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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. 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 +1-412-648-2792 c/o Prof. Linduff
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]

 

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From the editor......

Please note that that the East Asian archaeology and history internet listserver discussion group in which SEAA participates has a new address: LISTPROC@CCAT. SAS. UPENN.EDU. Use this new address for subscribing or unsubscribing to the listserve group. Most of the commands have remained the same, but there are now more options that you can set for yourself. Messages should be sent to eaan@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

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MEMBER NEWS

This issue marks the first time that the Membership Directory is produced separately. All individual members of the Society for East Asian Archaeology have received their own copies; institutions and newsletter exchange partners have received only the newsletter. This distribution policy is in accordance with tighter data restriction s deriving from the transformation of the East Asian Archaeology Network into the Society.
SEAA this year has 159 members in 18 different countries. A further 151 former EAANetwork members have yet to transfer their membership to SEAA. We look forward to the addition of these past members to next year's rosters. If you are an EAANmember reading this list and do not find your name here, please contact the SEAA Treasurer, Mr. Simon Kaner whose contact numbers are found on the back cover of this issue. If you are a new reader, please also contact Simon for individual membership forms. All enquiries about institutional subscriptions should be sent to EAANnouncements Editor, Gina Barnes, also listed on the back cover.

 

from EAANetwork to SEAA :: from Strength to Strength!
 

1997 SEAA Membership
AUSTRALIA: Dr. Peter Bellwood, Prof. Sandra Bowdler, Li Liu, Tracey L.D. Lu
CANADA: Martin T. Bale, Charlotte Bell, Dorie Dohrenwend, Dr. Clare Fawcett, Gyoung-Ah Lee, Prof. Richard Pearson, Prof. Dr. Richard Shutler Jr., Dr. Sarah J. Taylor,
CHINA: Ms. Yin Cao, Mr. Bingwu Cao, Prof. Xueqin Li, Crispin Williams
DENMARK: Jane Oksbjerg, Dr. Donald B. Wagner
FINLAND: Dr. Juha Janhunen
FRANCE: Laurence Denes, Ms. Stéphanie Souhaité
GERMANY: Ms. Mary Kennedy, Ms. Sarah Kirchberger, Margarete Prüch. Prof. Werner Sasse, Barbara Seyock, Mr. Werner Steinhaus, Dr. Sabine M. Werner
HONG KONG: Ms. Pamela Rumball Rogers, Alex Cho-Hong Yip
ISRAEL: Dr. Gideon Shelach
ITALY: Mr. Filippo Salviati
JAPAN: Dr. Bruce L. Batten, Prof. Walter Edwards, Mr. Simon Holledge, Dr. Charles Keally, Dr. Yasushi Kojo, P. Kumai, Atsuko Miyaji, Dr. Koji Mizoguchi, Dr. Martin Morris, Dr. Peter B. Oblas, Hiroto Takamiya, Prof. Takeshi Watabe, Prof. Richard Wilson
KOREA: Dr. Sung-mo Ahn, Dr. Deogim An, Ki-dong Bae, Elisabeth Chabanol, Sung-rak Choi, Mr. Youn-Sik Choo, Prof. Hyo-Jae Im, Bong-won Kang, Mr. Jong-cheol Kwak, Hack-soo Kwon, Dr. In-Sook Lee, Chung-kyu Lee, Dr. Yangjin Pak, Hi-hyun Park, Prof. Kyung Cheol Shin
THE NETHERLANDS: Frederick Naerebout
REPUBLICA DE PANAMA: Zhijun Zhao
SWITZERLAND: Mr. Philippe Dallais
TAIWAN: Kwang-tzuu Chen, Mr. Enno Giele
UNITED KINGDOM: Prof. Gina L. Barnes, Prof. John Coles, Simon J. Dobinson, Mr. E. Field, Mr. Robert Frey, Dr. James H. Grayson, Dr. Jane Grenville, Nahoko Hashimoto, Simon Kaner, Susan G. Keates, Ms. Rose Kerr, Mr. Gwon-gu Kim, Hyeong Woo Lee, Dr. James B. Lewis, James Lin, Ms. Jenny C. H. Liu, Dr. Sarah Mason, Jian Jun Mei, Mr. John P.C. Moffet, Dr. Jessica Rawson, Ms. Laura Rivkin, Lilla Russell-Smith, Mr. Alan Saville, Marianna Serandrei, Hsueh-Man Shen, Dr. Anthony Sinclair, Dr. Jill Thompson, Laura Vigo, Pamela Wace, Dr. Tao Wang, Mr. Charles Watkinson
USA: Dr. Jean Aigner, Prof. C. Melvin Aikens, Prof. Sarah Allan, Dr. Sarah Jane Allen, Prof. Jonathan W. Best, Prof. Lester Bilsky, Prof. Barry Blakeley, Prof. Robert Borgen, Prof. Emma C. Bunker, Susan Bush, Prof. Kwang-chih Chang, Pochan Chen, Dr. Julie L. Cormack, Louise Alison Cort, Paola Dematte, Albert E. Dien, Betty (Tseng Yuho) Ecke, Ms. Erika Evasdottir, Dr. Lothar von Falkenhausen, Prof. W. Wayne Farris, Mr. Magnus Fiskesjö, Rowan Flad, Dr. Jan Fontein, Douglas S. Fuqua, Ralph B. Giles, Prof. Maribeth Graybill, Junko Habu, Ms. Tracy Hoffman, Frank Hoffmann, Prof. Karl L. Hutterer, Dr. Jean M. James, Tianlong Jiao, Trudy Kawani, Prof. J.E. Kidder, Jr., Jiyul Kim, Prof. Alfonz Lengyel, Dr. Katheryn M. Linduff, Prof. Richard S. MacNeish, Kathryn Marlow, Mr. Virgil Meeker, Dr. Richard H. Mitchell, Susan Naquin, Prof. Sarah M. Nelson, Prof. John W. Olsen, Prof. Joan Piggott, Prof. Forrest R. Pitts, Mr. Jim Railey, Prof. Song Nai Rhee, Mr. Kenneth R. Robinson, Dr Karen Rubinson, Lynne Schepartz, Dr. Kathy Schick, Prof. Leon Serafim, Mr. Jae-hoon Shim, Dr. G.E. Kidder Smith, Mr. Bruce W. Smith, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm G. II Solheim, Audrey Spiro, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt, D. Ann Trieu, Chiou-Peng Tzehuey, Prof. Susan R. Weld

