the Yangtze River Civilization”, Monsoon 3.; “Climatic Fluctuation and the Rise and Fall of the Harappan Civilization of South Asia”, (co-author), Monsoon 3.; “The Changing Pulse of the Monsoon and the Rise and Fall of Ancient Civilizations in Eurasia”, Monsoon 2.
2000: (invited lecture) “Palaeoecological studies of Nakaikemi-mire in Fukui Prefecture, Japan”, “Special contributions for the 11TH IPC Quebec” Symposium.; “Variability of the Late-glacial/Interglacial Transition in Europe and Eas”; “Pollen Analytical Studies of Varied Sediments from Lake Suigetsu, Central Japan”, Abstract, 10th International Palynological Congress.; “Vegetational History for the Last 150,000 Years in Lake Mikata, Central Japan”, Abstract, 10th International Palynological Congresss.

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