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President: Prof. Gina L. Barnes, East Asian Studies, Univ of Durham, Durham DH1 3TH, England. Fax +44-191-374-3242; email: [...]
Vice President: Prof. Sarah Nelson, Dept. of Anthropology, Uni. of Denver, 2130 South Race, Denver, CO 80208, USA. FAX: 303-871-2437; E-mail: [...]
Secretary: Dr. Yangjin PAK, Dept of Archaeology, Chungnam National University, Taejon, Korea
Treasurer: Mr. Simon Kaner, Dept of Archaeology, Univ of Cambridge, Downing St., Cambridge CB2 3DZ, England; e-mail: [...]
 

Korea Treasurer: Dr. Insook LEE, #204-33 Kaenari Apt., Yeoksamdong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul 135-082 Korea. Tel/Fax +82-2-553-8027
Japan Treasurer: Dr. Kojiro MIZOGUCHI, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, 4-2-1 Ropponmatsu, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810 Japan. Fax +81-92-731-8745, e-mail: [...]
China Treasurer: Ms. Jianjun YANG, c/o Liaoning Provincial Archaeological Research Institute, Liaoning Provincial Museum, Shenyang, Liaoning, China. Fax +86-24-282-5842

Korea Representative: Dr. Insook LEE (see above)
Japan Representative: Prof. Hideo KONDO, Dept History, Faculty of Letters, Tokai Univ, Kitakaname 1117, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Tel. +81-463-58-1211x303, Fax +81-463-83-8198
China Representative: Dr. WANG Tao, Art & Archaeology Dep., SOAS, Univ of London, Thornhaugh St., London WC1H 0XG, England. Tel. +44-171-637-6192, Fax +44-171-436-3844
European Representative: Dr. Mark Hudson, Dept of Archaeology, Faculty of Letters, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima, Okayama 700 Japan. Fax +81-86-255-9903
North American Representative: Dr. James Grayson, Centre for Korean Studies, Sheffield University, Sheffield S10 2UJ, England. Tel. +44-114-282-4390, Fax +44-114-272-9479

Journal Editor: Prof. Lothar von Falkenhausen, Art History Dept, Dixon Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1417, USA. Fax +1-310-359-1689, e-mail: [...]
EAANnouncements Editor: Prof. Gina L. Barnes (see above)
China Round-up Editor: Dr. Francis Allard, Dept of Anthropology, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA. Fax 412-648-7535, e-mail: [...]
Japan Round-up Editor: Dr. Mark Hudson (see above)
Book Reviews Editor: Mr. Simon Kaner (see above)

AAS Liaison (Association for Asian Studies) Prof. Kathy Linduff, Department of Fine Arts, 128 Frick Fine Arts Bldg., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. Fax +1-412-648-2792, e-mail: [...]
SAA Liaison (Society for American Archaeology) Dr. Francis Allard (see above)
IPPA Liaison (Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association) Mr. Magnus Fiskesjö, Institute of Anthropology, Unnan Univ, Kunming, Yunnan Province, 65001 PRChina. Fax +86-871-516-5031. [in China for PhD fieldwork during the academic year of 1996-97]
TAG Liaison (Theoretical Archaeology Group) Dr. Anthony Sinclair, Archaeological Sciences, William Hartley Bldg (North), Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK. Fax 151-794-5057; email: [...]

 

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From the editor......

SEAAsite
SEAAsite is now active on the Web! Visit our Society's new web site to access information about the Society itself, its history, membership and eight years' worth of EAANnouncements, issues1-23 (1990 through 1997).

URL: http://www.durham.ac.uk/SEAA

At the moment, our site has no graphics. We would especially like to add pictures of ongoing archaeological fieldwork or East Asian objects without copyright restrictions. If any SEAA member has photographs they would like to send us for scanning, or send us an email attachment of a gif graphics file, we will select, edit and place the photos within the website.
If you have any corrections or suggestions for modifications, please email: creaa.www@durham.ac.uk

The fate of EAANnouncements
The activation of the web site and the announcement of the new journal (see next page) brings into serious question the need to continue EAANnouncements as a hard copy newsletter. As newsletter editor for the past nine years, I am ready to give over the task to anyone willing to take it on, if the membership determines that the newsletter should continue. I will have my hands full maintaining the website. Therefore, you will see on the enclosed nominations ballot, a space for your voicing of opinion on whether EAANnouncements should continue, and a place to volunteer as hard copy editor if it should continue. Please make your views known, and we will announce the fate of EAANnouncements in the autumn newsletter. GLB

NOMINATIONS FORM
Enclosed in this issue of EAANnouncements is a nominations form for the election of new officers. Those persons who took office in 1994 in preparation for the first Worldwide Conference in Honolulu are now eligible to stand down or run for re-election. If you would like your name on the ballot for any of the open positions, or if you would like to nominate a colleague, please fill in the form (ensuring that the nominee has signed their acquiescence) and return it to our Secretary,
PAK Yangjin (see address in EAANactives list above).

JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY -JEAA-
We are pleased and proud to announce the founding of the Journal of East Asian Archaeology. This journal will publish original scholarship, in English, on all aspects of East Asian archaeology. "East Asia" is here broadly defined as including China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, Mongolia, Siberia, and the adjacent regions of Central Asia. Since journals published in East Asian countries tend to be more narrowly-focused on a single country or area, it is hoped that the broad regional purview of the new journal will enable new comparative perspectives and insights.
The Journal of East Asian Archaeology is an international scholarly journal, primarily directed at academics and students. Besides addressing the general East Asian Studies community, it aims to help archaeologists and anthropologists working in fields other than East Asia to become better informed about the significant contributions of East Asian archaeology to the anthropological enterprise as a whole.
The new journal will publish hands-on archaeological reports; contributions to archaeological synthesis; specialized studies on archaeological finds from the East Asian area; treatments of the history of the archaeological discipline in East Asia; as well as articles on comparative and methodological issues that incorporate materials from East Asia to a significant extent. Work of an interdisciplinary focus is particularly encouraged. Reviews, review articles, bibliographic surveys, and other research aids, as well as translations, will also be published. The journal hopes to improve communication among scholars through interim reports on the progress of field projects and to stimulate lively discussion through columns, correspondence, forum sections and thematically-focused issues. stimulate lively discussion through columns, correspondence, forum sections and thematically-focused issues.
The Journal of East Asian Archaeology will be published by E.J. Brill in Leiden, The Netherlands, in cooperation with the Society for East Asian Archaeology. While it is hoped that eventually, the journal will appear on a quarterly basis, we presently envisage two volumes a year, totalling some 450 pages of text, plus photographic plates. An Inaugural Volume, to appear at the end of 1998, and Volume One (1999), jointly constitute the Festschrift for Professor K. C. Chang. Special SEAA subscription rates and procedures are now being negotiated with Brill, and a form will be included in the autumn EAANnouncements.