OBITUARY

Professor TONG Enzheng
"Professor Tong Enzheng died last night (20 April 1997), having bled to death during an unsuccessful attempt at a liver transplant, after he experienced complete liver and kidney failure a few days ago.
"Tong Enzheng was the most multi-talented man I have ever had the privelege of knowing. His central field of interest was archaeology, particularly the role of the southwest in Chinese prehistory and early history, and one of his passions was using archaeology to demonstrate a link between China and India from times before the common era. He was also tireless in promoting the decentralization of our view of early China, and in trying to bring modern archaeological theory and methods to his Chinese colleagues. He was also instrumental in the revival of cultural anthropology in China after the end of the Maoist era, having authored the first post-revolutionary textbook on the topic, entitled Cultural Anthrolpology, in the late 1980s.
"Professor Tong was also an accomplished art historian and epigrapher. I remember accompanying him to the Seattle Art Museum in 1985, when he confirmed on epigraphic grounds that the lid to a Zhou dynasty bronze was a fake--a character was written wrong in the bronze script. He brought his knowledge of art history to good use in the United States, and taught in the art history departments at the University of Pittsburgh and at Wesleyan University in recent years.
"He was also accomplished in the area of design. His Sichuan University Museum, which he redesigned and partially rebuilt after spending a semester at Harvard in 1982, was the first Museum I am aware of in China to incorporate creative or modern elements in its design; he was severly criticized by university authorities for this departure, but made it stick. Despite his departure for the US in 1989, he retained the title of Professor of History and Director of the Museum at Sichuan University until his death.
"Another passion of Professor Tong's was fiction. He had several successful science fiction stories published in the 1980s, including one that was made into an award-winning movie. His satirical novel New Journey to the West was a hilarious spoof on both American and Chinese societies and on the ways they manage to misunderstand each other. About a year ago, he told me that he was planning to retire in three or more years, and to devote his time to writing psychological fiction about Chinese intellectuals and the Cultural Revolution.
"Professor Tong himself was persecuted during that unfortunate period, since his family had long had Western and Christian connections, though he was not a Christian himself. While he was in the cowshed, he asked for a copy of Mao's Quotations in English, and he once told me he could still recite the whole book in English more easily than in Chinese.
"Despite his many differences with many political authorities, Professor Tong remained in China until 1989, when he was active in supporting the student movement, and made a televised speech in its support. After the movement was crushed, he felt he was in some personal danger, and fled first to Tokyo and then to the US. After coming here, all his family joined him, and he taught at UCLA, the University of Michigan, the University of Washington, the University of Pittsburgh, and most recently Wesleyan University.
"Professor Tong loved the Seattle area, and had some hopes of retiring here to write fiction. Those stories, along with this wonderfully talented, cosmopolitan, and good-humored man, was lost to us this weekend. The world seems a duller place without him.
"He is survived by his wife, Yang Liangsheng, daughter Tong Xiao, and son Tong Hui."
The above was written by Professor Tong's friend and colleague, Stevan Harrell, of the University of Washington, stevehar@u.washington.edu.

OBITUARY
Mr. Peter Thompson
Because of changes in the editorial office, SEAA has just recently received notification of EAANmember Peter Thompson's death in China in 1995. He was teaching at Shenzhen University in China and had been very active in trying to stop the destuction of cultural relics during the massive building campaigns in the special economic zone.

 

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DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS

PhD Degrees

Interregional interaction and the emergence of complex societies in Lingnan during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age (China)
by Francis Y. Allard, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1995
This study focuses on the emergence of complex societies in Lingnon (which included the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi in southeast China) during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age (3000-200 B.C.) and the role which interaction with northern areas may have played in this process. Five instances of sociopolitically complex societies are recognized in Lingnan: northern Guangdong (Shixia Culture) and western Guangdong during Period I (3000-1400 B.C.); southern Guangxi and eastern Guangdong (Fubin Culture) during Period II (1400-600 B.C.); and much of Lingnon during Period III (600-220 B.C.). The aims of the study are threefold: (1) to characterize more precisely than before the nature of interaction with northern regions; (2) to determine how the 'elements' of interaction played a role locally in the process of hierarchization; and (3) to detect how different types of interaction may be associated with differences in different types of trajectories, paying special attention to the stability of social systems.
Spatial chronological and artifactual data is used to show that interaction with northern areas played a role in most instance of complex developments in Lingnon at this time, although existing local populations 'recruited' these elements of interaction rather than reacted passively to northern impact. In most instances, interaction is indicated by the presence of few northern artifacts (obtained through a 'down-the-line' exchange system) and local copies of such goods. By Period III, more directed relations link Lingnan with the Chu state to the north. It is suggested that in most instances, copies of northern goods are used in display and competition for power by would-be leaders. When northern stylistic innovations become unavailable to societies in Lingnon as a result of political/cultural change in Central China, these societies are seen to experience a decrease in social complexity. It is suggested that continued and gradual development in the scale and hierarchical complexity of social systems is associated with a leadership in control of subsistence activities rather than one which relies on display and mystification of the support of the population. In the latter case, the system remains at the mercy of perturbations in the source of artifacts and ideas.
 

