RANDALL J. SASAKI

Research Associate at The Institute of Nautical Archaeology

Photographic Specialist at the Conservation Research Lab, Texas A&M University

 

404 June Street. Bryan, TX 77802 USA

shipwreckarchaeology@gmail.com

randy-archaeology@tamu.edu

 

Education

1995 Graduate from Oberin High School in Tokyo, Japan

1999 Graduate from Southwest Missouri State University. BA (Double Major) in Anthropology and Antiquities

2002 Attend Texas A&M University in College Station, TX (Nautical Archaeology Program)

2004 Finished all course works for M.A. in Anthropology

Current --- Finishing Thesis and attending required course work for Ph.D. Program

 

Employment

1999-2001 Center for Archaeological Research in Missouri (Curation, Site Survey, and Excavation of CRM sites)

2001-2002 Archaeological Consulting and Services in Wisconsin (Curation, Site Survey, and Excavation of CRM sites)

2005 3D Reconstruction of the Pepper Wreck Timbers with Dr. Castro (TAMU)

2005 Graduate Assistant at Conservation Research Laboratory (TAMU)

2006 Photographic Specialist at Conservation Research Laboratory

 

Project Directed

2004-5 4000 Junks Project (Recording Timbers from the Wrecks of Kublai Khan's Fleet) (With Support of INA at Texas A&M, RPM Nautical Foundation, and KOSUWA)

2005 San Francisco Survey Project in Chiba Japan: Co-director Jun Kimura at Flinders University (With Support of Spain USA Foundation)

2005 Okitsu Survey Project: Co-Director Jun Kimura at Flinders University (With Support of INA at Texas A&M)

 

Event Organized

2006 The First Annual Maritime Archaeology Seminar (Kyoto University) (with Tomo Ishimura, Jun Kimura, and Hiroaki Miyashita) http://nauticalarchaeologyjp.com/PR.pdf

 

Projects Participated

1997 Tenjin Yato Iseki: Kanagawa, Japan. ----- Jomon, Yayoi, and Kofun Period Settlement

1998 Bold Mountain Archaeological Project: North Calorina. ----- The Archaic Period Occupation Site

1998 Historical Archaeological Field School: Springfield, MO ----- 19th cen Farmstead Excavation

2000 Joint Hadd Project: Ras-al Jins, Oman ----- Bronze Age Coastal Trading Post Settlement

2000 Upper Tigris Area Research Project: Bismil, Turkey ----- Iron, Greek, and Roman Age Settlement

2001 Joint Hadd Project: Ras al-Jins, Oman ----- Bronze Age Coastal Trading Post Settlement

2001 Mahra Archaeological Project: Sayhut, Yemen ----- Iron and Islamic Age Occupation

2002 Big Eddy Site: Stockton, MO ----- Possible Pre-Clovis Site

2003 Faro A: Porturgal ----- English Merchantship Survey

2003 Kozaki Harbor Excavation : Takashima, Japan ----- Mongol Invasion Shipwrecks

2004 Search for Japanese Sub I 400 and I 58 ----- Deep Sea Survey

2004 Kozaki Harbor Excavation: Takashima, Japan ----- Mongol Invasion Shipwrecks

 

Formal Presentations

2004 "Archaeology of Kamikaze" Guest Speaker at Anthropology Club (Southwest Missouri State University)

2004 "Making Sense of Piles of Junks" Student Research Week: TAMU. First Prize Winner.

2004 "The Introduction to Nautical Archaeology and Mongol Invasion (In Japanese)" Guest Speaker at Takashima Elementary School

2005 "The Nautical Archaeology of Kamikaze" The AIA 106th Annual Meeting

2005 "Unearthing the fleet of Kublai Khan in the shores of Japan" Anthropology Brown Bag Presentation TAMU

2005 "The Story of Kublai Khan: Personal Invasion?" guest speaker at Peoples and Cultures of the World TAMU

2005 "Kamikaze --- Not So Divine Wind?" Student Research Week: TAMU. First Prize Winner

2005 "The Study of Shipwrecks: From Takashima Underwater Site (In Japanese)" at Takshima Board of Education

2005 "Resurecting of the Shipwrecks (In Japanese) " and "Museum Talk (In Japanese)" at Kyusyu National Museum of Japan

2006"The Legend Beyond Kamikaze" at World Archaeology Congress, Inter-congress at Osaka

2006 "The Legend Beyond Kamikaze (Short Version)" Student Research Week: TAMU

2006 "Reconstructing Medieval Asian Ship (In Japanese)" Maritime Cross-Cultural Exchange in East Asia and the Formation of Japanese Traditional Culture: Interdisciplinary Approach Focusing on Ningpo. Mini-Symposium at Tokai University.

2006 "Ships of Genko/The Mongol Invasion (In Japanese)" The First Annual Maritime Archaeology Seminar (at Kyoto University).

 

Publications

2002 Parker, B. J., A. Creekmore, and Eleanor Moseman, and Randall Sasaki "The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): Year 2000 Excavations at Kenan Tepe" 23. Kazi SonuçlariToplantisi. Ankara, T.C. Kültür Bakanligi Anitlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlü_ü.

2004 "Analysis of Timbers from 2003 Excavation" in Takashima Site Report X: Takashima Board of Education.

2004 Co-authored with Jean-Yves Blot, Tiago Fraga, et al: "Reconstructing the non-existing hull" IPPAR Algarve

2005 "Interview with Dr. Bass" Kyusyu Okinawa Society for Underwater Archaeology Newsletter 19

2005 "The Legend of Kamikaze: Nautical Archaeology in Japan" The INA Quarterly Vol 32. No.1

2005 "Analysis of Timbers from 2004 Excavation" in Takashima Site Report XI: Takashima Board of Education

2005 A Note "In the Field" The INA Quarterly Vol 32. No. 2

2005 Randall Sasaki with contributions from Filipe Castro and Kirsten Jerch. "Methods for Recording Timbers in Three Dimensions" The INA Quarterly Vol32. No.3

2005 David Guilfoile, Jun Kimura, and Randall Sasaki. Okitsu Harbor Survey Project (Initial Survey) AIMA Newsletter (December), 24(4): 17-20

2006 "Where the Vessels were Built: Reconstructing the Mongol Invasions of Japan." The INA Quarterly Vol33.3

2006 "Book Review: Beneath the Seventh Sea" ARIUA/KOSUWA Newsletter (Coming Soon)

2006 "Considering the Philosophy of Shipbuilding PART I : Learning from the examples in Mediterranean." The Journal of Underwater Archaeological Studies vol.2 (Submitted)

2006 Co-authored with Jun, Kimura (Preliminary Title---The San Francisco Survey Project 2006) The Journal of Underwater Archaeological Studies vol.2 (in Process)

 

Film Appearence

2004 Sen-Toku (Japanese Sub Class I400): with Discovery Channel

2005 Khubilai Khan: Fall of the Mongol Hordes:with Discovery Channel

 

Web-Site

The nauticalarchaeologyjp.com is dedicated to promote nautical/maritime archaeology in Japan

http://www.nauticalarchaeologyjp.com

 

Interests

Promote understanding of Nautical/Maritime Archaeology in Asia

Visualization in Archaeology, including photography and 3D reconstruction

Ship's joinery technology in Medieval East Asia

Ethnographic studies of boat building in Asia

Bronze Age trade route in Indian Ocean (Dilmun, Magan, and Meluhha)

 

LAST UPDATED AT Oct 31 '06

 

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