Call for Papers
The journal is presently soliciting contributions for Volume Two (2000), as well as later volumes. For a Style Sheet and further information, please contact Lothar von Falkenhausen.
Please send four paper copies of any contribution, with photocopies of envisaged illustrations, to the following address:
Journal of East Asian Archaeology,
c/o Prof. Lothar von Falkenhausen,
Art History Department, UCLA,
Box 951417, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1417 USA
Tel.: 310-825-6046, FAX: 310-206-1903
e-mail: lothar@humnet.ucla.edu
All contributions will be peer-reviewed. Peer-review will be coordinated by cognizant members of the Editorial Committee. Contributions may be illustrated with line drawings as well as with black-and-white photographs, which will be printed on high-quality glossy paper. Color illustrations may be accepted exceptionally depending on availability of funds. The publishers are equipped to handle Chineseand Japanese fonts. An electronic copy of your contribution, together with publication-quality illustrations, will be requested with the submission of the final version.

JEAA Editorial Committee
Gina L. BARNES (University of Durham), gina.barnes@durham.ac.uk
Gary CRAWFORD (University of Toronto), gcrawfor@credit.erin.utoronto.ca
Corinne DEBAINE-FRANCFORT (CNRS), debaine@mae.u-paris10.fr
Nicola DI COSMO, Cognizant Editor for Central and Inner Asia
(Harvard University), dicosmo@fas.harvard.edu
Lothar VON FALKENHAUSEN, Co-editor for Volume One and Coordinator pro tem
(UCLA), lothar@humnet.ucla.edu
Ian GLOVER (University of London), ian.glover@ucl.ac.uk
Liu LI (La Trobe University), L.Liu@latrobe.edu.au
Sarah M. NELSON, Book Review Editor
(University of Denver), snelson@du.edu
Koji MIZOGUCHI (Kyushu University), mizog@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Robert E. MUROWCHICK, Co-editor for Volume One
(Harvard University), murowch@fas.harvard.edu
John W. OLSEN (University of Arizona), olsenj@U.Arizona.edu
PAK Yangjin (Chungnam National University), yjpak@hanbat.chungnam.ac.kr
Vincent PIGOTT (University of Pennsylvania), vpigott@sas.upenn.edu
Michele PIRAZZOLI-T'SERSTEVENS (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Pirazzo@ext.jussieu.fr
Ken'ichi SASAKI, Cognizant Editor for Japan
(Nihon Bunka Kenkyujo), sasakik@nichibun.ac.jp
Gideon SHELACH (Hebrew University), msshe@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
Alain THOTE (CNRS), FAX: -33-1-46-27-28-42
TSANG Cheng-hwa (Academia Sinica), chtsang@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Anne P. UNDERHILL (Yale University), anne.underhill@yale.edu
Mayke WAGNER, Cognizant Editor for archaeological method & theory
(Deutsches Archaologisches Institut), maykew@metronet.de or eurasien@zedat.fu-berlin.de
WANG Wenjian (University of Hong Kong), wangwenj@hkusua.hku.hk
Joyce WHITE (University of Pennsylvania), banchang@sas.upenn.edu
ZHAO Zhijun (Nelson-Atkins Museum), zhaoz@tivoli.si.edu
Bettina ZORN, Cognizant Editor for prehistoric China
(Museum fur Volkerkunde, Wien), FAX: 1-535-5320

 

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FIELD & RESEARCH REPORTS:

For articles to appear in this section, they should be limited to 500-1000 words and submitted to the Editor by the issue deadlines stated on the front cover of EAANnouncements: mid-January for the Spring issue, mid-May for the Summer issue, and mid-September for the Autumn issue. The editor reserves the right to edit or decline to print. Please report research here!!
 

Organizational Charts for Museums and Cultural Resources Management in Korea
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On Two Topics in the Zoo-archaeological research of China
  by YUAN Jing and AN Jiayuan
In recent years, obvious progress has been made in the zoo-archaeological research in China. New theses systematically expounding the purpose, theory and methods of zoo-archaeological research: articles reviewing the history of zoo-archaeology in China, monographs reporting the researches of the animal remains unearthed from archaeological sites and summaries recommending the new progress of the zoo-archaeological research in Europe and America have been published one after another. In this context, several topics worth exploring are developing along with the zoo-archaeological research and the growing awareness of its importance. In this paper, we wish to put forward two of these topics: the ratio between the wild animals and the domesticated animals in Neolithic sites, and the appearance of the domestic horse in China.

1. The wild/domestic animal ratio at Neolithic sites along the Huanghe (Yellow River)
When the animal bones unearthed from an archaeological site are examined, we classify these bones into different genera and species, count up the minimum number of individuals (MNI) first, then calculate the percentage each genus or species takes up in the total animal bones of this site. Because most of the animal bones unearthed from archaeological sites are from pigs and deer, and because it is possible to determine, through age composition, measurement of bones and other methods, that most of the pig bones belong to domesticated pigs and the deer bones to wild deer, the ratio between the bones of these two animals excavated at a site may be seen to reflect the proportions of hunting and stock raising at that site during that period.
When we examined the animal bones unearthed from Bancun site in Mianchi county, Henan province in 1993, we found that domestic pigs took up 60 percent of all the animals in the strata of the Peiligang culture (Early Neolithic; 7,000 B.P.) but more than 80 percent in the Late Neolithic strata of the Miaodigou type of the Yangshao culture (5,000 B.P.) and of the Miaodigou Second Period culture (4,000 B.P.). On the other hand, deer bones took up circa 40 percent of all the animals in the strata of Peiligang culture; while in the strata of the Miaodigou type of the Yangshao culture, the ratio of deer bones suddenly decreased to less than 10 percent. Moreover, it remained at this level in the later cultural strata: the ratio between pig and deer bones from the strata belonging to the historical Warring States period (2,000 B.P.) was also found to be circa 80 percent against 10 percent. This brought to our attention the remarkable change of the ratio between pigs and deer in different cultural strata of the same archaeological site, and we are trying to discover if this change represents a more regular pattern.
Furthermore, we found that some monographs reporting animal remains found at ancient sites located in the Huanghe valley present interesting observations, although the reports did not arrange the animal bones on the principle of counting up the minimum number of individuals (MNI) and their conclusions seemed not scientific enough. For example, some scholars investigating the animal bones unearthed from the Early Neolithic Cishan site in Wu'an county, Hebei province (circa 7,000 B.P.), found that bones of wild animals amounted to more than half of the total amount of animal bones at this site, and that pig bones did not constitute the overwhelming majority as they did in the Late Neolithic sites of the Yangshao and Longshan cultures. Another example comes from Baijiacun site in Lintong county, Shaanxi province, an Early Neolithic site which was also dated at circa 7,000 B.P. In the animal bones unearthed from this site, domestic animal bones took up circa 60 percent while those of wild animals occupied 40 percent. It thus appears that during the Early Neolithic hunting and stock raising were still considered almost equally important sources of meat. However, this tendency seems to have changed in the sites of the Yangshao and Dawenkou cultures, around 5,000 B.P., as some scholars studying the animal bones unearthed from Cishan site have pointed out. We discovered that the bones of domestic pigs constituted 80 percent of all the animal bones unearthed from Late Neolithic sites. Thus it can be said that from this period onwards, pigs were the main domestic animal raised by the people who lived in the Huanghe area.
Our hypothesis is that the changing ratio between wild and domesticated animal bones from Neolithic sites in the Huanghe valley indicates an increasing reliance on pig raising, rather than deer hunting as a protein source, and a shift in lifestyle towards a stronger emphasis on stock raising.