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Prehistoric Japan: Jomon contact with the continent and the Yayoi transition
by Douglas S. Fuqua, M.A., University of Hawaii, 1996
Rice-growing immigrants from the Korean peninsula are often credited with initiating the Yayoi culture/period in Japan. However, it is now apparent that certain aspects of this culture can be traced back into the preceding Jomon period. This includes the growing of rice. In this paper, I suggest that the beginning of the Yayoi transition was not concurrent with and thus not due to the arrival of large migrations. Rather, change took place among the indigenous Jomon population as the result of acculturation. This would best account for the apparently smooth transition between the Jomon and Yayoi peoples and cultures. In this thesis, I examine evidence of maritime exchange between the archipelago and the continent during the Jomon period. I believe it was this exchange that enabled the Jomon people to become acculturated to continental culture.
 

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International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS) Survey of Dissertations on Asian Studies available on the Internet
At the end of Jan 1997, the IIAS began a project to survey completed PhD research on Asian Studies in Europe from 1990 onwards and to make the survey information available for consultation. From Jan to April 1997, a preliminary survey retrieved approximately 1043 titles of doctoral dissertations on Asian Studies from various universities in thirteen European countries. Most of the information has been compiled from on-line catalogues of university libraries and back-issues from various European newsletters on Asian studies. The information has been categorized according to regions (South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Insular Southwest Asia), specific countries and areas of expertise, including archaeology, and is available at: http://iias.leidenuniv.nl/collect/diss.
 

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JOBS & GRANTS

Grants Received

Korea Foundation
Barnes, Gina L. (Prof., East Asian Studies, Univ of Durham): "Shilla & Kaya archaeology in relation to the Samguk Sagi."
Chen, Shang Sheng (Prof. Dept. of History, Shandong Univ): "A study of Korean-Sino cultural exchanges in Shilla period."
Kim, Chong Sun (Prof. Dept. of History, Univ of Rhode Island): "The history of the Shilla kingdom."
Masao, Fidelis (Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Archaeology, Univ of Dar-es-Salaam): "Study of Korean Palaeolithic & Neolithic Periods."

IIAS (International Institute for Asian Studies)
Schottenhammer, Angela (Research Fellow, IIAS): "History of the overseas trade of Quanzhou in the Chinese province Fujian from the 10th to the early 14th centuries."
 

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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.

AUSTRALIA
The Asian Gallery at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, reputed to have the largest collection of Asian art in Australia, now includes Ancestors and the Afterlife. The Asian Gallery itself shows Chinese, Japanese and Korean ceramics along with bronze, lacquer and glass.

BRITAIN
The British Museum's Museum of Mankind will be featuring an exhibit "Far Eastern and Near Eastern Greenwares" from 3 May-13 September 1997. The exhibition has been organized in cooperation with the Oriental Ceramic Society.

FRANCE
The Musee Guimet will be closed until the end of 1998 due to renovations. Address: Place d'lena 6, 75116 Paris. Tel 1-47236165, fax 1-47238399.

JAPAN
The National Museum of Japanese History now has an internet page providing information on its activities. The page introduces both the museum's permanent and special exhibitions, and offers a question-and-answer page so that visitors can test their knowledge of Japanese history and culture. The location address is : http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/. (Yomiuri shimbun 9 Nov 1996)
The Tokyo National Museum's exhibition Mounted Nomads of the Asian Steppe: Chinese Northern Bronzes ran from 13 May-22 June 1997. The 232 Ordos bronzes on display were taken from Japanese collections, the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, the Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst in Berlin, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and from American collections.

KOREA
A survey of Korean relics in eight Japanese museums was carried out by the Korea Foundation in 1996. In April, three museums in the Kyoto-Osaka region were surveyed, including the Museum of the Faculty of Letters at Kyoto University. In August, five museums in the Tokyo region were surveyed including the Art Museum at the University of Tokyo's College of Arts and Sciences. The results of the survey will be published in "Korean Relics in Japan III", which will also include information on five museums surveyed in the Nara-Kyoto region in December 1995. This will be the sixth volume in the series on Korean relics in overseas museums.
Robert Sullivan, Associate Director at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, was invited by the Korea Foundation in August 1996 to discuss the expansion of Korean exhibitions in the Smithsonian museums. Yutaka Hitara, Prof. Emeritus, Kyushu University, was also at the Korea Foundation in August 1996 discussing both the promotion of Korea-Japan academic/cultural exchanges and the reinvestigation of Korean cultural relics in the Kyushu area.

THE NETHERLANDS
The Museum of Ethnology in Rotterdam will be showing "2000 Years on the Silk Road: Treasures from Uzbekistan" from 15 February to 10 August 1997. The exhibition consists of more than 300 objects, including unique manuscripts, ceramics, metalwork, textiles and photographic material depicting life in both ancient and present-day Uzbekistan. Iranian, Chinese, and Indian influences can be seen in many of the objects, particularly the Chinese watch-tower which once stood guarding the Silk Road.

