Michiko Chiura, also Michiko Mori-Chiura, Japanese: 千浦美智子 (1947/48 - 1982[1]) was a Japanese archaeologist, who was an early proponent of archaeological flotation in Japan.[2] In the 1970s she pioneered the study of coprolites in Japan, with particular focus on those from the Torihama shell mound in Fukui Prefecture.[1][3] Chiura studied for her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, then subsequently worked at the International Christian University in Tokyo.[2] She died aged 35 in 1982.[1][4] Her death from cancer, and attitude to life, was written about by Shigeaki Hinohara, who was her physician.[5]
Michiko Chiura | |
|---|---|
千浦美智子 | |
| Born | 1947/48 |
| Died | 1982 |
| Education | University of Toronto |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
| Employer | International Christian University |
| Known for | Pioneering the study of coprolites in Japan |
Selected works
edit- 千浦美智子. "環境復原とフロテーション その植物利用範囲." 季刊どるめん 13 (1977): 32-40.
- 中津由紀子, 千浦美智子, and 小田静夫. "J・E・ キダー編 (1977) 新橋遺跡." 国際基督教大学考古学研究センター 4: 1-214.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly)". tspace.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ a b "Excavations, flotation, palaeoethnobotany etc". w3.utm.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "030西広貝塚から出土した縄文時代のウンコ（糞石）|市原歴史博物館". www.imuseum.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ Kidder, J. Edward (2007-02-28), "Acknowledgments", Himiko and Japan's Elusive Chiefdom of Yamatai, University of Hawaii Press, pp. ix–x, doi:10.1515/9780824862848-003, ISBN 978-0-8248-6284-8, retrieved 2024-10-02
- ^ 日野原重明 (1983). 死をどう生きたか: 私の心に残る人びと (in Japanese). 中央公論社. ISBN 978-4-12-100686-8.