| General Schedule Departure from Tokyo-16 November and on ; arrival at Algiers-26 November, 1967 and on. Investigations in the Sahara, the Niger Basin, the Ennedi and the Abyssinian Plateau, from December 1967 till March 1968. Return to Japan - end of March 1968. Main subjects 1) Botanical Team : Rich collections of the primitive forms of emmer wheat are expected from the Abyssinian Highland where is one of the centers of diversity of cultivated plants after Professor VAVILOV'S theory. 2) Agronomical Team : Studies of the development from gathering stage to cultivation stage in the Mediterranean Coastal Regions, the Central Sahara, the Sahel, the Niger Basin and the Sudanic Belt from Niger through Sudan to Ethiopia. 3) Fine-Arts Team : (a) Survey of the remains of the prehistorical rock arts in the Sahara. (b) Comparative survey of ancient Egyptian fine-arts and those of Meloe and Kush Empires. (c) Survey of Greco-Roman and Islamic fine-arts in the Mediterranean Coastal Regions. (d) Survey of Christian fine-arts of Middle Age in the Abyssinian Plateau. (e) Survey of primitive arts in the Niger Basin and around the Chad Lake. 4) Linguistic Team : (a) Phonetic and lexicological studies in Mande languages, Songhay dialects and Hausa dialects. (b) Collection of Ethno-linguistic data. (c) Description of little known languages in East Niger, Chad and Cameroon. (d) Tape recording of the above mentioned languages. (e) Socio-1inguistic studies in the above mentioned languages. 5) Medical Team : (a) Clinical survey of tropical diseases in the Sahara and the surrounding areas. (b) Physical influcences of tropical climates on Japanese members. 6) Anthropological Team : (a) Anthropological and ecological survey of tribes in the South of the Sahara. (b) Studies in the development of the Kingdom of the South of the Sahara. (c) Social structure of the Oasis villages in the North Africa. (d) Trade routes throught the Sahara. |
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