Background
Sinoto, Yosihiko H. was born on September 3, 1924 in Tokyo. Son of Yosito and Yosie (Yanagimoto) Sinoto. came to the United States, 1954.
Sinoto, Yosihiko H. was born on September 3, 1924 in Tokyo. Son of Yosito and Yosie (Yanagimoto) Sinoto. came to the United States, 1954.
He graduated as Bachelor at the University of Hawaii in 1958 and he acquired his Doctor of Science at the University of Hokkaido in Japan in 1962.
He is known for his anthropological expeditions throughout the Pacific, particularly Hawaii and French Polynesia. In 1954 he moved to Hawaii where he began his archaeological dig work at South Point on Hawaii. In 1960 he accompanied anthropologist Kenneth Emory to Tahiti, in French Polynesia.
In 1964-1965 he excavated Hane in the Marquesas Islands, during which he discovered more than 12,000 bird bones of which nearly 10,000 are reported to belong to about seven species of shearwaters and petrels.
On the island of Huahine, where he worked for 40 years, he helped to restore and preserve the prehistoric village of Maeva with its temple ruins, or marae. In 1977 he discovered the remnants of a deep-sea voyaging canoe.
Sinoto"s further expeditions led him to the Society Islands, Marquesas, Tuamotus and others, where he studied the settlements, artifacts, migration patterns and Polynesian cultural ties. Yosihiko Sinoto"s wife, Kazuko Sinoto, who died in 2013, was a historian of Japanese immigration.
Member Japanese Archaeol. Association, Polynesian Society, Society of America Archaeology, Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Society Oceanists.
Married Kazuko Sato, April 24, 1949. 1 child, Akihiko.