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Associate Professor　ODAKA, Takahiro

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Faculty, Affiliation

Institute of Liberal Arts and Science　(ad. Institute for the Study of Ancient Civilizations and Cultural Resources)

College and School Educational Field

Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies
Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies
Faculty of Global Standard Education, Institute of Liberal Arts and Science

Laboratory

Academic Background

【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
Waseda University　Doctor　200503　Accomplished credits for doctoral program
Waseda University　Master　200003　Completed
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
Waseda University　199803
【Degree】
Ph.D.

Career

Kanazawa University　Institute of Liberal Arts and Science　Associate Professor(2021/04-)
Kanazawa University　Center for Cultural Resource Studies　Project Associate Professor(2019/11-2021/03)
University of Tsukuba　Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences　Part-time Researcher(2019/04-2019/10)
The University of Tokyo　The University Museum　Project Researcher(2018/11-2019/10)
The University of Tokyo　The University Museum　Project Assistant Professor(2015/11-2018/10)
Meiji University　School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences　Part-time Lecturer(2015/04-2020/03)
Waseda University　Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences　Part-time Lecturer(2014/04-2019/03)
The University of Tokyo　The University Museum　Project Researcher(2014/04-2015/10)
Kanagawa University　Part-time Lecturer(2011/09-2016/03)
Waseda University　Waseda Institute for Advanced Study　Assistant Professor(2011/04-2014/03)
Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo　Research Fellow(2009/11-2011/03)
Tokyo University of the Arts　Graduate School of Fine Arts　Research Associate(2006/04-2010/03)
Tokyo University of the Arts　Graduate School of Fine Arts　Part-time Lecturer(2005/05-2006/03)
Waseda University　Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences　Part-time Lecturer(2005/04-2007/03)
Waseda University　Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences　Research Associate(2002/04-2005/03)

Year & Month of Birth

1975/10

Academic Society

Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology
The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan
The Japanese Archaeological Association
Hokuriku Historical Society

Award

○31st Award for Young Scholars, the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan(2009/10/10)

Specialities

Archaeology、Cultural assets study and museology

Speciality Keywords

Prehistory, Early Farming Society, Pottery, Typology, Chronology, Mobility, Mesopotamia, Levant, Fertile Crescent

Research Themes

Between Neolithisation and Urbanisation in West Asia

Books

  • 　Joint Translation: P. G. Stone, J. F. Bajjaly　The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq.　Hakuhosha　2021/03
  • 　T. Odaka　Göytepe: Neolithic Excavations in the Middle Kura Valley, Azerbaijan.　Archaeopress　2020
  • 　Y. Nishiaki, T. Odaka, Y. Ogawa　Catalogue of Archaeological Materials in the Department of Archaeology of Western Asia. Part 11: Photographs from the 1957 Survey of Historical Monuments in Syria.　The University Museum, the University of Tokyo　2016/03
  • 　A. Tsuneki, J. Hydar, T. Odaka, A. Hasegawa　A Decade of Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, 1997-2006.　Department of Archaeology, University of Tsukuba　2007/03

Papers

  • 　Tell Begum, Shaikh Marif and Shakar Tepe: The Late Neolithic Pottery in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan.　T. Odaka　The Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic in the Eastern Fertile Crescent: Revisiting the Hilly Flanks　261-278　2024/01
  • 　Clay Containers and Mobility in the Final Stage of Neolithisation: Storage Bins and the Earliest Pottery at Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria.　T. Odaka　Containers of Change: Ancient Container Technologies from Eastern to Western Asia　223-237　2023/05
  • 　Late Prehistoric Investigations at Shakar Tepe, the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan: Preliminary Results of the First Season (2019).　T. Odaka, O. Maeda, K. Shimogama, Y. S. Hayakawa, Y. Nishiaki, N. A. Mohammed, K. Rasheed　Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East　2　415-428　2023/05
  • 　Excavations at Shaikh Marif, Iraqi Kurdistan: Preliminary Report of the First Season (2022).　T. Odaka, O. Maeda, T. Miki, Y. S. Hayakawa, P. Yewer, H. Hama Gharib　Ancient Civilizations and Cultural Resources　1　1-22　2023/03
  • 　Surveys and Excavations at Post-Neolithic Sites in Wadi Sharma Area, NW Arabia and Archaeological Investigations at Wadi al-Muharraq Sites (NW Arabia): Preliminary Report of the 2017 and 2018 Excavation Seasons.　S. Fujii, A. al-Mansoor, T. Adachi, A. Almunif, K. Nagaya, S. al-Tamimi, A. Uesugi, T. Odaka　Atlal　32　179-201　2022

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  • 　Halaf Pottery in the East End: Insights from Tell Begum, Iraqi Kurdistan.　T. Odaka, O. Nieuwenhuyse　Orient　57　113-124　2022/03
  • 　Neolithic Potsherds from Tell Hassuna: The Collection of the University Museum, the University of Tokyo.　T. Odaka　Neolithic Pottery from the Near East: Production, Distribution and Use　169-179　2021/11
  • 　Late Neolithic in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan: New Excavations at Shakar Tepe, 2019.　T. Odaka, O. Maeda, K. Shimogama, Y. S. Hayakawa, Y. Nishiaki, N. A. Mohammed, K. Rasheed　Neo-Lithics　20　53-57　2020/12
  • 　From the 7th to the 6th Millennium BC in Iraqi Kurdistan: A Local Ceramic Horizon in the Shahrizor Plain.　T. Odaka, O. Nieuwenhuyse, S. Mühl　Paléorient　45　2　67-83　2019/12
  • 　Neolithic Potsherds from Matarrah, Northern Iraq: The Collection of the University Museum, the University of Tokyo.　T. Odaka　Decades in Deserts: Essays on Near Eastern Archaeology in Honour of Sumio Fujii　251-260　2019/02
  • 　Neolithic Pottery with Horizontal Applied Bands from Tell el-Kerkh, the Rouj Basin.　T. Odaka　II Workshop on Late Neolithic Ceramics in Ancient Mesopotamia: Pottery in Context　25-34　2018/10
  • 　Decoration of Neolithic Pottery in the Northern Levant: A View from the Rouj Basin.　T. Odaka　Painting Pots - Painting People: Late Neolithic Ceramics in Ancient Mesopotamia　177-185　2017/03
  • 　The Emergence of Pottery in Northern Levant: A Recent View from the Rouj Basin.　T. Odaka　The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia　61-71　2017/03
  • 　Halaf Settlement in the Iraqi Kurdistan: The Shahrizor Survey Project.　O. Nieuwenhuyse, T. Odaka ,S. Mühl　The Archaeology of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Adjacent Regions　257-266　2016/06
  • 　Revisiting Tell Begum: A Prehistoric Site in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan.　O. Nieuwenhuyse, T. Odaka, A. Kaneda, S. Mühl, K. Rasheed, M. Altaweel　Iraq　78　103-135　2016
  • 　An Archaeological Survey in the Vicinity of Kültepe at Kayseri Province, Turkey.　R. Kontani, H. Sudo, Y. Yamaguchi, Y. S. Hayakawa, T. Odaka　Current Research at Kültepe-Kanesh: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Approach to Trade Networks, Internationalism, and Identity　95-106　2014/03
  • 　Preliminary Report of the Shawbak North Archaeological Project (SNAP): 2012-2013.　S. Fujii, M. Yamafuji, T. Odaka, Y. Arimatsu　Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan　57　359-372　2013/12
  • 　Dark-faced Burnished Ware and Fine versus Coarse Distinction in the Early Pottery Assemblage of Northern Levant.　T. Odaka　Interpreting the Late Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia　296-303　2013/03
  • 　Neolithic Pottery in the Northern Levant and Its Relations to the East.　T. Odaka　Neolithic Archaeology in the Khabur Valley, Upper Mesopotamia and Beyond　205-217　2013/01
  • 　Fine Painted Wares in the Neolithic Northern Levant: The Earliest Evidence from Tell Ain el-Kerkh, the Rouj Basin.　T. Odaka　Orient-Express　2003　3　80-81　2003
  • 　Samarra Pottery in the National Museum of Aleppo, Syria.　T. Odaka　Al-Rāfidān　24　25-39　2003/03
  • 　Fourth Preliminary Report of the Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh (2000), Northwestern Syria.　A. Tsuneki, J. Hydar, Y. Miyake, O. Maeda, T. Odaka, K. Tan'no, A. Hasegawa　古代オリエント博物館紀要　21　1-30　2001/03
  • 　Third Preliminary Report of the Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh (1999), Northwestern Syria.　A. Tsuneki, J. Hydar, Y. Miyake, M. Hudson, M. Arimura, O. Maeda, T. Odaka, S. Yano　古代オリエント博物館紀要　20　1-36　2000/03