Wild/domestic animal ratios at site along the Yellow River area:

Period/Culture site name date B.P. wild deer ratio domestic pig ratio
Early Neolithic/ Peiligang Bancun 7,000 40% 60%
Early Neolithic Cishan 7,000 >50% <50%
Early Neolithic Baijiacun 7,000 60% 40%
Late Neolithic/ Miaodigou Bancun 5,000  <10% 80%
Late Neolithic/ Yangshao (unnamed Yangshao culture sites)* 5,000 ? 80%
Late Neolithic/ Miaodigou II Bancun 4,000 <10% 80%
Historic/ Warring states Bancun 2,000 <10% 80%

*e.g. Banpo site

2. The appearance of the domestic horse in China
Despite the fact that horse fossils have been found in almost all the Palaeolithic sites in North and South China, there are very few Neolithic sites from which finds of horse bones have been reported-such as Banpo site in Xi'an city, Shaanxi province; Chengziya site in Licheng county, Shandong province and Baiying site in Tangyin county, Henan province. At Banpo site, the excavated area was as large as 6,000 m2, but only two teeth and one phalanx were found, and we cannot confirm if they were found from the strata of the Banpo type of the Yangshao culture (i.e. early Late Neolithic) because of the inexact stratigraphy report. The reports about the horse bones unearthed from Chengziya and Baiying sites are also very incomplete. The specimens of horse bones found in Baiying site are so fragmentary that the researchers could not determine the species which the horse bones belong to and could only guess that these bones are from domestic livestock. Furthermore, the researchers did not report clearly in which strata these fragments were found. So far, archaeologists have not found any evidence of horse bone at the numerous sites of the Yangshao culture that are contemporaneous with Banpo site, not even at Jiangzhai site (located near Banpo site) where all the excavated animal bones were closely examined.
Moreover, there has been no evidence of horse bone at the sites of the Longshan culture contemporaneous with Chengziya and Baiying sites. Therefore, we infer that even if horses did exist in the Chinese Neolithic, they were not yet domesticated. We have sorted and examined the animal bones unearthed from the archaeological sites chronologically corresponding to the proto-historic Early and Middle periods of the Shang dynasty; it is noticeable that among the bones belonging to more than one dozen species of animals, there was no horse bone. The first clear evidence of domestic horses was found at the site of the Yin ruins, from the Later period of the Shang dynasty, dated at circa 3,000 B.P., where sacrificial pits and chariot pits containing complete horse skeletons have been excavated. Furthermore, at the Qianzhangda site in Tengzhou city, Shandong province, almost contemporaneous with the Yin ruins site, pits with buried horse skeletons have also been discovered. It seems that at this period, the practice of using horses and chariots became established.
Consequently, based on the present data and taking into account the potential stratigraphic and chronological errors in the data from the Neolithic age until the middle part of the Shang period, we can say that so far the Yin ruins site is the earliest site in China where domestic horses first appeared. From the Later period of the Shang dynasty onward, complete horse skeletons began to appear in large numbers. The fact that horse bones, after remaining exceedingly rare for thousands of years, appeared suddenly at Late Shang period sites in large amounts and as complete skeletons, drew our attention and made us consider the following questions: when, where and how did the Chinese domestic horses originate exactly?
As mentioned above, the earliest complete horse skeletons were found in chariot pits of the Yin ruins. Furthermore, these chariot pits also contained the earliest known examples of chariots known in China. Some scholars believe that this type of chariot originated in Western Asia. Thus, we hypothesise that the domestic horse arrived in China with the chariot; but to discover the source, we need to scientifically examine the animal bones unearthed from the archaeological sites and measure the affirmed horse bones and teeth to confirm the genus and species which the bones belong to; then we need to do comparative researches in race, chronology and archaeological cultures.

3. Conclusion
In this paper, we have carefully analyzed the changes of the ratio between the bones of the domestic and wild animals from a number of Neolithic sites in the Huanghe valley and suggested that while during the Early Neolithic, hunting and pig raising played almost equal parts in the economy of this area, the importance of hunting had declined strongly in favour of pig raising by the Late Neolithic, which seems to indicate a change in lifestyle. Furthermore, in the light of other archaeological data, we have made some suggestions concerning the first appearance of the domestic horse in China. However, considering the present scarcity of data, further research in both areas is essential. We would like to promote Chinese zoo-archaeological research and the awareness that we might learn more about the life of ancient people through examining and analyzing the animal bones unearthed from ancient sites. (Translated by DING Xiaolei)

References
Zhou, Ben-xiong (1981) The Animal Remains Discovered at Cishan site in Wu'an, Hebei province. Kaogu Xuebao No. 3, 1981.
Zhou, Ben-xiong (1994) A report of the Animal Remains Discovered at Baijiacun site. Beijing: Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Social Science Academy.
Yuan, Jing (1995) The Aim, Theory and Method on the Zooarchaeological Studies. Bulletin of the Museum of the National Chinese History, No.1, 1995.

YUAN Jing and AN Jiayuan
National Museum of Chinese History
Tiananmen Square East
Beijing, P.R.C.

