YUI ARIMATSU

Last Updated :2025/04/22

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
E-mail
yarimahiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2016/12, 2018/12, UNESCO, Associate Expert
  • 2014/03/01, 2017/03/31, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, Assistant Professor
  • 2011/04, 2014/02, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 2008/04, 2010/03, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Educational Backgrounds

  • Lumiere University of Lyon2, France, 2008/05, 2011/03

Academic Degrees

  • Lumiere University of Lyon2
  • The University of Tokyo

Research Keywords

  • State formation
  • Sociocultural Evolution
  • Western Asia
  • Civilization
  • Iron Age

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Introduction to Geography, Archaeology, and Cultural Heritage
  2. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Introduction to Japanese Archaeology
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Lecture on Asian Archaeology A
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Basic Practice in Archaeology C
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Basic Practice in Archaeology D
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, OutOfTerm(1st), Field Practice in Archaeology A
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, OutOfTerm(1st), Field Practice in Archaeology B
  9. 2025, Undergraduate Education, OutOfTerm(2nd), Field Practice in Archaeology C
  10. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Advanced Seminar in Archaeology A
  11. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Seminar in Graduation Thesis on Archaeology A
  12. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Seminar in Graduation Thesis on Archaeology B
  13. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Guidance on Graduation Thesis A
  14. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Guidance on Graduation Thesis B
  15. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
  16. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Humanities and Social Sciences and Society
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Humanities and Social Sciences and Society
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Analytical Study of World archaeology B
  19. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Book Review of Archaeological Excavation Reports
  20. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Exercise in Archaeology B
  21. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Exercise in Archaeology C
  22. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Research
  23. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Research
  24. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Special Research
  25. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Special Research

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Secondary state formation in West Asia, Quarterly of Archaeological Studies, 283, 20-30, 20241230
  2. Wadi Nadiya 2 and supplementary investigations of the Jafr Neolithic barrage systems, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 57, 373-398, 2013
  3. A Preliminary Report of the Shawbak North Archaeological Project (SNAP), 2011 Summer, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 56, 157-169, 2013
  4. Wadi Nadiya 1: Another Neolithic barrage system in the northeastern al-Jafr Basin, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 56, 131-156, 2012
  5. ★, Homogénéisation de la céramique fine de la deuxième moitié de l'âge du Fer au nord de l'Iran dans le cadre de l'horizon à céramique de type de Orange ware, Iranica Antiqua, 50, 213-232, 2015
  6. Bronze-Hilted Iron Swords from Western Asia at the Department of Archaeology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima University bulletin of the Department of Archaeology, 8, 1-31, 2016
  7. Non-destructive analysis of ancient bimetal swords from western Asia by gamma-ray radiography and X-ray fluorescence, NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS, 407, 244-255, 20170915
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  8. Evolution fonctionelle des pratiques funéraires de l'âge du Fer dans l'Iran septentionelle, Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan, 48, 121-142, 2019
  9. Human remains from Menjaq Tepe 2, Iran, 2017, Bioarchaeology of the Near East, 13, 147-150, 2019
  10. Violence and warfare in the prehistoric Japan, Letters on Evolutionary and Behavioral Science, 8(1), 8-11, 2017
  11. Violence in the prehistoric period of Japan: the spatiotemporal pattern of skeletal evidence for violence in the Jomon period, Biology Letters, 12(3), 2016
  12. Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe: Excavations of the Earliest Pottery Neolithic Occupations on the Middle Kura, Azerbaijan, 2012, Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan, 45, 1-25, 2015
  13. Preliminary report of the Iran Japan joint research study of the Gorgan material in the National Museum of Iran, Tehran, Annual report of the Humanities Research Institute, 21, 129-150, 2010

Publications such as books

  1. Göytepe: Neolithic Excavation in The Middle Kura Valley, Azerbaijan, Archaeopress, 2021, Scholarly Book, Contributor, 1789698782
  2. Culture and Ethnic Groups in the Caspian Region, Iran, Hanyang University, 2012, Others, Contributor, 100
  3. Report of the Iran Japan Joint Archaeological Expedition to Gilan, Fifth Season, ICHTO and Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan, 2006, Report, Contributor, 182

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. The Material of Gorgan in Iran, Yui Arimatsu, The International Symposium of Culture and Ethnic Groupes in the Caspian Region, 2012/05/03, With Invitation, English
  2. The early development of Bronze Age burnished gray ware in the Northern Iran: An essay about the pottery excavated at Tappeh Hoseynābād, Yui Arimatsu, The 20th Workshop in the National Museum of Iran, National Museum of Iran, Tehran, 2012/02/26, With Invitation, English
  3. Origin and Development of Pottery in Transcaucasus: Non-linear Qualitative Transition of Ceramic Vessels in the Early Neolithic Settlements, International Meeting for Transpacific Perspectives on Post-Pleistocene Adaptations, 2014/10/21, Without Invitation, English
  4. New Environmental Data from the Late Prehistory of the North Khorasan Province, Matteo Delle Donne, Reza Naseri, Yui Arimatsu, Missioni Archeologiche e Progetti di Ricerca, Conferenze 2022, 2022/05/19, Without Invitation, English
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  5. Multilayered Impacts of Innovations on Human Groups: A Case Study of Iron Artifacts From Graveyards, Yui Arimatsu, International Symposium for an Archaeological View of Innovations: How Did Material Culture Transform Prehistoric Societies?, 2016/06/15, Without Invitation, English
  6. Last painted pottery and first Gray ware in North-East Iran: Results of the Hiroshima University Scientific Expedition to Iran, Yui Arimatsu, International Congress of Young Archaeologist, 2015/10/13, Without Invitation, English
  7. "Tangles" on Political Complexity of the Kofun Period, Yui Arimatsu, International Workshop: Disentangling the Evolution of Social Complexity, 2023/09/25, English
  8. Reciprocity: Levelling Mechanism on the Evolution of Social Complexity towards State Formation, Yui Arimatsu, Tohoku Forum for Creativity 'Human Sociality: Comparative Studies of Social Evolution and Historical Dynamics', 2022/08/18, Without Invitation, English
  9. Final Process of Painted Pottery Tradition: Review of Bronze Age Cultural Transition at Tappeh Anjirab, Gorgan Plain, Yui Arimatsu, Online International Conference for the Iranian Archaeological Webinar, 2022, 2022/02/19, Without Invitation, English

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. GIMRT: Global Institute for Materials Research Tohoku, Investigation of the origins of iron artifacts in West Asia: Material analysis and reconstruction of production methods of bronze-hilted iron swords, 2025/04, 2026/03
  2. 2023/04, 2026/03
  3. 2023/04, 2027/03
  4. 2020/04/01, 2023/03

Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. International Workshop on 'World Heritage and the Nara Document: Presence and Future of the Asian Paradigm', 2025/01, 2025/01
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  2. Expert meeting on 'World heritage and the Nara document: Presence and Future of the Asian Paradigm', 2025/01, 2025/01