Conference Presentations

  • Clay Containers during the PPN-PN Transition: The Case of Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria.(conference：World Neolithic Congress 2024)(2024/11/07)
  • Geomorphological Settings of the Shahrizor Plain and Its Significance to Neolithisation in Iraqi Kurdistan.(conference：Annual Meeting 2024 of the Japanese Geomorphological Union)(2024/11/03)
  • Excavations at Shakar Tepe.(conference：Bestansur Community Event 2023)(2023/09/23)
  • Investigating the Late Neolithic in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan: Excavations at Shaikh Marif, the First Season (2022).(conference：13th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East)(2023/05/22)
  • Investigating the Late Neolithic in the Shahrizor Plain: Tell Begum, Shaikh Marif and Shakar Tepe.(conference：International Conference, Revisiting the Hilly Flanks: the Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic Periods in the Fertile Crescent)(2021/06/22)

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  • Investigating the Late Neolithic in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan: Excavations at Shakar Tepe, the First Season (2019).(conference：12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East)(2021/04/07)
  • A Late PPNB Storehouse and Clay Containers at Tell el-Kerkh, North-western Syria.(conference：Workshop, Thinking Inside the Box: Containers in Neolithic Western Asia)(2020/02/10)
  • Late Neolithic in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan: A New Evidence from Shakar Tepe, the Excavations in 2019.(conference：The 9th International Conference of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East)(2019/11/13)
  • New Insights into Regional Variability of the Hassuna Standard Ware.(conference：Third International Workshop on Ceramics from the Late Neolithic Near East)(2019/03/08)
  • From the Seventh into the Sixth Millennium in the Shahrizor, Iraqi Kurdistan: Filling the Gap.(conference：11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East)(2018/04/05)
  • The Late Neolithic in the Shahrizor: Tell Bagum and Shaikh Marif.(conference：Workshop, Between the Zagros and Mesopotamia: Archaeology of the Diyala Valley in Iraq.)(2018/02/16)
  • A Storehouse at Tell el-Kerkh (Syria), in the Final Stage of the Neolithic Revolution.(conference：Revolutions in Prehistory Symposium)(2016/10/16)
  • Halaf Pottery and the Radiocarbon Dates of Tell Begum.(conference：Expert Meeting, The Later Prehistory of the Shahrizor: Discoveries and Questions)(2016/10/11)
  • Current Issues of the Late Neolithic in the Shahrizor Plain.(conference：Workshop, The Japanese Contribution to Kurdistan Archaeology)(2016/02/27)
  • Around 6000BCE in the Shahrizor Plain: Research Perspectives.(conference：Symposium, Prehistoric Archaeology in the Shahrizor (Iraqi Kurdistan): Prospects & Challenges)(2015/10/18)
  • Early Pottery with Horizontal Applied Bands from Tell el-Kerkh, Northwestern Syria.(conference：2nd Workshop on Investigating Decorated Ceramics from the Later Neolithic Near East)(2015/10/15)
  • Storage and Portability: The Neolithic Clay Vessels from Tell el-Kerkh, NW Syria.(conference：The 7th World Archaeological Congress)(2013/01/15)
  • The Western Variety of Samarra Pottery and the Collection in the National Museum of Aleppo, Syria.(conference：8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East)(2012/05/01)
  • Decoration of Neolithic Pottery in the Northern Levant: A View from the Rouj Basin, Syria.(conference：Workshop, Painting Pots - Painting People: Investigating Decorated Ceramic from the Late Neolithic Near East)(2012/01/23)
  • Storage Facilities of a Neolithic Mega-site: The New Evidence from Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria.(conference：7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East)(2010/04/12)
  • The Emergence of Pottery in the Northern Levant: A Recent View from Tell el-Kerkh.(conference：International Symposium, The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia: The Search for the Origin of Pyrotechnology)(2009/10/29)
  • Dark-faced Burnished Wares in the Pottery Assemblage of the Neolithic North Levant.(conference：International Conference, Interpreting the Late Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia)(2009/03/28)
  • Neolithic Pottery in the Levant and Its Relations to the East.(conference：International Symposium, The Neolithic Archaeology in the Khabur Valley, Upper Mesopotamia and Beyond)(2005/07/09)

