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	Shinji Miyamoto

Research Group
Cultural History and Geoscience Research Group
Degree
Ph.D. （Science）
Photograph Explanation
In the Indian Himalaya ravine valley various occupations are done even today, such as field burning and rice farming. (Photograph taken in August 2005.)

Homepage /E-MAIL: miyamoto@lbm.go.jp

	Career

I graduated in geography from the Ritsumeikan University's Literature Department, and obtained both a masters and doctorate degree from the Tokyo Metropolitan University. After graduation since May, 1996 I have been working at the Lake Biwa Museum. I also worked as a researcher at the National Ethnology Museum and part-time lecture at Ritsumeikan University, Ryukoku University and Osaka Meijyo University.

Specialty

1. Using fossil pollen to reconstruct environmental fluctuations since the last interglacial.
2. Changes of the natural environment related to human activity seen from the comparison of the Himalayan region and African and Latin American semi-arid areas.
3. Analysis of the geographical environment of the archaeological sites in the Omi Basin, the Yamashiro Basin, the Echigo Plain, and the Tsugaru Plain

Key Words of Research

Archaeological sites, fossil pollen, environmental history, topographical environments, India, Namibia, Peru, Himalayas.

Professional Society Membership

The Association of Japanese Geographers, The Human Geographical Society of Japan, the Japanese Historical Geographical Society, the Japanese Geography Association, the Ecological Society of Japan, Japanese Association of Historical Botany, Japan Association for Quaternary Society, Japan Association for African Studies, Ritsumeikan University Geography, North-East India Geographical Society.

Readily Accessible Research Publications

Shinji Miyamoto, Yoshinori Yasuda and Hiroyuki Kitagawa (1998): Palaeoenvironmental Changes in the Last Glacial Maximum around the Wakasa Bay Area, Central Japan. G. Benito et al ed., "Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change" , John Wiley & Sons, 139-152.