A new perspective on the evolution of “Kawara” roof tiles in Ryukyu: A multidisciplinary non-destructive analysis of roof tile transition at Shuri Castle, Ryukyu Islands, Japan

• Hiroaki Aoyama ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroaki Aoyama, Kaishi Yamagiwa, Wataru Taira

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: aoyama@lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (HA); yamagiwa@lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (KY)

  Affiliations Research Planning Office, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan, Research Facility Center, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9005-5341

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• Kaishi Yamagiwa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroaki Aoyama, Kaishi Yamagiwa, Wataru Taira

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: aoyama@lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (HA); yamagiwa@lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (KY)

  Affiliations Research Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan, Center for Strategic Research Project, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

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• Wataru Taira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroaki Aoyama, Kaishi Yamagiwa, Wataru Taira

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Research Planning Office, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan, Research Facility Center, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan, Center for Research Advancement and Collaboration, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

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• Takeshi Kon

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Planning Office, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5430-3213

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