Curriculum Vitae: Saburo Sugiyama

CURRICULUM VITAE: SABURO SUGIYAMA

January, 2017

OFFICE ADDRESS

School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-2402 USA

Office in Mathews Center, Room 211A: Phone 480-965-5223: Fax 480-965-7671

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Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Aichi Prefectural University, Nagakute-cho, Aichi, 480-1198 Japan: Phone (0) 561-64-1111 Ext.2715; Fax (0) 561-64-1107

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. program in the Dept. of Anthropology at Arizona State University 1990 to 1995; Ph.D. in 1995

Ph.D. program in the Dept. of Anthropology at Brandeis University; 1987 to 1990

B.S. (Political Economy) from Tokyo-Keizai University, Japan; obtained in 1981

POSITIONS

2013-present Research Professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University (half-time).

2008-present Professor in Special Charge of the Gradual School of International Cultural Studies, Aichi Prefectural University.

2013-present Director of Cultural Symbiosis Research Institute, Aichi Prefectural University.

2005-2006 Resident Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, Washington, D.C.

2006-2013 Associate Research Professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University (part-time).

2001-2008 Professor at Aichi Prefectural University.

1999-2001 Associate Professor at Aichi Prefectural University.

1995-1999 Research Professional in the Dept. of Anthropology, Arizona State University.

1994-1995 Resident Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, Washington, D.C.

1990-1994 Research Assistant at Arizona State University.

1987-1990 Fellow in Ph.D. program in Anthropology at Brandeis University.

1980-1987 Researcher & Topographer at the National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico.

1976-1978 Assistant Researcher of the Sangenya Archaeological Project of the Association of Seisun Archaeology and Fujieda City Board of Education, Japan.

RESEARCH GRANTS

2017-2018 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Principal Investigator. “Archaeological Project of the Plaza of Columns Complex in Teotihuacan.” US$79,600.

2015-2018 National Science Foundation. Principal Investigator “Collaborative Research: Origins of Urbanization and State Formation.” US$ $94,623.

2015-2016 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Principal Investigator. “Understanding Royal Groups in the Ancient Teotihuacan: Excavations at the Plaza of Columns.” US$60,800.

2015-2016 Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. Principal Investigator of Incubation Study, “Interdisciplinary Comparative Research of Human Uniqueness: Re-interpreting the Formation of Ancient Civilizations form Cognitive (Brain, Genome) Sciences and Global Environment Studies” US$8,474.

2014-2015 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Principal Investigator, “Understanding Royal Groups in the Ancient Teotihuacan: Excavations at the Plaza of Columns.” US$67,857.

2013-2014 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Principal Investigator, “Understanding Royal Groups in the Ancient Teotihuacan: Excavations at the Plaza of Columns.” US$150,000.

2010-2012 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Principal Investigator, “Ancient City of Cholula: Comparative Study and Database Construction of Monuments and Symbols.” US$365,900.

2008-2010 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Principal Investigator, “The Origins of Ancient Cities in the America: Comparative Study of Monuments and Symbols.” US$298,315.

2006-2008 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Principal Investigator, “The Origin of Planned City Teotihuacan and Monuments: Analyses and Interpretations of Archaeological Materials from the Moon Pyramid.” US$315,711.

2004-2005 Additional funding from National Geographic Society. Principal Investigator, “Moon Pyramid at Teotihuacan, Mexico.” US$15,000.

2004 Arizona State University. Principal Coordinator for the special exhibition, “Voyage to the Center of the Moon Pyramid.” at the National Museum of Anthropology, in Mexico City. US$10,000.

2003-2004 National Geographic Society. Principal Investigator, “Teotihuacan Polity and Elite Graves at the Moon Pyramid in Mexico.” US$40,000.

2002-2004 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Principal Investigator, “The Formation Process and Ideology of Ancient States in the Middle America: The Exploration at the Moon Pyramid in Teotihuacan.” US$175,000.

2002 National Geographic Society. Principal Investigator, “State Ideology Materialized at the Moon Pyramid in Teotihuacan, Mexico.” US$49,462.

2000-2002 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Principal Investigator, “Origin of Ancient State in Mesoamerica: The Polity and Ideology Materialized at the Moon Pyramid, Teotihuacan.” US$205,691.

1999-2000 National Science Foundation. Principal Investigator “The Teotihuacan State and the Moon Pyramid: Excavations in 1999 and Material Analyses.” US$120,364.

1999 National Geographic Society. Principal Investigator “The Moon Pyramid and the Early Teotihuacan State Polity.” US$30,796.

1999 Arizona State University. Principal Investigator, “The Moon Pyramid and the Early Teotihuacan State Polity.” US$9,410.

1998-1999 National Science Foundation. Principal Investigator, “The Moon Pyramid and the Early Teotihuacan State Polity.” US$171,612.

1998 Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies. Principal Investigator, "The Symbolism of Censers and the Teotihuacan State." US$9,260.

1997-1998 National Endowment for the Humanities. Co-Principal Investigator (with G. Cowgill as Principal Investigator), "Virtual Museum of Ancient Civilization in the Basin of Mexico: Teotihuacan and Tenochtitlan."

1997-1998 Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies. Co-Principal Investigator (with George Cowgill as Principal Investigator), "Ritual Sacrifice and the Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuacan, Mexico."

1995-1997 National Science Foundation. Co-Principal Investigator (with George Cowgill as Principal Investigator), "Human Sacrifice and Society at Teotihuacan, Mexico." US$42,525.

1995-1997 National Endowment for the Humanities. Co-Investigator (with George Cowgill as Principal Investigator), "Human Sacrifice and Society at Teotihuacan, Mexico." US$100,127.

1993-1994 Dissertation Research Program: National Science Foundation."Human Sacrifices at Teotihuacan, Mexico; Their Symbolism and Social Implications." US$6,450.

1990-1993 National Endowment for the Humanities. Co-Investigator (with George Cowgill as Principal Investigator), "The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuacan, Mexico, and its Elite Burial Complex." US$97,118.

1988-1993 National Geographic Society. Co-Investigator (with George Cowgill as Principal Investigator), "Proyecto Templo de Quetzalcoatl: Archaeological Research at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan." US$71,500.

AWARD AND HONORS

2016 "H.B. Nicholson Award for Excellence in Mesoamerican Studies," from Moses Mesoamerican Archive and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.

https://archaeology.harvard.edu/event/moses-mesoamerican-archive-and-peabody-museum-conference-above-so-below-cosmic-roads

2013 Research Award for "Human Sacrifices under the Temples of Quetzalcoatl, the Moon Pyramid and the Sun Pyramid in Teotihuacan, Mexico", in Shanghai Archaeology Forum, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China.

2012 “Commendation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan” for the academic achievement in Mexican Archaeology and related international social activities, Tokyo, Japan.

1992 "Best Article of 1992", from the Mexican Committee of Historical Sciences, for the publication of Sugiyama 1991f.

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mesoamerican archaeology, especially Teotihuacan: Ancient complex societies and urbanism: Method and theory in archaeology, Cognitive archaeology: Iconography and symbolism: Mortuary analysis.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Society for American Archaeology, American Anthropological Association, Society for Japanese Archaeology, Japan Association for Latin American Studies, Japan Society for Studies of the Ancient America.

FIELD WORK AND RESEARCH (INAH - National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico)

8/2013-3/2014, 8/2014-12/2014, 2/2015-3/2015, 8/2015-10/2015, 7/2016-10/2016, 7/2017-10/2017.

Survey and Excavation of the Plaza of the Columns Project, Teotihuacan, of ASU, Aichi Prefectural University, INAH, and others. (Co-director: Saburo Sugiyama)

1/2015 Survey in Nepal for anthropological comparative studies of highland cultures. (co-PI: Saburo Sugiyama)

2-3/2013 Survey in Mexico and Peru for anthropological comparative studies of highland cultures. (Director: Norio Yamamoto)

8-12/2008, 2-5/2009, 9-12/2009, 1-3/2010, 8-11/2010, 8/2011-3/2012, 8/2012-1/2013, 8/2013-1/2014

Excavation and material analysis of the Sun Pyramid Project, Teotihuacan, directed by Alejandro Sarabia, INAH. (Invited-Investigator: Saburo Sugiyama)

4/2007-10/2016, intermittently

3D topographic mapping of the Aztec Precinct complex, by the Templo Mayor Project directed by Leonardo López Luján, INAH.

