Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Letters
Lecture Code BI204002 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 日本考古学研究B
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ニホンコウコガクケンキュウB
Subject Name in
English
Lecture on Japanese Archaeology B
Instructor NOJIMA HISASHI
Instructor
(Katakana)
ノジマ ヒサシ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Weds5-8:LET A202
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face
Face-to-face teaching, but Microsoft Teams will be used. (Please check your "posts (chats)", "files", and "assignments" in Teams as they are posted in class).
 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 09 : Archaeology/Cultural Heritage
Eligible Students for sophomore and 3rd-year students
Keywords Yayoi period, Pottery, Lithic objects, Bronze objects 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Special lecture on archaeology 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Geography, Archaeology, and Cultural Heritage
(Abilities and Skills)
・Acquisition of the research methods of Geography, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
The aim of this lecture is to grasp some aspects of the material culture in the Yayoi period, through understanding researching methods about polished stone tools, potteries, bronze objects, and the like. 
Class Schedule class1; Lecture on introduction of dating methods in the Yayoi period.
class2; Same as above.
class3; Same as above.
class4; Lecture on making methods of potteries of the Yayoi period, and it’s transition.
class5; Same as above.
class6; Lecture on the regionality of the Yayoi pottery and community structures in Yayoi society through it.
class7; Lecture on the distribution and the production of polished stone tools varied from China.
class8; Same as above.
class9; Lecture on the regionality of Yayoi polished stone tools and it’s distribution in Yayoi societies.
class10; Same as above.
class11; Lecture on the transition of Bronze weapon in the Yayoi period.
class12; Same as above.
class13; Lecture on the transition of bronze bell “Dotaku” in the Yayoi period.
class14; Same as above.
class15; Reviewing all of these lessons. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Handout papers 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Handouts
(More Details) PowerPoint. 
Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Post-class Report
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
class1; Read the distributed handout, Reviewing today’s lecture.
class2; Same as above.
class3; Same as above.
class4; Same as above.
class5; Same as above.
class6; Same as above.
class7; Same as above.
class8; Same as above.
class9; Same as above.
class10; Same as above.
class11; Same as above.
class12; Same as above.
class13; Same as above.
class14; Same as above.
class15; Reviewing all of these lessons.
 
Requirements  
Grading Method Practical Comprehensive evaluation by your results of regular examinations (60%) and English reading assignments (40%). 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message Introductory class of the Yayoi period (early agricultural society in Japan), and Japanese archaeology.  
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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