 

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Funding for Archaeology: An ODA Approach
  by Simon HOLLEDGE
Small sums of money for archaeological research can be difficult to obtain. Sometimes the sums on offer are so small and the application processes so laborious that it is hardly worth applying anyway! In my own case, I was able to get some modest funds together to do fieldwork in China in 1993-4 (I was probably the first British archaeologist there) but was unable to follow it up for lack of money and in the face of some indifference from the (nameless) British institution with which I was affiliated.
During the past three years I have turned instead to looking at ways of securing large-scale funding for archaeology-by way of overseas development aid (ODA). Central Vietnam was chosen as the subject of the pilot project (a suggestion from Dr Ian Glover of the Institute of Archaeology, London University, who was working there)-though many parts of China (and other countries) might have been equally suitable.
The so-called Quang Nam / Da Nang Project (subtitled: Protection of the cultural heritage, and the development of tourism and local economy in an area of Quang Nam and Da Nang Provinces in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) is directed towards site protection and conservation (in this case Cham civilization temples), and the creation of a thorough-going regional sites and monuments record, while investigating problems of local development, environmental protection and the potential for tourism development. The latter is an essential part of the project as tourism revenues will be expected to pay for site protection and conservation in the long term.
The project is mapping-based. Highly accurate topographical maps will be prepared to serve as the base layer of a GIS (geographical information systems) spatial database. The GIS will be used to relate disperate data with the intention of facilitating local planning. Lasting initially 30 months and valued at several million US dollars, it is hoped that it will automatically lead to the creation of other sub-projects that will implement decisions made earlier.
The project received an enthusiastic welcome on the two occasions we visited Hanoi last year-not so much from the archaeologists but from the members of the Human Geography Research Centre (HGRC) of the National Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities (NCSSH). The NCSSH, much like the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing, is the body that manages all the central research institutes, including the Institute of Archaeology. It ranks as a government ministry.
At the end of 1997 the Vietnamese government officially adopted the project and submitted a request for grant aid to the Japanese government. It was their fourth priority project immediately following three basic infrastructure schemes involving public transportation, sewage and waste disposal. Has archaeology ever rated so high! It is now being evaluated by the Japanese government who are expected to send an investigative team to Vietnam later this year. If approved, the project may start in the spring of 1999.
I would very much like to apply this approach to funding archaeology in other parts of East Asia and would be delighted to receive any suggestions from members of SEAA about where and how we might do this.
The cost of the Vietnam project has been supported by a Japanese photogrammetry company.

Simon Holledge
Tokyo
Simon.Holledge@typhoon.co.jp

 

 

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Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, USA.
19 April 1998 "New Perspectives on Chinese Ceramics" by Prof. WANG Qingzheng (Senior Vice Director of the Shanghai Museum).
19 April 1998 "A Palace Underground: the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng" by Prof. Robert Bagley (Princeton University).

UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada.
23 April 1998 "The Shanghai Museum" by Prof. WANG Qingzheng (Senior Vice Director of the Shanghai Museum).


 

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EXHIBITIONS & MUSEUM NEWS

This section may include overlaps with "Newsletter, EAAA" listings; for fuller information about art historical showings, subscribe to Newsletter, East Asian Art & Archaeology, Dept. Art History, Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1357, USA.

GERMANY
The Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, in cooperation with the Museum of Applied Art and the Institute of Far Eastern Art History, Heidelberg, will be showing a special exhibition, entitled "Treasures for King Zhao Mo", featuring the contents of a Han period tomb from Guangzhou, China, from 5 December 1998 until 24 January 1999. This exhibition features over 100 treasures from the tomb of the second king of Nan Yue, Zhao Mo, who died in 122 B.C. The Han-period tomb was accidentally discovered by construction workers on the Elephant hill in Guangzhou in the year 1983. The tomb has never been destroyed by grave robbers and the complete inventory was still in the tomb. After a careful excavation, a glass pyramid and museum were built on top of the tomb to house its treasures, which include gold, hundred of well preserved jades, bronzes, iron artifacts and silk fragments.
(Forwarded by: Dr. M. Prüch <Pruech@aol.com>, 7 May 1998).
The following illustrations show the layout of the tomb, and some of the artefacts found.

Figure 1 The layout of the tomb of King Zhao Mo


 

Figure 2 Gravegoods for King Zhao Mo

Emperor's seal, inscription Silver box, possibly from Persia


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NOTEWORTHIES

Notes in the current issue are referred to as NOTEWORTHIES No. 00, while those in a previous issue will be referred to as NOTEWORTHIES 00-00, with the issue number before the dash and the note number after the dash.

 

  1. CALL FOR PAPERS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF KOREAN STUDIES
    The International Journal of Korean Studies is soliciting manuscripts for its next issue. Any topic that deals with Korean studies will be considered. The IJKS is published by the International Society for Korean Studies in Osaka and distributed world-wide. Manuscripts (3 copies) should be sent to: Robert W. McGee, editor, c/o The Dumont Institute, 236 Johnson Avenue, Dumont, NJ 07628 USA; e-mail Dr. McGee: bob@dumontinst.com.
     
  2. PROPOSAL TO COOPERATE ON ANALYSIS OF RECENT CHINESE DISCOVERIES
    The following proposal by a Mr. Xiewei [sic] from Shaanxi History Museum was forwarded to us: The analysis of certain samples of organic material from recent discoveries in China cannot be carried out at present due to lack of funds and equipment. Most of this material, which is expected to present fascinating new data, is perishable; it is currently in the custody of Mr. Xiewei, who has asked for cooperation on the following four subjects:
    I. Analysis of the material discovered inside the Tang dynasty gold and silver ware (ca. 874 AD) excavated at the Famen temper in Fufeng, Shaanxi province; these materials could be of great value in studying the culture, science and technology, medicine, Buddhism, and the communication between China and Japan in Tang dynasty. The report could not be finished due to lack of funds; since some organic elements in them are changing in quality with time passing, it is important to complete the analysis as quickly as possible.
    II. Analysis of a 'tea net' (probably used to sift tea) discovered inside a tea pot found among the gold and silver ware from the Famen temple. Although the custom of sifting tea with tea net has been recorded, details such as the diameter of its holes are still unknown. Proposed research includes: study of its structure, the diameter of its holes, the pouring technique, types of silk, the development of the tea net and the influence of the "Art of tea".
    III. Amino acid analysis of peanuts that were found inside the Yangling tomb from the Han dynasty (ca.141 BC). Since it is generally accepted that the peanut was first introduced into China in 15th century from America, this early discovery of peanuts in China is startling; it could suggest that contact between China and the American continent started 2000 years ago, through the Bering Strait or from Shandong via Japan and the Pacific Ocean, but such assumptions have to be tested through analysis.
    IV. Further analysis of rice found in the middle of Shaanxi province that is believed to date from 5000 BC; so far, it has been assumed that rice in Shaanxi province was produced only after 210 BC.
    If you are interested in any of the subjects mentioned above, please contact Mr. Xiewei, Shaanxi History Museum, no. 91 Xiaozhai Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China; e-mail: dandy@ihw.com.cn or dandy@space.xian.ihw.co.cn
    (Forwarded by: Mark Aldenderfer <aldender@sscf.ucsb.edu>, 18 May 1998)
     
