Records of project meetings

Evolution of cultivated plants and ecosystem transitions

Symposium held Sept.23.-24., 2004 in at Nichibunken (International Research center for Japanese Studies) in Kyoto. Program:

Sept. 23

Greetings: Nakamura (Chiba Univ.) & Satoh

Session Chair: Ishikawa (Hirosaki Univ.). Title: Culture, People, Goods in East Asia. Presentations:

1. “Rice-field models of the Kan, Gi Fu era excavated in south-western China” Watanabe (Tokai Univ.)

3. "The group relationships in East Asia and origin of Japanese

- Present state of DNA analysis of mitochondria" Kamada (Science Museum, Tokyo)

4. "Genetic diversity of cultivated wheat and its propagation to East Asia" Katoh (Okayama Univ.)

5. Mori (Kobe Univ.)

Sept. 24

Session Chair: Fukunaga (Nichibunken)

Presentations:

1. "What was found with high-precision analysis: Rice-farming history read by the plant-opal analysis" Matsuda (Paleoenvironment Research Co.)

2. "Viewing of transition of ecosystem by using stable isotopes" Nakano (RIHN)

3. "Historical analysis of plant utilization by analyzing pollen" Kitagawa (Nichibunken)

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