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Richard Pearson (b. 1938) is an archaeologist of East Asia specializing in Okinawa.
Richard Pearson (b. 1938) is an archaeologist of East Asia specializing in Okinawa.
Originally from Kitchener, Ontario, he earned his Bachelor's degree at the University of Toronto, and his PhD from Yale University in 1966. He taught at the University of Hawaii for a brief time before returning to Canada and taught at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver for the vast majority of his career. His work runs the gamut from Canadian archaeology to that of China, Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Originally from Kitchener, Ontario, he earned his Bachelor's degree in anthropology at the University of Toronto, and his PhD from Yale University in 1966. He taught at the University of Hawaii from 1966-1971 before returning to Canada, where he taught at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver from 1971 until 2000. His work runs the gamut from Canadian archaeology to that of China, Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Pearson is currently Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia, and a Senior Research Advisor at the Sainsbury Institute in England.
Pearson is currently Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia, and a Senior Research Advisor at the Sainsbury Institute in England.
*"Chiefly Exchange Between Kyushu and Okinawa, Japan, in the Yayoi Period." ''Antiquity'' 64(245)912-922, 1990.
*"Chiefly Exchange Between Kyushu and Okinawa, Japan, in the Yayoi Period." ''Antiquity'' 64(245)912-922, 1990.
*"The Nature of Japanese Archaeology." ''Asian Perspectives'' 31(2):115-127, 1992.
*"The Nature of Japanese Archaeology." ''Asian Perspectives'' 31(2):115-127, 1992.
*"Fortified castles on Okinawa Island during the Gusuku Period, AD 1200–1600." ''Antiquity'' 74 (284):404-412, 2000.
*"Archaeological Perspectives on the Rise of the Okinawan State." ''Journal of Archaeological Research'' 9(3):243-285, 2001.
*"Archaeological Perspectives on the Rise of the Okinawan State." ''Journal of Archaeological Research'' 9(3):243-285, 2001.
===Books===
===Books===
*''Archaeology of the Ryukyu Islands''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.
*''Windows on the Japanese Past''. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1986. (Editor with [[Gina Barnes]] and [[Karl Hutterer]])
*''Ancient Japan''. Washington and New York, A. Sackler Gallery, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan, George Braziller, 324 pp., 1992.
*''Ancient Japan''. Washington and New York, A. Sackler Gallery, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan, George Braziller, 324 pp., 1992.
*''Bulletin of the International Jōmon Culture Conference'', Vol. 1. Tokyo, Intl Jōmon Culture Congress, 2004. (Editor)
*''Bulletin of the International Jōmon Culture Conference'', Vol. 1. Tokyo, Intl Jōmon Culture Congress, 2004. (Editor)
*''Windows on the Japanese Past''. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1986. (Editor with [[Gina Barnes]] and [[Karl Hutterer]])
*''Ancient Ryukyu: An Archaeological Study of Island Communities''. University of Hawaii Press, 2013.
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[[Category:Historians|Pearson]]
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