Our laboratory tries to reconstruct large-scale human evolution based on studies on microscopic traces. We are investigating Palaeolithic artifacts remained by Homo erectus, Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens to better understand how and when humans developed their cognition and technologies through time.
Research Overview
Our laboratory is represented by laboratory work based on experimental traceology and field work, including excavation and survey. The experimental traceology reconstructs past human behaviors, such as hunting, butchering, hide-working, and processing of organic materials, by analyzing macroscopic and microscopic traces on artifacts. The experimental traceology allows us to reconstruct manufacturing technology observing production traces, and site formation process detecting traces mapped upon artifacts during post-depositional processes.