SWEDEN
The following is a letter from Stockholm's Oestasiatiska Museet dated March 1997:
"Dear Friend,
"The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (MFEA) would like to thank you for your support during the museum's great crisis last autumn. The support from our colleagues and friends abroad was massive and did much to boost our courage in our struggle against the politicians. The many letters from abroad - 130 in all - also made a deep impact on the members of the Cultural Committee in the Swedish Parliament and certainly influenced the outcome of the battle. Thanks to the protests, the politicians were forced to make a compromise and even if the situation is still very unclear, it seems for the moment that we do have a hope of survival as an institution.
"For your information, we will try to sum up the development of the museum debate till now, even though there remains quite a few moot points:
"When the Ministry of Culture made the suggestion of moving all Stockholm museums with non-European collections to the city of Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast, there were immediately strong protests. Private persons as well as institutions both in Sweden and abroad immediately raised very strong objections against the bill. To move all museums with non-European collections from the capital was considered an outrage.
"There were also arguments of financial nature against the proposal. A major objection was that the Cultural Ministry had forgotten to consider the costs of transport of the huge collections from one city to another - the funds for moving the three museums were simply not there.
"When the case was heard in the Committee of Cultural Affairs in the Swedish Parliament, it thus became obvious that the proposal needed some adjustment. After negotiations, a majority in the Committee (i.e. eight Social Democrats and one member of the Leftist Party, the former Communists) agreed on a so-called "compromise" - a solution which all other parties strongly opposed. The "compromise" proposal was voted through Parliament on December 19th. The wording in the resolution was very vague and difficult to interpret.
"The compromise implied that the collections themselves should not be moved, but the four museums should be amalgamated into one administrative body, whose leadership should be in Gothenburg. A large, new museum - "The Central Museum of Ethnography" - was to be created in that city. As a concession to the public opinion, it was said that "a considerable part of the public activities in Stockholm" should be maintained. The situation of the localities of the three Stockholm museums should, however, be "surveyed." Nothing was said what would happen to the present staff, whether it would be moved to Gothenburg or stay in Stockholm. The resolution was also silent regarding whether the three museums would keep their individual profile in the future.
"A chairman of the organization committee was appointed soon after the passing of the proposal. In late January, he resigned from the position, no reason has been given for his resignment. In February, a new chairman - this time a chairwoman - was appointed and soon afterwards the other members of the Committee and the experts were appointed by the Ministry of Culture. All members have strong ties to Gothenburg and/or are members of the Social Democratic Party or their two supporting parties (the Leftists and the Center Party). The first meeting of the organization committee took place about a week ago.
"At the first meeting the new chairwoman has now given her first interviews and stated that the collections of the three museums will not be moved from Stockholm, objects sent to Gothenburg will have the status of loans and depositions. She has also indicated that because of the need of financial support of the new museum in Gothenburg, it would not be "possible to keep all the three other museums in their present localities in Stockholm in the future.
"There are still great uncertainties regarding the finances. The additional governmental funds for the new museum are not even sufficient to pay the rent of the future museum in Gothenburg. In addition comes the demand for extremely costly technical equipment which is said to become the trade mark of this museum. If the allowances of the three Stockholm museums, which are already on a very tight budget, also should be used for a new and expensive museum in Gothenburg, there is a danger that the funds for the three museums' public activities will be insufficient, not to mention their scholarly activities.
"Another objectionable feature in the Parliament resolution is the definition of the MFEA as an 'ethnographic museum.' The MFEA is a museum of East Asian art and archaeology. It possesses world-famous works by artists like Wang Meng, Dong Qichang, Bada Shanren, etc. To consider these works of art as objects of merely ethnographic interest is a disgrace to the great cultural tradition of East Asia. The MFEA is now part of the Swedish National Art Museums, an administrative body consisting of the National Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the MFEA. For the MFEA to keep its status as a museum of art and archaeology and not to become an ethnographic museum, it is imperative that this administrative affiliation is retained. The Board of the Swedish National Art Museums, its Director General and the director of the MFEA has in an address to the Ministry of Culture emphasized that the MFEA is deeply rooted in the present organization and has very close connections with the National Museum.
"The staff will continue its struggle for MFEA's existence as an art museum, hoping that a growing respect for non-European cultures among Swedish politicians will convince the organization committee to keep up the present status of the MFEA and let it stay on its present premises as part of the organization of Swedish National Art Museums in Stockholm.
"Your support in our struggle for survival has been deeply appreciated and we want once more to express our deep gratitude."
Dr. Jan Wirgin, Director
Dr. Mette Siggstedt, Chief Curator

TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Continuing at the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, is A Special Exhibition of Recently Acquired Gilt Bronze Buddhist Images which opened in April 1996. The statues chosen for the exhibition date from the 5th to the 18th centuries. A catalogue is also available. Other exhibitions continuing indefinately/permanent installations include: Artifacts from a Late Shang Dynasty Royal Tomb, Bronze Ritual Vessels of the Shang and Chou Dynasties, Oracle Bones of the Late Shang Dynasty, Pre-Han Pottery, Pottery between the Han and Sung Dynasties and Chinese Jades through the Dynasties. For more information see: http://www.npm.gov.tw/.

