PhD (Associate Professor, Chonnam National University, South Korea)
Jina Heo is an associate professor in the department of Anthropology at the Chonnam National University. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) in 2018. She is interested in ancient urbanism and the development of sociopolitical complexity in archaic states, particularly in East Asia. Heo’s work deals with trading systems and exchange networks involving beads and other craft goods, looking at interactions between proto-historic Korea and other areas, such as China and Southeast Asia. She worked as curator, excavator, and lecturer at several museum and university settings in South Korea and has performed extensive fieldwork throughout the country. Most recently, her fieldwork experience has extended into Vietnam.
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