Forschungsprojekte - PD Dr. Maria Shinoto - Übersicht

A list of the main research projects and research topics of Maria Shinoto. For details and recent information please visit the research pages at my academic web site.

Research Projects

• Nakadake Kiln Site Center
  • Excavations, prospections, and scientific analyses in Japan's Southernmost Sue production center.
• Comparative Neutron Activation Analyses of ceramics finds from Kyōto university
  • Chemical composition analysis of locally made/used ceramics by neutron activation analysis to establish a high-resolution approach to the study of history of local economic development.
• The blurry culture
  • Research on the pre- and protohistoric culture between Japan and the Ryūkyū islands.
• Adaptive Filtering
  • Human-in-the-Loop Adaptive Terrain Filtering of 3D Point Clouds for Archaeological Prospection: Open Source Python Library for Adaptive Terrain Filtering of Laser Scanning Data
• The Hirota Site in Tanegashima Island, Japan
  • Research on the movement of people based on biological and technological traits
• Decorated Tombs in Japanese prehistory and their iconography
  • Application of quantitative methods to a Japan wide phenomenon.

Research interests

• Data modeling, statistics, and R
  • Developing packages and guidelines.
• Classification and meaning
  • How to utilize the classificatory process and classificatory paradigms to create a meaningful classification of archaeological finds and findings.
• Hayato
  • An ethnic group or tribe at the southern border of the ancient Japanese state.
• The Southern islands and their role in Japan's encounters with the West