UNITED STATES
From 1 March 1997, the Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institute will be showing three exhibitions: Thirty works from the Three Kingdoms period (1st - 7th century) to the Choson period (1392 -1910), Ancient Pottery and Bronze in China and Clay and Metal. Beginning August 2, the gallery will feature The Evolution of Chinese Celadon. For more information see: http://www.si.edu/Asia.
The Brooklyn Museum, New York has had a new gallery installation since November 1996 entitled The Arts of China. The ceramic section includes fifty items, mostly acquired in the early 20th century.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will be showing Adornment for Eternity: Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament from 18 Aug 1997 - 4 Jan 1998. The exhibition consists of 113 objects of gold, silver and bronze Chinese jewelry from the Mengdiexuan collection in Hong Kong. Objects range in date from the 13th century through the Ming dynasty. The exhibition originated at the Denver Art Museum and showed also at the China Institute in America in New York. Following the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the exhibit will move to the Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii from 1 Feb - 1 May 1998. A fully illustrated color catalogue with English language essays by Julia White and Emma Bunker with Chinese translation by CHEN Peifen accompanies the exhibit.
Eternal China: Splendors from Ancient Xi'an will be showing at The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, from 7 March - 7 June 1998. The Dayton Art Institute reopened to the public 15 June 1997 after a $16.7 million expansion and renovation project. The Patterson-Kettering Wing of Asian Art is arranged geographically from India, Tibet, China, Korea to Japan and southeast Asia. More than 300 Asian objects, including recent acquisitions, have been installed by chronology and theme in the newly-designed galleries. For more information tel: 513 223-5277.
Between 11 July through 29 Sept. 1997, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, will be hosting An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III Collection of Asian Art. The show presents paintings, sculptures and ceramics from eleven different Asian nations, including India, Cambodia, Indonesia, China, Korea and Japan. The objects range in date from 11th century B.C. Chinese bronze vessels to 18th century paintings and ceramics. The exhibition, which will be travelling to the Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (13 Nov 1997 - 25 Jan 1998), is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.
Continuing indefinately at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is Pots from Unknown China, consisting of pottery from the slate tombs of Lixian in Sichuan province. For more information see: http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu.
Yale University's Art Gallery (New Haven) ran an exhibition Treasures of Chinese and Japanese Art from the Permanent Collection through June of this year. The installation featured the gallery's collection of Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic to Qing periods.
Honoring the Soul: Ancient Chinese Tomb Figures will be running at the Denver Art Museum, Colorado, through 14 December 1997. The show presents funerary figures from the Tang dynasty taken from the Sze Hong Collection of Chinese Art.
The First Emperor: Treasures from Ancient China was on display at The Walters Art Gallery, Birmingham Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, from 2 March - 18 May 1997. The exhibit featured 80 works of art from the Qin dynasty, including 14 life-size figures from Emperor Qin Shihuang's "terracotta army." A catalogue, costing $10, may still be available from the Museum Store, Birmingham Museum of Art, 205 254-2565.
 

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LECTURES

Circle of Inner Asian Art, SOAS, Univ of London
11 June 97 "The developing world of Iranian Buddhism", by David Scott (Brunel University).
3 July 97 "The forgeries of Dunhuang manuscripts conference: results", by Prof. FUJIEDA Akira (Univ Kyoto), Prof. Lewis Lancaster (Univ Calif, Berkeley), Prof. RONG Xinjiang (Beijing Univ)

Institute of Archaeology, Univ College London
21 May 97 "Recent developments in the Chinese Palaeolithic", by Youping WANG (Beijing University).
 

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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. DISCOVERIES IN THE JAPANESE MEDIA
    1. Oldest Japanese statue
      A clay statue of a woman dating from the early part of the Jomon period (ca. 11,000-12,000 years ago) was discovered at the Kayumiijiri excavation in Mie Prefecture. Clay statues are typical of the Jomon period and probably represent ritual items. This latest discovery suggests that ritualistic activities of the Jomon culture date even to the earliest part of the period. (Nihon keizai shimbun 4 Oct 1996)
    2. Largest number of Dotaku unearthed
      A total of 31 dotaku, bronze plates used in Shinto rituals beginning in the middle of the Yayoi period, were discovered buried in the town of Kamo, Shimane Prefecture. Three kilometers away at the Kojindani site excavators uncovered 358 doken (bronze swords). The dotaku discovery suggests that the Izumo forces had dealings with both the Kinki and Kyushu forces and hints at their great political power. The discovery will no doubt fuel the ongoing debate about the site of the Yamatai kingdom mentioned in the Chinese Wei chronicles. (Sankei shimbun 15 Oct 1996)
       
  2. NEW CULTURAL PROPERTIES
    The Council for the Protection of Cultural Properties in Japan has produced a report concerning the first 119 structures to be registered as cultural properties under a new system that began last October. The selected properties include the Yasuda Hall (an auditorium at the University of Tokyo), Minamiza Kabuki Theater in Kyoto, Koiwai Farm in Iwate, and other structures built between the late Edo period and World War II. Under this new scheme, buildings from the modern perioed will be registered as cultural properties and, while preserved, will remain in the use of their existing owners. (Asahi shimbun 16 Nov 1996)
     
  3. VIDEO ON AINU CULTURE
    The Group for the Preservation and Transmission of Intangible Ainu Cultural Assets have produced videos on aspects Ainu culture. The videos feature speakers of the Ainu language describing yukara, the Ainu oral tradition, show traditional chise housing, and explain the Ainue way of living in harmony with nature. The videos are available in both English and Japanese. (Mainichi shimbun 14 Nov 1996)
     
  4. KILN EXCAVATIONS AT CHIFENG
    Jiangyaowa in Liaoning, the kiln site where Liao sancai (three-coloured) glazed ware was made, was excavated early 1996. The excavation exposed 180 square meters and revealed five kiln structures and one workshop area. The kilns, at four meters wide and almost six meters long, are unusually large for single-chamber kilns in northern China. Ceramics were made at Jiangyaowa from the late 10th century onwards, most actively during the 12th-13th centuries, and was abandoned, it is thought, by the 14th century. The majority of ceramics discovered were white glazed wares, along with some black, brown and greenish-brown glazed types. The white glazed wares included pieces of Cizhou type with black-painted or incised designs. The three-coloured wares were typical Liao sancai pieces, glazed yellow and green on a white background.
     