  3. ARCHAEOLOGY ON THE NET - ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
    "Archaeology on the Net" (http://www.serve.com/archaeology/asia.html) is a new site indexing archaeology resources on the internet. Currently over 1200 sites are indexed under 33 categories provided with annotated links. You can add a new site to the index through the "Add Site" link at top of each category page. Web sites indexed under "Asian Archaeology" heading include:
    - ABIA - South And Southeast Asian Art And Archaeology Index
    - Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library
    - The Origins of Angkor Archaeological Project
    - Asian Archaeology Information Plaza
    - Asian Studies - Library of Congress
    - Back to the Future - The Revolution of Ancient History
    - Bulletin of the Asia Institute
    - Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads (CSEN)
    - Center for World Indigenous Studies/Fourth World Documentation Project
    - A Chinese Tomb
    - CIESIN: Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
    - The Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China
    - General Asian/Asia-Pacific resources: Archaeology
    - Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science
    - Kamal Archaeology Page (Malaysia) - Recent Archaeological Research In Malaysia
    - Kusado Sengen Excavations at a Medieval town in Japan
    - Nabunken World Wide Web
    - Newsletter - East Asian Art and Archaeology
    - Okayama University, Department of Archaeology
    - The University of Pittsburgh, Department of Art History
    - SEAA (Society for East Asian Archaeology)
    - Zagarell's Archaeology Page
    (Forwarded by: Tumay Asena, May 31)
     
  4. REQUEST FOR ADVICE: LOCATING WORLD WAR II AERIAL PHOTOS
    The archaeologist SHI Shi-ying from Liangzhu Culture Museum in Yuhang is trying to locate some WWII aerial photos of eastern Zhejiang province, for the purpose of identifying mound structures that may have been destroyed in the modern era. If you have any advice, please contact SHI Shi-ying, Liangzhu Culture Museum, Zhejiang Province, P.R.China 311113, tel: (0571) 857-8900 or Li Min, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, 6303 N.W. Marine Drive, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z1, e-mail: lim@anso.ubc.ca.
     

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CONFERENCE CALENDAR

Titles new to this issue are emboldened and those dealing specifically with East Asia are starred
 

*June 22-July 17 '98: Dunhuang Art and Society, Dunhuang, People's Republic of China. The Silkroad Foundation and the Dunhuang Research Academy will sponsor and conduct this special seminar, bringing together scholars from the US and China to lecture and discuss the Dunhuang Buddhist art, history and cultures. The official language is English. The program will include lectures, visits to the caves, museums and galleries, and field research updates. Contact: Adela Lee by e-mail: alee@silk-road.com, or fax: 408-867-8669. Dunhuang Seminar, Silkroad Foundation, P.O. Box 2275, Saratoga, CA 95070, U.S.A.

*July 11-12 '98: "The Silk Road Project: Reuniting Turfan's Scattered Treasures", New Haven, U.S.A. This conference will conclude a three-year project funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., that brought together twenty-five Chinese and American scholars who work within the disciplines of archaeology, history, art history and religious studies. The Chinese-English database compiled during the project will be completed in this academic year. This conference, in which the participants will present the completed versions of their papers, will be open to interested members of the public. Contact: Professor Valerie Hansen, Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A., e-mail: valerie.hansen@yale.edu.

*Aug 16-19 '98: International Conference on Shang and Zhou Civilizations, Xingtai City, Hebei province, China. Sponsored by the Chinese Yin-Shang Cultural Association, the Cultural Relics and Archaeology Association of Hebei province, the Hebei Provincial Cultural Relics Studies Institute and the Cultural Relics Administrative Office of Xingtai City. The main topics will focus on historical problems concerning the Shang and Zhou periods and on the archaeological cultures, particularly of the Hebei area, dating from Pre-Shang to the Eastern Zhou period. The participants will have a chance to visit sites, e.g. the Pre-Shang site at Gezhuang, Xing-state aristocratic graves of the Zhou dynasty, the captital site of the Zhao state and new discoveries from these sites, including pottery, bronzes, and jade artifacts. Foreign paricipants will be charged US$200 for living expenses and material. Contact: Mr. DU Jinpeng & Mr. XU Hong, The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Socal Sciences, 27 Wangfujing Dajie, Beijing, 100710 China.

*Aug 18-23 '98: The First International Congress of Chinese Architectural History, Beijing. Sponsored by The Chinese Society of Architectural History and The Institute of Architectural History and Preservation of Historic Buildings, ten sessions covering all aspects of Chinese architecture and preservation are planned. Registration fee is US$500 (US$300 for students). Contact: Prof. LU Zhou, School of Architecture, Beijing University, luzhou@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn or Nancy Steinhardt: shtzmn@steinhardt.hep.upenn.edu.
Aug 27-29 '98: WARP in Ireland 1998, Department of Archaeology, University College, Dublin. This Wetlands conference, which will take place on the U.C.D. campus, will involve two days of lectues, a field trip and a conference dinner. Contact: Department of Archaeology, U.C.D., Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, fax: 00353-1-7061184, e-mail: braftery@indigo.ie.

*Oct '98: The 4th International Conference on Ancient Bronze Drums and Bronze Culture of Southern China and Southeast Asia, Guiyang, China. This conference will last five days; the working languages will be Chinese and English (see CALL FOR PAPERS below). Contact: Ms. ZHANG Yuan, Guizhou Museum, 47 Beijing Street, Guiyang, 550004, China, e-mail: gai@public1.gy.gz.cn.

Nov 12-15 '98: 5th Gender and Archaeology Conference: "From the Ground Up: Beyond Gender Theory in Archaeology", University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Contact: Bettina Arnold, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Bolton Hall, Milwaukee, WI 53201; e-mail: barnold@csd.uwm.edu or to Nancy Wicker: nancy.wicker@mankato.msus.edu. Conference abstracts will be available at the following website http://www.uwm.edu/~barnold/.