Others

Arts and Fieldwork

○Excavations at Shakar Tepe, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2024/08-2024/09)
○Material Studies of Shakar Tepe and Shaikh Marif, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2024/02-2024/03)
○Excavations at Shakar Tepe, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2023/08-2023/09)
○Material Studies of Shakar Tepe and Shaikh Marif, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2023/02-2023/03)
○Excavations at Shaikh Marif, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2022/08-2022/09)
○Excavations at Wadi Ghubayy and Wadi Muharraq, Saudi Arabia(2019/12-2019/12)
○Excavations at Shakar Tepe, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2019/08-2019/09)
○Topographic Mapping at Shaikh Marif, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2017/08-2017/09)
○Material Studies of Shaikh Marif, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2017/02-2017/02)
○Excavations at Anjiri Cave, Iran(2016/12-2017/01)
○Material Studies of the Shahrizor Plain, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2016/10-2016/10)
○Archaeological Survey in the Marv Dasht Plain, Iran(2016/09-2016/09)
○Archaeological Survey in the Kayseri Province, Turkey(2014/09-2014/09)
○Material Studies of Tell Begum, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2014/02-2014/03)
○Archaeological Survey in the Kayseri Province, Turkey(2013/09-2013/09)
○Re-excavations at Tell Begum, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(2013/08-2013/08)
○Archaeological Survey in the Shawbak North and the Jafr Basin, Jordan(2013/03-2013/03)
○Material Studies in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, UK(2012/03-2012/03)
○Archaeological Survey in the Kayseri Province, Turkey(2012/08-2012/09)
○Material Studies in CNRS, France(2012/03-2012/03)
○Archaeological Survey in the Kayseri Province, Turkey(2011/09-2011/09)
○Excavations at Göytepe, Azerbaijan(2011/08-2011/09)
○Material Studies of Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2011/03-2011/03)
○Material Studies of Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2010/09-2010/10)
○Excavations at Ueno-Shinobugaoka Site Complex, Japan(2009/12-2009/12)
○Material Studies of Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2009/07-2009/09)
○Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2008/07-2009/08)
○Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2007/08-2007/09)
○Excavations at Ueno-Shinobugaoka Site Complex, Japan(2007/06-2007/07)
○Investigations of Bamboo Paper Factories, China(2006/11-2006/11)
○Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2006/08-2006/09)
○Excavations at Ueno-Shinobugaoka Site Complex, Japan(2006/06-2006/07)
○Excavations at Tonouchi Shell Mound, Japan(2005/09-2005/09)
○Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2005/08-2005/09)
○Excavations at Tonouchi Shell Mound, Japan(2005/02-2005/03)
○Material Studies of Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2004/08-2004/09)
○Topographic Mapping at Tonouchi Shell Mound, Japan(2004/02-2004/03)
○Material Studies of Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2003/08-2003/09)
○Excavations at Kitadera Site, Japan(2003/07-2003/08)
○Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2002/08-2002/09)
○Material Studies of Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2002/02-2002/03)
○Material Studies of Tell Kashkashok II, Syria(2001/10-2001/10)
○Excavations at Tell Seker al-Aheimar, Syria(2001/09-2001/10)
○Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2001/07-2001/09)
○Excavations at Kohnodai Site, Japan(2001/02-2001/04)
○Soundings at Shinjuku 6-Chome Site, Japan(2001/01-2001/01)
○Material Studies in Aleppo National Museum, Syria(2000/11-2000/12)
○Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(2000/07-2000/09)
○Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, Syria(1999/07-1999/09)
○Excavations at Ueno-Shinobugaoka Site Complex, Japan(1998/06-1998/08)
○Excavations at Sendagaya 5-Chome Site, Japan(1996/10-1997/09)
○Excavations at Tell Kosak Shamali, Syria(1996/07-1996/09)
○Excavations at Shiba-Takanawadai Site, Japan(1996/02-1996/04)
○Excavations at Nishi-Waseda 3-Chome Site, Japan(1995/07-1995/09)
○Topographic Mapping at Tsukamotoyama Tumli, Japan(1995/07-1995/07)

