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