Nov 12-15 '98: The 31st Annual Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary, Canada. The theme of this conference is "On being first: Cultural Innovation and Environmental Consequences of First Peoplings". For further information, contact 1988 Conference Commitee, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T1N2N4 Canada, fax 2820-9567, e-mail: nicholls@acs.ucalgary.ca.

Nov 19-22 '98: The Inter-Congress Meeting of UISPP Commission for Data Management and Mathematical Methods in Archaeology, Scottsdale, Arizona. For information, please consult the web page http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/uispp or contact George Cowgill (e-mail: cowgill@asu.edu), or Keith Kintigh (e-mail: kintigh@asu.edu), Department of Anthropology, P.O.Box 872402, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402.

*Nov 21-23 '98: The Culture of Convents in Japanese History, Columbia University, New York. This International Conference is organized by the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies. Further information may be obtained from: the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, Columbia University, 406 Kent Hall, New York, NY 10027 USA; tel.: 212-854-7403, fax: 212-678-8629, e-mail: medievaljapan@columbia.edu.

Jan 10-14 '99: World Archaeology Congress 4, Cape Town, South Africa. At the fourth meeting of the WAC, there will be a full and exciting academic programme, comprising symposia that will cover a wide range of issues in global archaeology today. (See CALL FOR PAPERS below). Up-to-date information about the Congress can be found at Web site www.uct.ac.za/depts/age/wac or at www.globalconf.co.za/wac4. Contact: Carolyn Ackermann, Conference Secretariat, Global Conferences, P.O. Box 44503, Claremont 7735, Cape Town, S.A., tel.:(21) 7628600, fax: (21) 7628606, e-mail: wac4@globalconf.co.za..

*Mar 24 -28'99: SAA's 64th Annual Meeting, Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago. (See CALL FOR PAPERS below). Contact: Society for American Archaeology, 900 Second Street NE #12, Washington DC 20002-3557, USA; tel. 202-789-8200; fax: 202-789-0284; e-mail: meetings@saa.org.

*Nov. (begin) '99: ISAC '99: International Symposium on Ancient Ceramics, Scientific and Technological Insights, Shanghai, China. (See CALL FOR PAPERS below). Contact person: Prof. GUO Jing-Kun, Chairman of ISAC '99, President of SRSSTAC, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, China, tel. (86-21) 6251 2990 *6610, fax: (86-21) 62513903, e-mail: jkguo@sunm.shcnc.ac.cn.
 

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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS: ISAC '99 IN SHANGHAI
The 'International Symposium on Ancient Ceramics, Scientific and Technological Insights', organized by the Shanghai Research Society of Science and Technology of Ancient Ceramics, will he held in Shanghai, China in November 1999. Like the previous ISAC symposia, this symposium will also serve as an international forum for the exchange of research findings in the science and technology of ancient ceramics and for the presentation of new discoveries in archaeology. A post-meeting professional tour will be arranged to visit some famous museums (e.g. the National Museum of South Song Guan Kiln, Hemudu Site Museum etc.), ancient graves and kilns (e.g. Temmoku kiln, etc.), sites, scenic spots and historical relics at Hangzhou, Lin-an and Shangyu in Zhejiang Province. Contact person: Prof. GUO Jing-Kun, Chairman of ISAC '99, President of SRSSTAC, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, China, tel. (86-21) 62512990 *6610, fax: (86-21) 62513903, e-mail: jkguo@sunm.shcnc.ac.cn. (See CONFERENCE CALENDER).

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR WAC '99 'NATURAL DISASTER' SESSION
Dr. Robin Torrence is organising a session at the next World Archaeology Congress (held in January 1999 in Capetown) and is inviting the submission of papers. This session will deal with the effects of natural disasters on human societies: e.g. volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, etc. There will be short paper presentations, followed by long discussion. Please contact Robin Torrence, Australian National Museum, Sidney, Australia, e-mail robint@amsg.austmus.gov.au. (For more information about WAC'99, see CONFERENCE CALENDER).

SAA's 64th ANNUAL MEETING IN CHICAGO: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
While this year's annual meeting in Seattle has just ended, the organisers are already busy planning next year's meeting in Chicago (see CONFERENCE CALENDER) and are calling for submissions. Complete submissions must be received by the SAA office no later than September 2, 1998. This year, SAA is offering presenters two ways of submitting abstracts electronically: via SAA web (http://www.saa.org) or by e-mail (saa99@unl.edu). However, the e-mail submission is more limited in scope, and is in addition to the hardcopy forms. Contact (and/or send hardcopy forms to): Society for American Archaeology, 900 Second Street NE #12, Washington DC 20002-3557, USA; tel.: 202-789-8200; fax: 202-789-0284; e-mail: meetings@saa.org.

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR SYMPOSIUM: "CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN CHINA" AT SAA MEETING '99
Following the great success of the symposium "Sino-Foreign Collaboration in Chinese Archaeology" at the recent SAA meeting in Seattle, Francis Allard and Jim Railey have agreed to co-organize another symposium at next year's SAA meeting and would like to invite anyone conducting archaeological research in China, or working with Chinese materials, to contribute a paper. The title of this proposed symposium for 1999 is "Current Archaeological Research in China". However, whereas this year's symposium focused mainly on introductory overviews of each project, next year the intention is to move on to presentations of more substantive results. Presenters at the Seattle SAA who wish to take part in the Chicago symposium are invited to talk more about their research results, and the implications of these results for our collective understanding of human developments in ancient China. Furthermore, it is hoped that more Chinese colleagues will be able to participate in the Chicago conference. Each paper is limited to 15 minutes, but it is possible for multiple presenters from single projects to coordinate their papers into a double, back-to-back presentation, as was often done at the Seattle meeting. The deadline for submitting abstracts and accompanying registration materials to Dr. Allard or Mr. Railey is August 1st 1998; it is also necessary to include completed SAA submission forms A, B and C and the appropriate registration fee, and register as a SAA member. For more information, please contact: Jim Railey, Washington University, Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 U.S.A.; Home Tel: (314) 428-2189; Fax: (314) 935-8535; E-mail: jrailey@artsci.wustl.edu. (See CONFERENCE CALENDER).

