The Department of Archaeology at Okayama University has a long tradition of active research and has brought many students into the archaeological profession.
Our department consists of 30 to 40 undergraduate and graduate students and four academic staff. We typically carry out excavations in the spring and summer where students can learn practical knowledge and techniques of archaeology. We host a large library of archaeological books and excavation reports and have computers available for students. Our museum stores many archaeological materials from a number of previous excavations carried out by the Department of Archaeology and Archaeological Operation Center, which excavate archaeological sites in the campus of Okayama University.
Our faculty's research interests focus on Japanese prehistory and proto-history, computer archaeology, evolutionary archaeology, cognitive archaeology and gender archaeology. We provide wide-ranging education in archaeology from basic knowledge and fundamentals to theories and methods.