  5. HSIUNG-NU PUBLICATIONS
    The St. Peterburg "Asiatic Fund" has published two issues in the series "Archaeological Sites of the Hsiung-nu." The two books by A. Davydova are: Ivolga Fortress, a complete edition of the main archaeological site of the Hsiung-nu, and Ivolga Cemetery, which covers the full investigation of the 216 tombs in the cemetery. The text is in Russian with an extensive English summary (30 pp.), illustrations, and detailed description of all objects in English. Each volume is US$20 plus postage. The books are distributed free to members of the Asiatic Fund. Subsequent issues are being planned. Contact: Sergey S. Minjaev, President, St. Petersburg Asiatic Fund. e-mail: min@asia.iimc.spb.ru.
     
  6. NEW STUDY CENTRE AT BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON
    The British Museum plans to develop a Study Centre with increased accessibility for students, scholars and the general public. The Ethnography Department will be one of the reserve collections to be transferred to this new centre. Access to the collections for photography, study purposes or loan to other museums' exhibitions has been suspended from the end of 1996 until the opening of the Study Centre in 1999. A permanent Asian Gallery will display some of the museum's ethnographic material from Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East.
     
  7. BEAD STUDY TRUST NEWSLETTER AND AWARDS
    The Bead Study Trust Newletter, founded in 1982 and published biannually, is devoted to the study, recording and reporting on beads and similar ornaments worldwide. The bibliography in BSTN No. 26 (Winter 1995-96) contains some seventy entries on Asian beads and a report on a tour of South and Southeast Asian bead sites by Peter Francis. Also, the Trust will be offering awards of $300-600 from the Peggy Guido fund for research on beads. Contact: Trust Secretary, Mrs. Marjorie Hutchinson, 29 Elliscombe Road, London SE7 7PF, UK.
     
  8. EARTHWATCH GRANTS 1997
    Earthwatch, the organization that directly engages the public in conservation projects worldwide, has announced over $400,000 in archaeological field research grant for 1997. It has approved grants to provide crucial support to 24 noted archaeologists working in 17 countries. Earthwatch grants average $18,000 per project. Contact: Tel (800) 776-0188, e-mail info@earthwatch.org, or on the WWW at http://www.earthwatch.org.
     
  9. SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY WEB SITE
    You can visit the SAA's WWW site at the following URL: http://www.saa.org.
     
  10. ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIVISION (AD) OF THE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
    The Archaeological Division of the AAA calls on professional archaeologists to join the organization. Benefits to members include: participation in the major national level organization that seeks to integrate the four subfields of anthropology; the AD's special publication series, Archaeological Papers of the AAA; the Anthropology Newsletter; and the right to participate at the AAA Annual Meeting. Students receive a reduced membership rate.
     
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  12. EDO (PRE-MODERN TOKYO) PUBLICATION
    The Japan Studies Program at the International Christian University, Tokyo, has just published No. 7 in its Working Papers series, a collection of English-language essays/reports on the archaeology of Edo, pre-modern Tokyo. The papers, a collaboration between students, faculty and staff, offer an introduction to the field. The Program has a small budget for mailing out gratis copies to interested parties. Contact: Richard L. Wilson, richard@icu.ac.jp.
     
  13. CHINA DIMENSIONS WEBSITE
    CIESIN (Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network) and its Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) have announced on-line availability of the China Dimensions World Wide Web site. This site offers access to a unique data collection that has been designed to facilitate a wide range of natural science and socioeconomic research and educational activities. It enables both researchers and the general public to obtain accurate and timely information on the world's most populous country. The China Dimensions URL is: http://plue.sedac.ciesin.org/china.
    Highlights of the China Dimensions WWW site include the following data resources: (1) China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1990;(2) GB (Guo Biao-National Standard) Codes for the Administrative Divisions of the People's Republic of China; (3) Fundamental GIS: Digital Chart of China, 1:1M, Version 1.Includes layers for roads, railroads, drainage system, contours, populated places and urbanized areas; (4) Interactive access to the China Census of Population, 1% Sample, 1982; (5) County-Level Data on Population and Agriculture, 1990: Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map; (6) County-Level Data on Provincial Economic Yearbooks, 1990-91: Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map; (7) Agricultural Statistics of the People's Republic of China, 1949-94; (8) County-Level Data on Hospitals and Epidemiology Stations, 1950-85; and, (9) Priority Program for China's Agenda 21.
    For more information, contact CIESIN User Services by e-mail: ciesin.info@ciesin.org or by telephone at 517/797-2727.
     
  14. Xia Shang Zhou Chronology Project
    In 1996 China launched a major national research initiative with the objective of establishing the relative chronology and absolute dates of China's earliest dynasties. The State Council has established a group of leaders headed by DENG Nan, Vice-Chairman of the State Science and Technology Commission. Professors LI Xueqin, QIU Shihua, LI Boqian, and XI Zezong have been invited to be the chief scientists. The project encompases history, textual history, historical geography, epigraphic studies, calendrics, archaeology, astronomy, radiocarbon dating technology, etc. When completed, the Project will produce a chronology of the Xia, Shang and Zhou with a scientific basis. Nine task forces have already been established:
    1) Compilation and analysis of the recorded dates, astronomical phenomena, and state capitals of the Xia, Shang and Zhou in literary sources and research on the authenticity and reliability of those sources. Headed by YANG Shengnan.
    2) Research on the synthesis of dates based upon astronomical phenomena during the Xia, Shang and Zhou. Headed by CHEN Jiujin.
    3) Research on the chronology of the Xia period. Headed by ZOU Heng.
    4) Research on the chronology of the early Shang. Headed by AN Jinhuai.
    5) Research on the chronology of the late Shang. Headed by YIN Weizhang.
    6) Research on the date of King Wu of Zhou's conquest of King Zhou of Shang. Headed by ZHANG Peiyu.
    7) Research on the chronology of the Western Zhou kings. Headed by ZHANG Changshou.
    8) The improvement of the technology of dating with 14C and related research. Headed by QIU Shihua.
    9) Synthesis and summary of the results. Headed by LI Xueqin.