CALL FOR PAPERS : INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANCIENT BRONZE DRUM AND BRONZE CULTURE OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
The Chinese Association for the Study of Ancient Bronze Drums has the pleasure to inform you that "The 4th International Conference on Ancient Bronze Drums & Bronze Culture of Southern China & Southeast Asia" will be held in Guiyang, China in Oct. 1998, lasting five days. Papers addressing the following areas are welcome:
1. Ancient bronze drums
2. The characteristics of the bronze culture in Southern China and Southeast Asia
3. The nationalities who used bronze drums
4. Any subjects which are related to the bronze drums and bronze culture.
The working languages at this conference will be Chinese and English. Please send the information and abstract of your paper to: Ms. ZHANG Yuan, Guizhou Museum, 47 Beijing Street, Guiyang, 550004 China, e-mail: gai@public1.gy.gz.cn. (Forwarded by Jianguo Liu <kaogusuo@public3.bta.net.cn>, 11 June 1998). (See CONFERENCE CALENDER).
 

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The Silk Roads and Sports: The Silk Roads Nara International Symposium, May 1995, Nara.
Session I: Sports along the Early Silk Road:
Kryukov, M.: Sports along the Early Silk Road: a Case Study of Chariot-driving in Ancient China
Wu, E.: Sports Played by the Northern Tribes of Ancient China
Session II: Nomadic and Equestrian Culture and Sports:
Hayashi, T.: Development of Saddle and Stirrup
Takeda, S.: Clothing of Equestrian Peoples and Japan
Lkhagvasuren, I.: "Naadam"-Sports Festival in Mongolia
Burenbat: System of Appraising Swift Horses in Mongolia
Session III: Japanese Culture Sports:
Nonomiya, T.: The impact of European Culture on Japanese Sport Culture
Monta, S.: Contests and Pastimes in Korean History
Sato, T.: Japanese Traditional Sports Expressed in Works of Art
Watanabe, T.: Kemari: A Sport developed by the Ancient Court Nobles
Sugaya, F.: Sports depicted in the works of 'Shoso-in'
Fujimoto, K.: The Knucklebone and Beanbag Games-Universal 'Intangible Cultural Treasures'
Cui, L.: The Gradual Move of Ancient Chinese Sports to the East during the Sui-Tang Era

Association for Asian Studies 49th Annual Meeting, March 1998, Washington.
Session in Conjunction: "Asian National Traditions of Museum Representation"; "Museum Committee for Asian Art", organiser: A.G. Poster.
Hashimoto, H.: The National Museum of Japanese History
Tai, H. H.: Representation of the Past: Museums in Vietnam
Kim, H.: The National Museum, Seoul
Watson, R. : The Museum of the Forbidden City/National Palace Museum: The Futures of the Past

Second International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, September 1997, Ise, Japan. Organiser: Y. Nishimura, Nabunken.

Panel: Shallow Depth Determination, 10 September 1998.
Tomizawa, Y.; Hirose, M.; Arai, I.; Suzuki T. and Ohashi T.: Archaeological Survey Using Pulse Compression Subsurface Radar
Ra, J.W. and Park, S.K.: Underground Tomogram from In-Situ Data Measured in the Cross-Borehole Configuration
Ushijima, K.; Mizunaga, H. and Sakamoto, C.: 3d Imaging of Monumental Tombs buried in Keyhole-shaped Tumuli by Electrical Prospecting
Kobayashi, M. and Karube, F. Application of Geophysical Exploration Methods to Archaeological Investigation of Japanese Castles

Panel: The Interplay between Display and Interpretation, 10 September 1998
Sato, T.; Takemura, K. and Pan, H.: Characteristics of a Shape Algorithm for Small Surface Objects
Toge, M.; Karube, F.; Kobayashi, M. and Tanaka, A.: Application of Geophysical Methods and Graphic Representation Techniques to Investigation of Ancient Temples

Panel: Aspects of Remote Sensing in Archaeology, 11 September 1998
Liu, J.: Remote Sensing in Desert Archaeology in China

Panel: Soil Science in Prospection, 11 September 1998
Chujo, R.: Molecular Species Detected in Magnetic Prospection with the Aid of Electron Spectroscopy (ESCA)
Wakita, Y.; Yamaguchi, Y. and Yamada, H.: Measurement Results on Electromagnetic Characteristics of Soil using the Dipole Antenna
Ikeya, M. and Tani, A.: Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) as a Method of Dating and Assessment of Environment

Panel: Archaeological Prospection in Action, 11 September 1998
Schmidt, A.; Kamei, H. and Nishimura, Y: Comparative Study of Magnetometer Results from a Kiln Site near Ooto, Japan
Kamei, H.; Marukawa, Y.; Kudo, H.; Nishimura, Y. and Nakai, M.: Geophysical Survey of Hirui-Otsuka Mounded Tomb in Ogaki, Japan
Adachi, K. and Tamura, Y.: Development of Ultrasonic Time-of-Flight CT System for Archaeological Prospection
Gao, L.: Archaeological Prospecting with GPR Approach: Case Studies at Xian and Shangqiu, China

Poster Session:
Inokuchi, H.; Morinaga, H.; Yamashita, H.; Ono, A. and Inada, T.: Magnetic Property of Soil and Rock at Paleolithic Site
Goodman, D.; Hongo, Y.; Okita, M. and Nishimura, Y.: 3-D Amplitude Rendering of GPR Data from Saitobaru Tunnel Burials
Moriyama, T.; Yamaguchi, Y. and Yamada, H.: An Application of Polarization Anisotropy Coefficient to Subsurface FM-CW
Sato, M. and Hui, Z.: GPR Application to Archaeology by the Use of Boreholes
Nishitani, T.: Investigation of the Underground Structure of Kofun using VLF-MT Method
Mori, M.; Kamei, H.; Murakami, T.; Yoshida, H.; Kudo, H. and Miura, M.: Implementation of Automomatic Resistivity Surveying System and Evaluation of Data Analysis
Shimizu, M. and Kamei, H.: Between Pulse Radar and FM-CW Radar
Okita, M.; Edwards, W.; Kuwabara, H. and Goodman, D.: Excavation of 6th-7th century A.D. Cemeteries in Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan
Ito, K.; Hamada, L.; Saito, K. and Kamei, H.: Soil Permittivity Measurement Using Wire Antennas for Underground Radar
Miyazaki, Y. and Takahashi, K.: Signal Processing of Subsurface Radar Characteristics Using FDTD Method
Taketomi, K. and Miyazaki, Y.: Characteristics of Waveform Obtained by Pulse Type Subsurface Radar
Sugimoto, T.; Saitou, H. and Okujima, M.: Underground Imaging Using Shear Waves
Uno, T.; Maekawa, K.; Sakai, H. and Hirooka, K.: Combined Study with Electromagnetic Prospecting and Rockmagnetic Analysis on Archaeological Sites
Okamoto, Y. and Liu, C.: Study of Remote Sensing Infrared Method of Underground Objects by Means of Thermal Image Method
Akabane, H.; Agu, M.; Teramachi, Y.; Noguchi, K. and Okamoto Y.: A New Automatic Resistivity Measurement System and Correction of Ground Surface Concavity
Wada, S., and Abe, T.: The Characteristic Fatty Acid, DHA, discovered on the Pottery at the Ancient Tomb of Saitobaru in Japan
Tani, A.; Bartoll, J.; Ikeya, M. and Inada, T.: Prospection of Burnt Soil by Electron Spin Resonance
Tani, A.; Bartoll, J.; Ikeya, M.; Komura, K.; Kajiwara, H.; Fujimura, S.; Kamada, T. and Yokoyama, Y.: Thermal History and Dating Study of the 600,000-Year-Old Stone Tool by ESR
Watanabe, T.; Takahashi, K. and Chujo, R.: Chemical Approach for Magnetic Prospection of the Burned Soil in Remains: Concentration Changes of Ironoxides in Burned Soils Studied by Magnetic Susceptibility, ESCA, ESR and ICPMS Measurements

