The archaeology of burial mounds in Japan and Europe: comparative and contextual perspectives - Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

External event - University of Tübingen

Wednesday 4 November, 2015 - Friday 6 November, 2015

Schloss Hohentübingen, Fürstenzimmer, Germany

About the workshop

This workshop, co-organised and hosted by the Department of Archaeology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tubingen, will examine current trends in the archaeology of mounded tombs. Relating closely to the Sainsbury Institute’s ongoing research into the archaeology of the kofun period, this specialist workshop brings together experts from Japan, Germany, UK and France.’

Organized by

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas Knopf (University of Tübingen)
Werner Steinhaus M.A. (Hiroshima),
Dr. Simon Kaner (Sainsbury Institute)
Prof. Dr. Shin‘ya Fukunaga (Osaka University)

Supported and sponsored by

University of Tübingen
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Osaka University
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures