Updated on 2025/03/07
Doctor of Philosophy in Literature （ 2019.3 University of Tsukuba ）
West Asian Archeology, Prehistoric Archeology, Funerary Archaeology, Funerary Rituals, Paleolithic Period, Neolithic Period, Clay Figurines, Cultural Heritage Documentation, 3D Technology, GIS & Remote Sensing, Drone Survey
Humanities & Social Sciences / Archaeology / Prehistoric Archeology of West Asia
Burying the Dead: Funeral Practices and the Relationship Between the Living and the Dead in West Asian Neolithic Societies
Nagoya University Institute for Advanced Research Designated assistant professor Designated Assistant Professor
2024.4
University of Tsukuba University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Research Center for West Asian Civilization Researcher Researcher
2021.5 - 2024.3
Country：Japan
The University of Tokyo The University Museum Researcher Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2019.4 - 2021.4
Country：Japan
University of Tsukuba Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Researcher Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research Fellow DC2
2017.4 - 2019.3
Country：Japan
University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History and Anthropology Doctoral
2015.4 - 2019.3
Country： Japan
Notes： Doctoral Program of History and Anthropology
University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History and Anthropology Master
2013.4 - 2015.3
Country： Japan
Notes： Doctoral Program of History and Anthropology
Aleppo University Graduate School of Art and Humanities, Department of Archaeology Master
2011.9 - 2012.8
Country： Syrian Arab Republic
Notes： Withdraws due to enrollment at the University of Tsukuba
Aleppo University Faculty of Art and Humanities, Department of Archaeology Bachelor
2006.9 - 2011.8
Country： Syrian Arab Republic
Excellent Master Thesis Award
2015.3 University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History and Anthropology
Preliminary Report of the Charmo (Jarmo) Prehistoric Investigations, 2023 International coauthorship
al-Rāfidān Vol. Tsuneki Akira, Saber Ahmed Saber, Watanabe Nobuya, Anma Ryo, Jammo Sari, Makino Mariko, Miyauchi Yuko, Lorentz O. Kirsi, Itahashi Yu, Yoneda Minuro, Kurosawa Masanori, Ikehata Kei ( 45 ) page： 1 - 34 2024.3
Freeing the Dead from Their Homes: A New Relationship Between the Living and the Dead in the Kerkh Pottery Neolithic Cemetery Invited Reviewed
Jammo Sari, Tsuneki Akira
ex oriente page： 317 - 334 2023.12
Preliminary Report of the Charmo (Jarmo) Prehistoric Investigations, 2022 International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Jammo Sari, Saitoh Yu, Saber Ahmed Saber
al-Rāfidān Vol. 44 page： 1 - 34 2023.3
Burying the Dead and Keeping the Living Close: Burials and Spatial Location in the Epi-Paleolithic and Neolithic of the Levant Reviewed
Jammo Sari
Orient Vol. 57 page： 93 - 112 2022.3
Excavations at Qalat Said Ahmadan, Slemani, Iraq-Kurdistan: First Interim Report (2014 Season) International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Rasheed Kamal , Saber Ahmed Saber, Nishiyama Shin-Ichi , Anma Ryo, Ismail Barzan Baiz, Hasegawa Atsunori, Tatsumi Yuki, Miyauchi Yuko, Jammo Sari, Makino Mariko, Kudo Yudai
al-Rāfidān Vol. 36 page： 1 - 63 2015.3
Skull Removal Practices in the Near East Neolithic of Tell el-Kerkh, Syria Reviewed
Jammo sari
Tsukuba Archaeological Studies Vol. 25 page： 47 - 66 2014.3
A Series of Photogrammetry for Protection of Syrian Cultural Heritage. ‘Ain Dārā Temple
Taniguchi Yoko, Watanabe Nobuya, Makino Mariko, Jammo Sari（ Role： Joint author）
Research Center for West Asian Civilization, University of Tsukuba 2022.3
The Neolithic Cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh International journal
Tsuneki Akira, Hironaga Naoko, Jammo Sari （ Role： Joint editor）
Archaeopress 2022 （ ISBN:978-1-80327-026-5 ）
Body Transformation: Skull Retrieval, Manipulation and Circulation of Human Remains at Tell el-Kerkh Cemetery
（ Role： Sole author）
Archaeopress 2022 （ ISBN:978-1-80327-026-5 ）
Burial Catalogue of Kerkh Cemetery
（ Role： Joint author）
Archaeopress 2022 （ ISBN:978-1-80327-026-5 ）
Cemetery: Burial Types and the Transition of the Cemetery
（ Role： Sole author）
Archaeopress 2022 （ ISBN:978-1-80327-026-5 ）
Series of Photogrammetry for Protection of Syrian Cultural Heritage. Ancient Villages of Northern Syria Vol. 4. Kirkbizeh
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Jammo Sari（ Role： Joint author）
Research Center for West Asian Civilization, University of Tsukuba 2020.3
A Series of Photogrammetry for Protection of Syrian Cultural Heritage. Ancient Villages of Northern Syria Vol. 3. Serjilla
Tsuneki Akira, Watanabe Nobuya, Jammo Sari（ Role： Joint author）
Research Center for West Asian Civilization, University of Tsukuba 2019.3
A Series of Photogrammetry for Protection of Syrian Cultural Heritage. Ancient Villages of Northern Syria Vol. 2. al-Bara
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Jammo Sari, Takizawa Makoto（ Role： Joint author）
Research Center for West Asian Civilization, University of Tsukuba 2018.3
A Series of Photogrammetry for Protection of Syrian Cultural Heritage. Ancient Villages of Northern Syria Vol. 1. Qalb Lozeh
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Jammo Sari（ Role： Joint author）
Research Center for West Asian Civilization, University of Tsukuba 2017.3
Under Threat of Losing Identity: Syrian Heritage in Danger
Jammo sari（ Role： Sole author）
Research Center for West Asian Civilization, University of Tsukuba 2015
Neolithization in Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemeni, Iraqi-Kurdistan, 2023 International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Jammo Sari, Makino Mariko, Miyauchi Yuko, Saber Ahmed Saber
Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia Vol. 31 page： 34 - 39 2024.3
Neolithization in Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemani, Iraqi-Kurdistan, 2022 International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Jammo Sari, Saber Ahmed Saber
Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia Vol. 30 page： 30 - 35 2023.3
Neolithization in Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemani, Iraqi-Kurdistan(2021) International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Ithashi Yu, Miyata Yoshiki, Wakasa Sachi, Jammo Sari, Saber Ahmad Saber
Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia Vol. 29 page： 32 - 37 2022.3
Neolithization in Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemani, Iraqi-Kurdistan （2019 and 2020） International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Tatsumi Yuki, Jammo Sari, Saber Ahmed Saber, Salih Rawa Karim
Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia Vol. 28 page： 9 - 13 2021.3
Destruction and Vandalism in the Ancient Villages of Northern Syria: Al-Husn Church, al-Bara Invited Reviewed
Syrian Heritage Archive Project 2021
Neolithization in the Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan 2019 International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Tatsumi Yuki, Jammo Sari, Rawa Karim Saleh
Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia Vol. 27 page： 9 - 14 2020.3
The Outdoor Communal Neolithic Cemetery of Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria Reviewed
Jammo Sari, Tsuneki Akira
Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East Vol. 2 page： 171 - 182 2020
Beyond Death: The Tale of a Neolithic Society and the Study of an Outdoor Communal Cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria Invited
Jammo sari
Neo-Lithics page： 13 - 14 2019
The Role of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Building Societies: A Lesson Learned from Japan Invited
Jammo sari
Archaeological Institute of Kashihara page： 151 - 158 2018
Neolithization in Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemeni, Iraqi-Kurdistan International coauthorship
Jammo Sari, Ishida Atsumi, Saber A. Saber and Tsuneki Akira
The 32nd Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia 2025.3.22 Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Cultural Dynamism during the Geographic Expansion of Homo sapiens: The 2024 Season of the Palaeolithic Investigation in the western Hisma Basin, Southern Jordan International coauthorship
Kadowaki Seiji, Jammo Sari, Masato Hirose, Jarajrh Hamza and Alhasasen Ali
The 32nd Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia 2025.3.22 Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
The Living and the Dead and Burial’s Spatial Location in the Neolithic Near East: A Case Study from Tell el-Kekh Cemetery, Northwest Syria International conference
Jammo Sari
ASOR 2024 Annual Meeting 2024.11.23 American Society of Overseas Research
The Transition of the Relationship between the Living and the Dead from PPN to PN Societies: Tracing Funeral Practices International conference
Jammo Sari
World Neolithic Congress 2024 2024.11.7 Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye/ Istanbul University/ Harran University
Dealing with the Dead at Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria: Changes in Social Organization from the Perspective of Death, Funeral Practices, and Household Burials Invited International conference
Jammo Sari, Tsuneki Akira
30th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists 2024.8.30 European Association of Archaeologists
Neolithization in Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemeni, Iraqi-Kurdistan, 2023 International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Jammo Sari, Makino Mariko, Miyauchi Yuko, Saber Ahmed Saber
The 31st Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia 2024.3.23 Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology
Are They Buried Separately? Investigation of Nonadult Burials from a Spatial Perspective in the Northern Levant at Tell el-Kerkh, Syria International conference
Jammo Sari
ASOR’s 2023 Annual Meeting 2023.11.17 American Society of Overseas Research
Supporting Local Cultural Heritage Professionals in Northwestern Syria International conference
Makino Mariko, Jammo Sari, Taniguchi Yoko
ASOR’s 2023 Annual Meeting 2023.11.17 American Society of Overseas Research
Damage to Cultural Heritage Sites in Northwestern Syria Caused by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake Invited
Jammo Sari, Tsuneki Akira, Taniguchi Yoko
2nd Extraordinary Meeting on the Damage to Cultural Heritage Caused by Turkey-Syria Earthquake 2023.7.5 Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage
Burying the Child in the Neolithic: Insights on Child Burials during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B and Pottery Neolithic Periods at Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria International conference
Jammo Sari
13th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE 13th) 2023.5.25 International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Damage to Cultural Heritage Sites in Northwestern Syria Caused by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake 1 Invited
Jammo Sari
Special meeting of the West Asia Subcommittee: Damage to Cultural Heritage Sites in Northwestern Syria Caused by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake 2023.3.29
Damage to Cultural Heritage Sites in Northwestern Syria Caused by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake
Tsuneki Akira, Jammo Sari, Makino Mariko
The 30th Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia 2023.3.25 Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology
Neolithization in Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemani, Iraqi-Kurdistan, 2022 International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Jammo Sari, Saber Ahmed Saber
The 30th Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia 2023.3.25 Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology
Death and the Dead in the Pottery Neolithic Period: New Insights on Body Transformation and Funerary Practices at Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria International conference
ASOR’s 2022 Annual Meeting 2022.10.23 American Society of Overseas Research
The Role of Non-State Actors in the Protection of Cultural Heritage under Armed Conflict and Issues Concerning Support from the International Community: The Case of an International Cooperation Project for Safeguarding Ain Dara Site, Syria International conference
Makino Mariko, Taniguchi Yoko, Watanabe Nobuya, Jammo Sari
ASOR’s 2022 Annual Meeting 2022.10.19 American Society of Overseas Research
Neolithization in Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemani, Iraqi-Kurdistan(2021) International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Ithashi Yu, Miyata Yoshiki, Wakasa Sachi, Jammo Sari, Saber Ahmad Saber
The 29th Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia 2022.3.12 Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology
Damage Assessment and Digital Documentation of Ain Dara site Invited
Jammo Sari
Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage, 38th West Asia section meeting 2021.12.23 Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage
Investigating the Eastern Wing of the Fertile Crescent: Two Seasons of Excavations from Prehistoric Jarmo International coauthorship International conference
Jammo Sari, Tsuneki Akira, Watanabe Nobuya, Anma Ryo, Tatsumi Yuki, Rasheed Kamal
Revisiting the Hilly Flanks: the Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic periods in the eastern Fertile Crescent 2021.6.22
Burying the dead and the multi-stage funerary rituals at Tell el-Kerkh cemetery, Northwest Syria International conference
Jammo Sari
The 12th International Congress on The Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE 12th) 2021.4.9 International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
The 3D Documentation Project of Endangered Cultural Heritage: Ancient Villages of Northern Syria International coauthorship International conference
Jammo Sari, Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe
The 12th International Congress on The Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE 12th) 2021.4.6 International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Neolithization in Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemani, Iraqi-Kurdistan （2019 and 2020） International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Tatsumi Yuki, Jammo Sari, Saber Ahmed Saber, Salih Rawa Karim
The 28th Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia 2021.3.27 Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology
The Importance of West Asia Archaeology for World History Invited
Jammo Sari
JSPS Science Dialogue 2020.12.12 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
The Destruction of Ain Dara Temple in Syria and Looting of Storage House Invited
Jammo Sari
Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage, 35th West Asia Group Discussion 2020.11.2 Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage
Neolithization in the Eastern Part of the Fertile Crescent: Investigations at Charmo, Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan 2019 International coauthorship
Tsuneki Akira, Nobuya Watanabe, Anma Ryo, Tatsumi Yuki, Jammo Sari, Rawa Karim Saleh
The 27th Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia 2020.3.28 Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology
Gender-based Division of Labour Between Household Members: An Investigation from Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria
Jammo Sari, Tsuneki Akira
The 9th International Conference on the PPN Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East 2019.11.13 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
Archaeology and Society in Japan Invited International conference
Jammo Sari
Importance of the ear Easter Arhaeogy or the Next Generations 2019.3.2 The University of Tsukuba, Research Center for West Asian Civilization
Emergence of the Cemetery in the Near East: A Case Study of Tell el-Kerkh, northwestern Syria International conference
Jammo Sari
11th International Congress on The Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE 11th) 2018.4.4 International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Action Plans of Cultural Heritage Protection in Japan International conference
Jammo Sari
Saving Syrian Cultural Heritage for the Next Generation, Beirut Workshop 2018.3.1 UNDP & Archaeological Institute of Kashihara
Heritage and Society, Japan as a Case Study Invited
Jammo Sari
Syrian History and Archaeology for the Next Generations 2018.2.13 The University of Tsukuba, Research Center for West Asian Civilization
Emergence of the First Cemetery: A Study on the Burial Location in the Ancient Near Eastern Societies Invited
Jammo Sari
Interdisciplinary Seminar by Young Researchers from Archeology, History, and Classical Philology 2017.11.27 Tsukuba University
Syrian Heritage Under Risk of Destruction During the Current Crisis Invited
Jammo Sari
57th Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology "Education and Culture Week" related events University of Tsukuba MENA Week Cultural Event of Middle East and North Africa Culture (Voices of Syria) 2015.11.15 The University of Tsukuba
Tell el-Kerkh Neolithic Communal Cemetery: Excavations and Discoveries International conference
Jammo Sari
2015.10.10
The Destruction of Cultural Property and the Current Situation in Syria Invited
Jammo Sari
The 7th Annual Meeting for Research Center for West Asian Civilization 2013.10.19 The University of Tsukuba, Research Center for West Asian Civilization
Grave goods (Beads) Invited
Jammo Sari
Consideration for the Dead: Studies from the Neolithic Cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh 2013.6.5 The University of Tsukuba, Research Center for West Asian Civilization
The Role of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Building Society: A Lesson Learned from Japan
Jammo Sari
Saving Syrian Cultural Heritage for the Next Generation-Palmyra: A Message from Nara Archaeological Institute of Kashihara
Changes in the View of Life and Death in Prehistoric Societies of West Asia Through Research of Funerary Customs
2016.4 - 2017.3
Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation Academic Research Grant
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
Grant amount：\1000000 （ Direct Cost: \1000000 ）
Reconstructing the Social Behavior of the Neolithic Societies in the Near East from the Perspective of Death and Mortuary Rituals
Grant number：22K13236 2022.4 - 2025.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
Grant amount：\4550000 （ Direct Cost: \3500000 、 Indirect Cost：\1050000 ）
Investigating human behavior during the Neolithization intra/beyond the Fertile Crescent
Grant number：19F19004 2019.4 - 2021.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
Grant amount：\2300000 （ Direct Cost: \2300000 ）
The Emerge of the Cemetery in the Ancient Near East and its background
Grant number：17J03902 2017.4 - 2019.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
Grant amount：\1900000 （ Direct Cost: \1900000 ）
Challenges and writing tips for early-career KAKENHI applicants: Apply, you are capable
Role(s)：Lecturer
Community of Tsukuba Researchers The 5th KAKENHI Seminar in English 2023.7
The Importance of West Asia Archaeology for World History
Role(s)：Lecturer
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Science Dialogue 2020.12
A Glimmer of Civilization TV or radio program
Kurdistan24 Production Iraqi-Kurdistan 2024.4
記憶のかけらを集めて Newspaper, magazine
中日新聞 2023.1
