An archaeologist based in Japan, specialised in Japanese and European (mainly British) archaeology and archaeological theorisation, especially an area called 'Social Archaeology'. My publications include 'An Archaeological History of Japan, 30,000 BC to AD 700' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002), 'Archaeology, Society and Identity in Modern Japan' (Cambridge University Press, 2006), and 'The Archaeology of Japan: From the Earliest Rice Farming Villages to the Rise of the State' (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
Awardee, 3rd Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Prize