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Welcome to the Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology.
We were established in January 1997 in Tokyo by archaeologists working
in the Middle and Near Eastern countries. It had been our desire to have
a society based in Japan that specialized in this scholarly field. We have
inherited the traditions of the archaeological studies in this area that
were initially begun by the pioneers of this field as early as the 1950’s.
Our principal purpose
is to promote archaeological research in western Asia, Egypt and adjoining areas
by exchanging information and ideas among our members and also by presenting our
messages to the public. We hold meetings, conferences and workshops and publish
a journal, books, pamphlets and other material. Some of the information we
create is opened or distributed to the public for free or with a charge. It is
our great pleasure if our members and visitors can get the latest information
about our Society’s current functions through this web site.
In order
to further promote our functions, we have come up with some ideas to improve the
activities of the society including those concerning the web page that is
continually being updated. The use of the internet is one such attempt to
introduce English articles, thus, bringing new results of the field research and
excavation by Japanese archaeological teams working in the Middle and Near
East.
We look forward to seeing you soon. Thank you.
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