(abstracted from the translation of the project description,
which also appears as a long article in Early China NEWS 9:1, 10-14, 1996)

 

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

*Nov '96: The 3rd International Conference on Ancient Bronze Drums and Bronze Culture of Southern China and Southeast Asia, was held in Guilin, Guangxi, China. Contact: Prof. Jiang Tingyu, Guangxi Museum, 34 Min Zu Ave., Nanning 530022, Guangxi, P.R. China. Tel (PRC) 2804084.

Dec 5-7 '96: Australian Archaeological Association Conference 1996 was held at the Dzintari Camp, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. Contact: Colin Pardoel, South Australia Museum, University of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide, S.A. 5000. Tel (08) 207 7611, e-mail pardoe@ozemail.com.au.

Dec '96: The 5th Symposium on Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology, was held in Boston, MA, USA. Contact: Pamela Vandiver, CAL, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. Tel 301 238 3700, ex. 162, fax 301 238 3709, e-mail pbv@cal.si.edu.

Feb 10-13 '97: 6th Australian Archaeometry Conference, was held at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Contact: Robin Torrence (02) 339-8238, e-mail: robint@amsg.austmus.oz.au.

*mid-July '97: Yue Ware Symposium, Shenzhen, China. The symposium will focus on the origin, development and regional differences of Yue Ware. Contact: YE Wencheng. Fax: China (86) 0592 2086116.

*Aug 18-21 '97: International Conference on China's Yin Shang Culture, Heze, Shandong. Contact`: Wang Yuxin or Yang Shengnan, Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan, Lishi Yanjiusuo, Jianguomen wai, Ritan lu No. 6, Beijing, PRC.

*Aug 25-7 '97: 2nd International Conference on Ancient World History, Changchun, Jilin, China. Sponsored by the Society of Ancient and Medieval World History in China. Abstracts due by May 1997; registration forms due by August 1st. Contact: Dr. WU Yuhong (Oriental Studies) or Dr. ZHANG Qiang (Classics), IHAC, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China. Fax. 86-431-568-4027, Email: ihac@ivy.nenu.edu.cn

Sept 9-11 '97: 2nd International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, Ise, Japan. Official language is English. Topics include remote sensing, architectural study, underwater archaeology and chemical analysis. Contact: Dr. Y. Nishimura, Nabunken, 2-9-1 Nijo-cho, Nara 630 Japan, FAX 742-35-1358. Email: nyasushi@nabunken.go.jp

*Sept 10-14 '97: Tools of culture: Japan's Technological, Medical and Intellectual Contacts in East Asia 1100-1600. University of Oregon. Contact: Andrew Goble, Dept of History, Univ Oregon, College of Arts & Sciences, 175 Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, Eugene, OR 97403-1288 USA; FAX 503-346-4895.
Sept 24-28 '97: European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) 3rd annual meeting, Ravenna. Contact: Secretariat of EAA 3rd annual meeting, Casa Saffi, via S. Marchesi 12, 47100 Forli, Italy. FAX 543-35805, e-mail: abaco@fo.nettuno.it; web: http://www.icot.it/abaco

*Sept 26-27 '97: IIAS Seminar, Leiden. Dr. A. Schottenhammer will address the participants on The Overseas Trade of Quanzhou in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Contact: IIAS (International Institute for Asian Studies), P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. Tel 71-5272227, fax 71-5274162, e-mail: iiasnews@rullet.leidenuniv.nl.

*Oct 6-10'97: International Conference on China's Ancient Astronomy and Traditional Culture, Nanjing. Contact: ZHAO Dingli or JIANG Yaowen, Purple Mt. Observatory, 2 Beijing West Road, Nanjing 210008 PRC. Fax 25-3301459; email: pmoyl@bao01.ba0.ac.cn

*mid-Oct '97: Hongshan Culture and the Prehistoric Stone-structured Remains, Shenyang, Liaoning province. Contact: Dianchun Fang or Yucai Gu, Liaoning Provincial Archaeology Research Institute, 26 Tenth Wei Road, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning province, 110003. Tel (024) 28233132, fax (024) 2825842.

*Nov 27-29 '97: The Lhasa Valley: Conservation and Modernization in Tibetan Architecture, Paris; a workshop supported by the European Science Foundation Asian Committee. Contact: Dr. Heather Stoddard, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, c/o 127 Rue de Sevres, Paris 75006, France. Tel/fax 1-45679503.

*Dec 3-5 '97: 21st International Symposium on the Preservation of Cultural Property: The Present, and the Discipline of Art History in Japan, at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, organized by the Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties. Contact: Planning Office, Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation, c/o Tokyo National Research Insitute of Cultural Properties, 13-27 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110, Japan. Tel 3 3823 2245, fax 3 3838 2434.

Dec 6-7 '97: Conference on the Silk Roads, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Contact: Sanjyot Mehendale or Bruce Williams, Centreal Asia/Silk Road Working Group, c/o Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, 250 Barrows Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Tel 510 642-3757, fax 510 643-8430, e-mail: sanjyotm@uclink4.berkeley.edu or bwilliam@library.berkeley.edu.

