Welcome to the Society for East Asian Archaeology
The Society for East Asian Archaeology (SEAA) is a non-governmental organization established to:
- Further research in the field of East Asian Archaeology
- Support quality research and international collaboration
- Provide publishing opportunities through an online bulletin, holding academic meetings and conferences
- Supply educational outreach to the general community
- Enhance scholarly communications and good relations among archaeologists within East Asia
SEAA News Blog
A four-year (0.8 FTE) Postdoctoral Research Associate position is available at the University of Oxford’s School of Archaeology for the China TRACER project, focusing on technological processes and social organisation in early northern China. Application deadline: 6 April 2026.
An online Undergraduate and Graduate Workshop on East Asian Archaeology and History will be held on 23 May 2026 via Zoom. Co-hosted with the Society for East Asian Archaeology and Colorado Mesa University, the event will provide students with opportunities to present research, connect internationally, and participate in a paper competition.
The School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford invites applications for a fully funded DPhil studentship (36 months) as part of the project Technological Processes & Social Organization in Early Northern China, led by
The Society for East Asian Archaeology (SEAA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Graduate Student Paper Awards presented at the 10th International Conference of the Society for East Asian Archaeology (SEAA 10). This year’s awards recognise outstanding graduate research by Sunjung Lee (Kyungpook National University) and Yun-chun Kan (University College London), whose papers demonstrate methodological rigor and substantive contributions to East Asian archaeology.
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new volume in the Archaeology of East Asia series: Social Differentiation among Non-Elites in China’s Central Plains, 1735–1530 BCE: A Household Archaeology Perspective on the Erlitou Site, by Xiang Li.
More information:
https://www.barpublishing.com/book/social-differentiation-among-non-elites-in-chinas-central-plains-1735-1530-bce/
A major synthesis of five field seasons of regional archaeological survey in the Chengdu Plain—documenting Neolithic walled centers, Bronze Age settlement patterns, and long-term landscape change—will be published in November 2025 by UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archaeology (Monumenta Archaeologica 52).