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

○「「肥沃な三日月地帯」東翼における新石器化から都市化への移行過程」(2023-2025)　
○「都市化過程におけるメソポタミア外縁部の考古学的研究」(2021-2022)　
○「メソポタミア初期農耕社会の再編期における物質文化の基礎的研究」(2019-2022)　
○「メソポタミア外縁における新石器化から都市化への移行に関する研究」(2019-2020)　
○「文明形成過程における肥沃な三日月地帯とメソポタミアとの交流関係」(2014-2017)　
○「西アジア初期農耕社会における物資貯蔵活動の研究」(2010-2012)　
○「メソポタミア先史農耕社会にみる都市文明の起源」(2021-2024)　
○「古代メソポタミア北部における歴史時代の物質文化の研究ー日本隊の発掘資料を中心にー」(2018-2022)　
○「古代メソポタミア北東部における歴史考古学的研究」(2014-2017)　
○「西アジア先史時代における工芸技術の研究」(2012-2016)　
○「古代社会の発展と都市化の比較考古学的研究」(2002-2005)　

Competitive research funding,Contribution

Collaborative research,Consignment study

Classes (Bachelors)

○The Origins of the Ancient Civilizations(2023)
○Historical Approach to the Contemporary World(2023)
○The Origins of the Ancient Civilizations(2022)
○Historical Approach to the Contemporary World(2022)
○Historical Approach to the Contemporary World(2021)
○The Origins of the Ancient Civilizations(2021)
○Practice of Archaeology 4(2021)
○Practice of Archaeology 3(2021)
○Practice of Archaeology IB(2021)
○Practice of Archaeology IIB(2020)
○Practice of Field Archaeology B(2020)

Classes (Graduate Schools)

○Seminar on West Asian Prehistory II(2023)
○Seminar on West Asian Prehistory I(2023)
○West Asian Prehistory II(2023)
○West Asian Prehistory I(2023)
○Introduction to Cultural Resource Studies a(2023)
○Seminar on Prehistory 2(2023)
○Seminar on Prehistory 1(2023)
○Special Lecture on Prehistory 2(2023)
○Special Lecture on Prehistory 1(2023)
○Introduction to Cultural Resource Studies 1(2023)

International Project

○Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center Project(20100618-20100913)Expert, Japan International Cooperation Agency

International Students

Lecture themes

Others (Social Activities)

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