8-9/2005, 8-10/2006, 8-11/2007, 8-12/2008, 9-12/2009, 1-3/2010, 7-9/2010

3D mapping of ancient city of Teotihuacan, and material analysis of the Moon Pyramid Project of Arizona State University, Aichi Prefectural University, and INAH. (Directors: Saburo Sugiyama and Rubén Cabrera C.)

6/1998-3/1999, 7-10/1999, 7-10/2000, 7-10/2001, 7-10/2002, 7-10/2003, 8-12/2004

Excavation, 3D mapping, and material analysis of the Moon Pyramid Project, Teotihuacan, of Arizona State University, Aichi Prefectural University, and INAH. (Directors: Saburo Sugiyama and Rubén Cabrera C.)

3-4/1998 Research on Teotihuacan Ceramic Censers in Guatemala and Teotihuacan, of Arizona State University. (Director: Saburo Sugiyama)

Summer/1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Laboratory work for the Templo de Quetzalcoatl Project, of Arizona State University/INAH, and for the dissertation, at the San Juan Teotihuacan Archaeological Research Center, Mexico. (Field-Director: Saburo Sugiyama).

6-9/1988, 6-12/1989

Excavations of the Templo de Quetzalcoatl Project, Teotihuacan, of Brandeis University/INAH. (Field-Director: Saburo Sugiyama).

11/1983-1/1984, 11/1984-1/1985, 9-11/1986, 1-6/1987

Survey, and laboratory work for INAH's project at Palenque, Chiapas, in field and in Mexico City, directed by Roberto Garcia Moll.

8-9/1985 Drawing of Teotihuacan mural paintings for publication project at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, directed by René Millon.

5-7/1985 Survey for INAH project at Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, directed by Joaquín García B.

6-7/1984 Survey and excavation for the project of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, directed by René Millon, at Teotihuacan.

9-10/1983, 2-3/1984, 7-10/1984, 2-4/1985, 11-12/1985

Survey, excavation, laboratory work for INAH project at Teotihuacan, directed by Rubén Cabrera C., INAH.

6-8/1983 Survey for INAH & State of Campeche Government's project at Becán and Xpuhil, Campeche, directed by Román Piña Chan.

10/1980-12/1982

Survey and excavation for INAH project “Proyecto Arqueológico Teotihuacán 1980-82” directed by by Rubén Cabrera C.

7-8/1980 Survey and excavation for INAH project at Caracol, Guerrero, directed by Angel Garcia Cook.

1-6/1980 Survey and excavation for INAH project at Cocula, Guerrero, directed by Rubén Cabrera C.

8/1976-10/1978

Excavation for the Sangenya Archaeological Project, directed by Yoshimi Masui, Shizuoka, Japan.

PUBLICATIONS

2017a Imputation approach for deducing a complete mitogenome sequence from low-depth-coverage next-generation sequencing data: application to ancient remains from the Moon Pyramid, Mexico. Co-authored with Fuzuki Mizuno, Masahiko Kumagai, Kunihiko Kurosaki, Michiko Hayashi, Shintaroh Ueda and Li Wang. Journal of Human Genetics 62: 631-635; doi:10.1038/jhg.2017.14.

2017b Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, Teotihuacán: Informe de la Segunda Temporada (2016). Co-authored with Verónica Ortega, Nawa Sugiyama, and David Carballo, 891 pages, Archive of INAH, Mexico City.

2016a Artistas mayas en Teotihuacan? Co-authored with N. Sugiyama, V. Ortega, and W. Fash. Arqueología Mexicana Noviembre-diciembre de 2016, vol. XXIV, núm. 142: 8.

2016b Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, Teotihuacán: Informe de la Primera Temporada 2015. Co-authored with Verónica Ortega, Nawa Sugiyama, William Fash, 344 pages, Archive of INAH, Mexico City.

2015a Worldview and Social Histories Materialized at Monuments in Teotihuacan, Mexico. In Bulletin of the Shanghai Archaeology Forum, Volume I, edited by Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage, pp. 98-105., Science Press Beijing.

2015b Los expedicionarios de Malaspina llegan a Teotihuacan (1791). Co-authored with Leonardo López Luján, Arqueología Mexicana, vol. XXIII (131): 22-33.