Dec 16-18 '97: TAG Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, Bournemouth, England. Contact: TAG-SEAA Liaison Officer: Dr. Anthony Sinclair, Archaeological Sciences, William Hartley Bldg (North), Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK. FAX 151-794-5057, email: a.g.m.sinclair@liv.ac.uk
Mar 25-9 '98: Society for American Archaeology, SAA meetings, Seattle. Call for papers from SAA-SEAA Liaison Officer: see below.

Mar 26-9 '98, AAS Association for Asian Studies Annual Meetings, Washington, DC. Contact AAS-SEAA Liaison Officer: Prof. Kathy Linduff, Dept of Fine Arts, 128 Frick Fine Arts Bldg, Univ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. FAX 412-648-2792, email: linduff@vms.cis.pitt.edu

Apr 6-10 '98: 3rd International Symposium 14C and Archaeology, Lyon, France. Official languages are English and French. Contact: Centre de Datation par le Radiocarbone, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, Bat. 217, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre, 69622 Villeurbanne, France. FAX 7243-1317; e-mail: cdrc14@cismsun.univ-lyon1.fr

Apr 14-16 '98: Archaeology and World Religion: the examples of Judiasm, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism, Cambridge, UK. Contact: Dr. Timothy Insoll, St John's College, Cambridge CB2 1TP, UK. Fax 1223-337720; e-mail: tai1000@cam.ac.uk. [that's 'tai one thousand']

Jan 18-2? '98: Eighth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Taipei, Taiwan. Contact: Prof Paul J.K. Li, Academia Sinica, Taipei. Fax ?2-7868834, e-mail: hspaulli@ccvax.sincia.edu.tw.

Jun 25-28 '98: First International Convention of Asian Scholars (AAS/IIAS), Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands. Deadline for submission of proposals: 1 Oct 1997. Contact: Helga Lasschuijt, IIAS, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. Tel 71-5272227, fax 71-5274162, e-mail: nvap@rullet.leidenuniv.nl.

Jul 1-8 '98: 16th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Melaka, Peninsular Malaysia. For call for papers, see below. Contact: IPPA-SEAA Liaison Officer Magnus Fiskesjö, Dept of EALC, University of Chicago, Wieboldt Hall 301, 1050 E. 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637 USA. FAX 312-702-9861 Attn M. Fiskesjö, EALC; email: fisk@midway.uchicago.edu

*Jul 25-31 '98: 8th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA. Contact: IATS/Eliot Sperling, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Goodbody Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47404, USA.

Oct 25-30 '98: 8th International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. Papers to be given in English on topics: Archaeology, ethnoarchaeology & ethnohistory; Demography & ecology; Gender & social change; Politics, ethnicity & identity; Foragers and post-foragers in global context; Education, communication & visions for the future; Art, symbolism & cosmology; Visual ethnography. Contact: Dr. Shuzo KOYAMA, Co-Chair, CHAGS8, c/o CHAGS8 Project Office, 4th Research Dept, Minpaku, 10-1 Senri Expo Park, Suita City, Osaka 565 Japan. FAX 6-876-2160 or 875-8255; e-mail: chags8@idc.minpaku.ac.jp

 

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Chinese archaeology at the SAA Conference April 1998, Seattle
The following message was received from Francis N. Allard at the University of Pittsburgh:
"To all interested:
"I have been in contact with the conference organizers of the SAA (Society for American Archaeology) regarding the possibility of organizing a few panels on Chinese archaeology at next year's (25-29 March 1998) meeting in Seattle. These panels, which ideally would include a general symposium and a closed working group session (each lasting half a day), would focus on fieldwork projects in China by teams based outside China. Although we are still in the early stages of organizing these sessions (which also involves applying formally for inclusion in the program), here is the basic format which I have discussed with the conference chairman.
"1) General symposium: This would be an open session which ideally would bring together many of the on-going (and in the planning stages?) projects presently being conducted in China. Here is an opportunity for us to catch up on each other's work and a chance to introduce our projects to the archaeological community at large. Because of the (strict) 15-minute limit imposed on each symposium paper, project participants could follow one another to speak of different aspects of the same project. The number of 'slots' allotted to each project would of course depend on the number of projects in the session.
"2) Working group: This session, open to the project participants and to a limited number of interested archaeologists working in other parts of the world, would serve as a round-table for the discussion of those many issues (theoretical, methodological, administrative...) relevant to the organization and carrying out of archaeological projects in China. Last year's stimulating symposium on 'The Internationalization of Chinese Archaeology in the 21st Century' (organized by Prof. Lothar von Falkenhausen at UCLA) brought to the attention of many of us the need to continue the discussion of such issues. It is hoped that next year's SAA meeting may serve as such a venue.
"As with the case of many other conference meetings, the SAA deadline for the submission of these organized sessions is quite some time prior to the actual conference. Because many of you may be absent during the summer vacation, I'd like to hear as soon as possible from those projects which MAY be interested in participating in next year's SAA meeting.
"Thanks to all."
Francis Allard, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. e-mail: allard@pitt.edu.

16th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association July 1998, Melaka, Peninsular Malaysia.
Mark Hudson is planning to organize a session on the topic "Foragers to Farmers in the Japanese Islands." Contact: Mark Hudson, Dept. of Archaeology, Division of History & Culture, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama, JAPAN 700. Tel.: 086 251 7419, FAX: 086 255 9903; email: mjhudson@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
 

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"The international Symposium on Liangzhu Culture", 1-4 Nov 1996, Yuhang City, Zhejiang, by Elizabeth Childs-Johnson. Early China News 9: 1, 20-22, 27-8, 1996.

"Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Early China." 14 March 1997, Chicago, by Don Harper. Early China News 9: 3-4, 1996.
 

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