Archaeological Science Forum (No. 47) Title: Under a Thousand Sails: Shipwrecks and Porcelain on the Maritime Silk Road Speaker: Associate Professor Fan Jianan (Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University) Host: Associate Professor Zhang Liang (Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University) About the Speaker: Fan Jianan is an Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor at the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, and a joint doctoral candidate of Peking University and the University of Tokyo. Her research focuses on the archaeology of historical ceramics and the Maritime Silk Road. She is dedicated to deeply interpreting the Maritime Silk Road using archaeological methods, systematically connecting archaeological materials such as kiln sites, ports, and shipwrecks to reconstruct ancient trade...
Title: New Explorations in Experimental Archaeology of Sanxingdui Speaker: Professor Hai Chao Li (Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University) Host: Professor Hongliang Lv (Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University) About the Speaker: Hai Chao Li is a Professor at the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, a National-level High-Level Talents Program for Young Top Talents, the Chief Expert of a Major Project of the National Social Science Fund, and the person in charge of the excavation of Pit No. 5, 6, and 7 in the sacrificial area of the Sanxingdui site. His research interests mainly include Shang and Zhou archaeology and scientific archaeology. He is committed to integrating humanities and natural science methods to explore new models for archaeological research. New Explorations in Experimental Archaeology of Sanxingdui New Explorations in Experimental Archaeology of Sanxingdui are important both domestically and internationally...
Title: Progress of the 2009 Rescue Excavation and Research at the Zhoukoudian Site Speaker: Liu Decheng, Associate Research Fellow (Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Host: Li Lan, Associate Professor (Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University) About the Speaker: Liu Decheng is an associate research fellow at the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a young scientist at the UNESCO International Center on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage. His main research interests include environmental archaeology and digital heritage conservation. He has conducted comprehensive environmental archaeological research at sites such as the Shuidonggou Site in Ningxia, the Zhoukoudian Site in Beijing, the Dingcun Site in Shanxi, and the Baodun Site in Chengdu. He has led or participated in 38 projects...
Title: Solemn and Magnificent: The Evolution of Decorative Styles in Pre-Qin Bronzes Speaker: Dr. Liu Baige (Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology) Host: Associate Professor Yuan Haibing (Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University) About the Speaker: Liu Baige is a postdoctoral researcher at the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, specializing in the study of ancient bronze technology and art. He mainly focuses on the technological research of Sanxingdui painted bronzes, Eastern Zhou red copper inlaid bronzes, and gold and silver artifacts unearthed from the Jiangkou Sunken Silver Site. He has led one postdoctoral science foundation project and two provincial and ministerial-level projects, and participated in several National Social Science Foundation projects. His publications appear in Heritage Science, the National Museum of China...
Title: Functional Changes of the Yue亮湾 Small Town Site at Sanxingdui: Evidence from Archaeobotany Speaker: Wan Jiao, Research Fellow (Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology) Host: Song Jixiang, Associate Research Fellow (Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University) Speaker Wan Jiao is currently a research fellow at the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. She graduated from the Department of History, Nanjing University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Archaeology. In 2008 and 2015, she received a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. in History from the School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, respectively. Since 2008, she has been working at the Archaeological Institute of the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and is currently responsible for the archaeobotany laboratory of the Center for Archaeological Science...
Title: Origin and Development of Millet Agriculture in Tibet Speaker: Associate Research Fellow Song Jixiang (Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University) Host: Yan Xue, Curator (Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology) About the Speaker: Song Jixiang is an Associate Research Fellow at the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University. Her research focuses on archaeobotany, and she has long been engaged in archaeobotanical research in western China. She has published several papers in journals such as Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, Journal of Tibetology in China, and Cultural Relics in Southern China. She has also led or participated in several national-level projects. Time: December 20, 2024, Afternoon...
Title: Identification and Analysis of Charcoal and Wood Remains from Archaeological Sites Speaker: Associate Research Fellow Shen Hui, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Host: Associate Professor Song Jixiang, Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University Speaker Introduction: Shen Hui is an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is mainly engaged in the research of ancient plant remains. She is committed to using charcoal/wood remains as research indicators to reconstruct the plant resource utilization patterns of ancient ancestors and reveal the interaction and impact between early human agricultural activities and the environment. In recent years, she has been based on more than 40 archaeological sites in East Asia, Central Asia, etc...
Title: The Making of Makers: An Ethnographic and Experimental Archaeological Perspective on Human Toolmaking Skill Acquisition Speaker: Liu Cheng, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Emory University Moderator: Yuan Haibing, Associate Professor, Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University Speaker Bio: Liu Cheng is a Ph.D. candidate at Emory University. He previously served as a Special Researcher at the University Museum, University of Tokyo, and a Global Scholar at the Senckenberg Nature Research Society. His research focuses on prehistoric Eurasian and African hunter-gatherer societies, lithic technology, cognitive archaeology, and cultural evolution. He has participated in numerous field archaeological excavations and laboratory analysis projects in China, Ethiopia, and other regions. ...
Title: Radiocarbon Dating and Chinese Archaeological Chronology Speaker: Chen Xianglong, Associate Research Fellow, Key Laboratory of Science and Technology Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Protection, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Chinese Academy of History, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Host: Yuan Haibing, Associate Professor, Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University Chen Xianglong is an Associate Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Center for Science and Technology Archaeology at the Key Laboratory of Science and Technology Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Protection, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Chinese Academy of History, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences). He is also the Vice Dean of the School of History at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Secretary of the Archaeological Chronology Committee of the Archaeological Society of China, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Zooarchaeology Committee....
Title: The Modernity of Zooarchaeology Speaker: Associate Research Fellow Lü Peng Key Laboratory of Scientific Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Protection, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Chinese Academy of History, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Host: Assistant Research Fellow Zhang Zhengwei (Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University) Speaker Biography: Lü Peng, Doctor of History, Executive Deputy Director of the Zooarchaeology Professional Committee of the Archaeological Society of China. Deputy Director of the Center for Scientific Archaeology, Key Laboratory of Scientific Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Protection, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Chinese Academy of History, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Master's Supervisor of the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Cultural Relics and Museums of Fudan University...