-- Chinese archaeologists announced Saturday that some new major discoveries have been made at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China, helping shed light on the unified, diverse origin of the Chinese civilization.
Walter Benjamin observed that it is precisely the modern which conjures up prehistory.
The remains of a Great Wall castle dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) were discovered in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, said the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology on June 8, 2021.
Architectural relics, including two courtyards, were found at the remains of the Qingpingbao castle, located in Jingbian County, Yulin City.
The PhD Program in the Ancient World at New York University’s Institute for the Ancient World is currently accepting applications.
About ISAW's PhD Program:
Encompassing the ancient world from the western Mediterranean to East Asia, from the Neolithic to the early Medieval period, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World is focused on creating a new generation of scholars whose work crosses over the disciplinary boundaries of traditional departments.
It is with sadness that I have to convey the news of James Stoltman's passing, on September 11, 2019, in Madison, Wisconsin, at age 84. Unbeknown to most, he had cancer, but did not show any signs of the illness until very late, and this summer was still working on ceramic petrography for a Chinese project. Jim Stoltman has been a pioneer in ceramic petrography in the US, on the tracks of Anna Shepard, studying and confirming her work. He was instrumental in presenting a methodology of point counting technique as applied to ceramic analysis (e.g.1989), thus promoting quantitative analysis in petrography. He has been a prolific writer, specialized in North American archaeology, publishing many petrographic studies on Mississippian and Hopewell ceramics, as well as being involved in Belgium, and in Chinese projects for several years, notably at Anyang. Jim was Emeritus Professor at the Department of Anthropology at UW-Madison where he taught for many years. He was an avid tennis player, traveler, very positive person and great colleague.
We will miss him a lot.
Isabelle Druc
We are delighted to announce the upcoming conference on "Archaeomaterial Studies in East Asia", jointly organized by the Society for East Asian Archaeology (SEAA) and the Institute for Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB). The conference will be a hybrid event taking place on August 11–13, 2023.
The Centre for History and Culture at United International College & Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai), invites applicants to attend an online conference on the theme of the global Bronze Age.
The Student Association Gesshin, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will be hosting an online lecture "
The Student Association Gesshin, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice is hosting an online lecture titled "The sea at the dawn of Jōmon culture: IRIAE's archaeological excavations on Tsushima Island" at 15:45 (CET, Italy) on 06 February 2023 (Monday).
The speaker is Daniele Petrella, PhD and President of IRIAE (International Research Institute for Archaeology and Ethnology). It is the first lecture of the series "Unearthing Japanese Archaeology: Re-discovering ancient Japan through contemporary studies".
