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Simon Kaner MA Cantab, PhD (2004) is Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia and Head of the Centre for Archaeology and Heritage at the Sainsbury Institute. He is an archaeologist specialising in the prehistory of Japan.
A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London since 2005, he has taught and published on many aspects of East Asian and European archaeology. He has undertaken archaeological research in Japan, the UK and elsewhere and worked for several years in archaeological heritage management in the UK. His recent publications include The Power of Dogu: ceramic figures from ancient Japan (2009), which accompanied a major exhibition at the British Museum. Other works include Jomon Reflections: Forager Life and Culture in the Prehistoric Japanese Archipelago by Kobayashi Tatsuo (2005), which he adapted and edited with Nakamura Oki. He is also currently completing an edited volume The Archaeology of Medieval Towns: case studies from Japan and Europe, to be published in 2011.
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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The Later Prehistoric Norfolk
Hutcheson, A., Clarke, J. & Kaner, S.
25/07/22 → 16/12/23
Project: Research
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Collecting History: Re-experiencing encounters with Japanese art and culture
1/04/22 → 29/02/24
Project: Research
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Gatsby Funding - Study of Japanese Arts and Culture from the Past to the Present
Gatsby Charitable Foundation (The)
1/08/21 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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University of East Anglia Japan Orientation
Toshiba International Foundation
1/03/16 → 28/02/23
Project: Training
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Earth, Sea, and Sky: The development of Ainu art and culture
Japan Foundation Endowment Committee
1/09/22 → 28/11/22
Project: Research
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The archaeology of medieval towns: Case studies from Japan and Europe
Kaner, S. (ed.), Ayers, B. (ed.), Pearson, R. (ed.) & Wrenn, O. (ed.), 1 Sep 2020, Oxford: Archaeopress. 154 p. (Comparative and Global Perspectives on Japanese Archaeology)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Nara to Norwich: the Arrival of Belief, religion and archaeology at the extremities of the Silk Roads AD 500-1000
Kaner, S. & Hutcheson, A., 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
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Yayoi vs Iron Age: a comparison of increasingly complex settlement structures and material cultures during later prehistory in Japan and Britain
Hutcheson, A. & Kaner, S., 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
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Art and the brain: archaeological perspectives on visual communication
Janik, L. & Kaner, S., 2018, In: Open Archaeology. 4, 1, p. 145-151 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beauty of Jomon
Kaner, S., Sep 2018, In: Onbeat. p. 36-45 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article