Naoko Matsumoto Explained

Naoko Matsumoto is a Professor in the Department of Archaeology at Okayama University.^{[1] [2]} Her research covers the areas of cognitive archaeology, gender archaeology and the Jomon period.

Education

In 1998 she received a received her D.Litt. from Kyushu University.^[3]

Career

Matsumoto has excavated at several Jomon and Yayoi sites in the Kyushu and Chugoku districts of western Japan. She is on the Advisory Committee for the Shanghai Archaeology Forum.^[4]

Selected publications

• Matsumoto, N. 2018. Changing relationship between the dead and the living in Japanese prehistory. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 373, 1754, 20170272
• Matsumoto, N. 2018. Japan: The Earliest Evidence of Complex Technology for Creating Durable Coloured Goods. Open Archaeology. 4, 1, p. 206-216.
• Matsumoto, N., Bessho, H. and Tomii, M. (eds) 2011. Coexistence and Cultural Transmission in East Asia. Left Coast Press.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Naoko Matsumoto. Okayama University. en. 2019-08-15.
2. Web site: About US:Department of Archaeology, Okayama University. www.okayama-u.ac.jp. 2019-08-15.
3. Web site: Matsumoto Biography BeArchaeo Project - BEyond ARCHAEOlogy. Bearchaeo. it. 2019-08-15.
4. Web site: Advisory Committee 咨询委员会. 2013-04-18. SHANGHAI ARCHAEOLOGY FORUM. en. 2019-08-16.