2015c Largest Ancient City of Teotihuacan in the New World. In Foundation for Civilization: Considering Sustainable Urban Societies from Ancient Civilizations, pp. 26-49, Association of University Presses, University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo. (in Japanese)

2015d Una interpretación especulativa de cosmología plasmada en Teotihuacan. In Va Mesa Redonda de Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan: Investigaciones Recientes, Centro y Periferia. INAH, Mexico City. (in press)

2015e Exploración 2008-2011 en el Interior de la Pirámide del Sol. In Va Mesa Redonda de Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan: Investigaciones Recientes, Centro y Periferia. Co-authored with Enrique Pérez Cortés, Nawa Sugiyama, Alejandro Sarabia González, INAH, Mexico City. (in press)

2014 El interior de la Pirámide del Sol en Teotihuacan. co-authored with Nawa Sugiyama and Alejandro Sarabia, Arqueología Mexicana vol. XXI (125): 24-29.

2013a Inside the Sun Pyramid at Teotihuacan, Mexico: 2008-2011 Excavations and Preliminary Results, co-authored with Nawa Sugiyama and Alejandro Sarabia, Latin American Antiquity vol. 24 (4): 403-432.

2013b Special Section "Messages from Past Societies on Biological Diversity: Exploration of Nature, Worldview, and Human Evolution". Journal of Cultural Symbiosis Research No. 8. Volume co-editots: T. Inamura and S. Sugiyama, Aichi Prefectural University: Cultural Symbiosis Research Institute, Nagakute, Japan. (in English and in Japanese)

2013c Introduction, in Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing Social Identity －2,000 Years of Monumentality in Teotihuacan and Cholula, Mexico－, edited by S. Sugiyama, S. Kabata, T. Taniguchi, and E. Niwa, pp. I-V, Aichi Prefectural University: Cultural Symbiosis Research Institute, Nagakute, Japan. (in English and in Japanese)

2013d Creation and Transformation of Monuments in the Ancient City of Teotihuacan, in Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing Social Identity －2,000 Years of Monumentality in Teotihuacan and Cholula, Mexico－, edited by S. Sugiyama, S. Kabata, T. Taniguchi, and E. Niwa, pp. 1-10, Aichi Prefectural University: Cultural Symbiosis Research Institute, Nagakute, Japan. (in English and in Japanese)

2012a Ideology, Polity, and Social History of the Teotihuacan State. The Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology (Oxford Handbooks), edited by Deborah L. Nichols and Christopher A. Pool, pp.215-229. Oxford University Press, New York.

2012b Más reliquias teotihuacanas en ofrendas de Tenochtitlan. Co-authored with Leonardo López L. and Amaranta Argúeles, Arqueología Mexican: vol.118: 18-21.

2012c Why Can’t We Live with Romance? Life of an Archaeologist Fascinated with Mexican Ancient Civilization. Fubaisha, Nagoya, Japan. (in Japanese)

2011a Noticia: Se localizan una máscara y diversas ofrendas en la Pirámide del Sol, co-authored with Alejandro Sarabia, Arqueología Mexicana, January-February of 2011, Vol XVIII (107): 10-11, Mexico City.

2011b Teotihuacan: la ciudad con una cosmovisión mesoamericana, co-authored with Alejandro Sarabia, Arqueología Mexicana, January-February of 2011, Vol XVIII (107): 39-45, Mexico City.

2011c Introduction to Ancient Civilizations in Mesoamerica and Andes. Co-authored with Shigeru Kabata and Shinya Watanabe. Fubaisha, Nagoya, Japan. (in Japanese)

2011d Interactions between the Living and the Dead at Major Monuments in Teotihuacan, Living with the Dead: Mortuary Ritual in Mesoamerica, pp.161-202, edited by James L. Fitzsimmons and Izumi Shimada, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

2010 Teotihuacan City Layout as a Cosmogram: Preliminary Results of the 2007 Measurement Unit Study. The Archaeology of Measurement: Comprehending Heaven, Earth and Time in Ancient Societies, edited by Iain Morley and Colin Renfrew, pp. 130-149, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

2009a La Cosmologie, Le militarisme: Et Le Régime Politique À Tteotihuaca. Dossiers d’Archéologie, H.-S. N°17 (Teotihuacan Au Quai Branly): 24-31. Paris.

2009b Fouilles de la Citadelle et du temple de Serpent á plumes. Teotihuacan Cité des Dieux, pp.48-57, Co-authored with R. Cabrera, Museé du quai Branly et Smogy Éditions D’ART, Paris.