Archeological site to be inspected for signs of forgery

Archeological site to be inspected for signs of forgery

SENDAI, Japan - A Japan Archaeology Association team starts investigating on Oct. 29 the Kamitakamori site in the town of Tsukidate in Miyagi Prefecture, where archaeologist Shinichi Fujimura has confessed to fabricating archaeological findings. Fujimura has admitted to faking discoveries at 42 sites including Kamitakamori.

6 publishers mull changes after archaeology fraud

6 publishers mull changes after archaeology fraud

TOKYO, Japan - The six publishers of these high school history textbooks said Nov. 7 they are considering whether to revise passages covering Japan's earliest stoneware, following a disclosure on Nov. 5 that a leading archaeologist had fabricated his discovery of artifacts at the Kamitakamori ruins in Miyagi Prefecture. Shinichi Fujimura, 50, who served as deputy director of the Tohoku Paleolithic Institute, admitted that in late October he fabricated the finds by burying stoneware.

Archaeologist admits burying 'oldest' stoneware pieces

Archaeologist admits burying 'oldest' stoneware pieces

SENDAI, Japan - Shinichi Fujimura (R), 50, a senior director at the Tohoku Paleolithic Institute, admits at a news conference held at the Miyagi prefetural government building in Sendai on Nov. 5 that he fabricated the discovery in the prefecture of stoneware at first believed to be more than 600,000 years old by burying the objects himself.

Archeological site to be inspected for signs of forgery

Archeological site to be inspected for signs of forgery

SENDAI, Japan - A Japan Archaeology Association team starts investigating on Oct. 29 the Kamitakamori site in the town of Tsukidate in Miyagi Prefecture, where archaeologist Shinichi Fujimura has confessed to fabricating archaeological findings. Fujimura has admitted to faking discoveries at 42 sites including Kamitakamori.

6 publishers mull changes after archaeology fraud

6 publishers mull changes after archaeology fraud

TOKYO, Japan - The six publishers of these high school history textbooks said Nov. 7 they are considering whether to revise passages covering Japan's earliest stoneware, following a disclosure on Nov. 5 that a leading archaeologist had fabricated his discovery of artifacts at the Kamitakamori ruins in Miyagi Prefecture. Shinichi Fujimura, 50, who served as deputy director of the Tohoku Paleolithic Institute, admitted that in late October he fabricated the finds by burying stoneware.

Archaeologist admits burying 'oldest' stoneware pieces

Archaeologist admits burying 'oldest' stoneware pieces

SENDAI, Japan - Shinichi Fujimura (R), 50, a senior director at the Tohoku Paleolithic Institute, admits at a news conference held at the Miyagi prefetural government building in Sendai on Nov. 5 that he fabricated the discovery in the prefecture of stoneware at first believed to be more than 600,000 years old by burying the objects himself.