16th IPPA Congress, 1-7 July 1998, Melaka, Malaysia. IPPA Liaison Officer for SEAA: Magnus Fiskesjo, University of Chicago, Email: fisk@midway.uchicago.edu
The Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) held its 16th congress July 1-7 in the city of Melaka, Malaysia. The congress was one of the largest in IPPA's history, with a total of 24 sessions with speakers from many countries, including Japan, Korea, and China. More than 200 papers were read on a wide range of topics in the archaeology of South, Southeast and
East Asia; and the Pacific. Further information on the congress, as well as on IPPA publications (select papers from this congress will be published in forthcoming issues of the IPPA Bulletin, under the editorship of Dr. Peter Bellwood, Australian National University; Secretary of the IPPA), can be found by visiting the IPPA homepage at:
http://artalpha.anu.edu.au/web/arc/ippa/ippa.htm
Papers read at IPPAs 16th Congress directly related to East Asian archaeology included the following (for complete listings, including of papers on cultural resource management, etc., please refer to the website):

Session 2. Pleistocene Archaeology in East Asia (Chair: Susan Keates).
Huang, Weiwen and Hou, Yamei (China): Human palaeoecology of East Asia: the Movius Line reconsidered.
Wang, Youping (China): A comparison of the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic between East and West Asia.
Wei, Qi (China): Some archaeological sites from the Lower Pleistocene in China.
Kajiwara, Hiroshi (Japan): Chronological sequences of the Early and Middle Palaeolithic in the Japanese Archipelago.
Bae, Kidong (Korea): Palaeolithic industries and hominid dispersal in the Far East.
Keates, Susan (UK): The development of lithic technology in Pleistocene China.
Schepartz, Lynne (USA): Recent Research at Panxian Dadong, Guizhou Province, Southern China.
Zhou, Guoxing (China): The establishment of Mesolithic cultures in southern China and their characteristics.

Session 4. Environmental Change and Agriculture in Southeast Asia (Chairs: Charles Higham and Bernard Maloney).
Lu, Tracey (Australia): The transition from foraging to farming in East Asia.

Session 6. Recent Advances in the Archaeology of Southern China (Chair: Magnus Fiskesjo).
Cao, Bingwu (China): A hypothesis about the development of the earliest Neolithic cultures in South China.
Chen, Xingcan (China): On the earliest evidence of rice cultivation in China.
Fu, Xianguo (China): The excavations at Ding Si Shan, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region.
MacNeish, Richard (USA): The Sino-American Origins of Agriculture Project.
Zhang, Chi (China): The excavations at Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan early Neolithic sites, Jiangxi.
Meacham, William (Hong Kong): Bronze Age to Han in the Hong Kong region.
He, Jiejun (China): Chengtoushan: one of the earliest walled cities of ancient China.
Jiang, Zhilong (China): New excavations at the Bronze Age site of Shizhaishan, Yunnan.
Yang, Yaolin (China): A study of the Xiantouling culture.
Vandiver, Pamela (USA): Ceramic manufacture in East Asia, 10,000-13,000 years ago.

Session 7. Recent Advances in Taiwan Prehistory (Chair: Peter Bellwood).
Tsang, Cheng-hwa (Taiwan): Recent advances in the Iron Age archaeology of Taiwan.
Li, Kuang-ti (Taiwan): Change and stability in the dietary system of a prehistoric coastal population in southern Taiwan.
Lien, Chao-mei (Taiwan): The significance of jade in Taiwanese prehistory.
Chen, Chung-yu (Taiwan): Two midden sites on Jinmen Island (Quemoy) and their cultures.
Ho, Chuan-kun (Taiwan): Shueiwaku: a new Neolithic site in the Puli Basin, Central Taiwan.
Chao, Chin-yung(Taiwan): Chung-Kwang-a Neolithic burial site on the Eastern coast of Taiwan.

Session 8. Foragers and Farmers in the Japanese Islands (Chair: Mark Hudson).
Habu, Junko (USA): Jomon Subsistence Strategies at the Sannai Maruyama Site.
Kobayashi, Seiji (Japan): Foragers to farmers in the Izu islands.
Tsude, Hiroshi (Japan): The Yayoi farmers reconsidered: new perspectives on agricultural development in East Asia.
Takamiya, Hiroto (Japan): The transition from foraging to farming on the island of Okinawa, Japan.
Hudson, Mark (Japan): The Obama site and the late prehistoric settlement of the Okinawa Islands.
Kaner, Simon (UK): From forager to farmer in Hokuriku.
Chisholm, Brian (Japan): Hunter-gatherers and farmers diet in prehistoric Japan: from isotopic analysis.

Session 12. Current Approaches to Sociopolitical Complexity In Asia (Chair: Lis Bacus).
Li, Liu (Australia): The development and decline of social complexity and the emergence of early states in China.

Session 13. Ethnoarchaeology in Theory and Practice in the Interpretation of Indo-Pacific Prehistory (Chairs: Richard Engelhardt and Pamela Rogers).
Wang, Ningsheng (China): An ethnoarchaeological study of the pottery of the Dai people, Yunnan.
Fiskesjo, Magnus (Sweden): Ethnoarchaeology of fortified settlements in northern Southeast Asia.

Session 14. Gender In Asian/Pacific Archaeology (Chair: Sarah Nelson).
Nelson, Sarah (USA): The Hongshan culture and the "Goddess Temple".
Ikawa-Smith, Fumiko and Habu, Junko (Japan): Women's participation in the production and interpretation of archaeological knowledge in Japan.
 

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