Resources, Exchange, and SocietyUCLA Chinese Archaeology Forum (2019)第一届洛杉矶中国考古论坛：资源、贸易与社会9:30-4:30 Friday Aug 23 UCLA Young Research Library Presentation RoomOpening Remarks: 9:30-9:40First Panel: Resources and Exchanges in Early China (Chair Li Min, UCLA)第一组：早期中国的资源与交换 (主持人：李旻 加州大学洛杉矶分校)9:40-10:10 Wu Hao (Shandong University): Settlement and Social Structure on the Jianxin Site during the Middle and the Late Dawenkou Period武昊（山东大学历史文化学院）：枣庄建新遗址大汶口中晚期聚落与社会结构10:10-10:40 Gao Jiangtao (CASS): Resources, […]

Hear eight of the world’s leading Egyptologists, who will appear together for the first time to share their expertise on life in Ancient Egypt. These experts are all editors of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE), a prestigious resource of in-depth articles on Ancient Egypt that has been a decade in the making. Accessible by […]

Speaker:Dr. James BradyProfessorDept. of AnthropologyCal State Los AngelesBio:Dr. James Brady is best known for pioneering the archaeological investigation of Maya caves.  Between 1981 and 1989 he directed excavations at Naj Tunich (National Geographic, August 1981, Archaeology Nov/Dec 1986) and from 1990 to 1993 he directed the Petexbatun Regional Cave Survey (National Geographic, February 1993).  Moving […]

Speaker:Karime CastilloUCLA Archaeology Ph.D. StudentBio:Karime Castillo is originally from Mexico City. She received her B.A. in Archaeology from Universidad de las Américas Puebla and her M.A. in Artefact Studies from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. She is primarily interested in Mexican historical archaeology and colonial material culture. Her master’s thesis proposes a typology […]

Speaker:Megan PerryEast Carolina UniversityAssociate Professor of Biological AnthropologyAbstract:The mysterious Nabataeans, builders of the magnificent city of Petra, have long fascinated scholars and the public. Scant archaeological research and minimal textual sources have not clarified the shift from a primarily nomadic encampment in the late 4th century BC into a major capital city by the 1st century BC. […]

Speaker: Elena SesmaUC Berkeley, Postdoctoral FellowBio:Elena Sesma received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2019 and is currently a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley. Elena specializes in historical archaeology, community based methods and engaged anthropology, Black Feminist Theory, and memory studies. Her most recent research focused on an early 19th century […]

Speaker:Marina GallinaroCotsen visiting scholarAbstract:Rock art is one of the most fascinating cultural manifestations of humankind. The integration of rock art studies within the archaeological and anthropological domain faces crucial challenges. The complexity of documentation and publication and lack of reliable dating have hampered its immense potential as an archaeological source. This is particularly true for […]

Speaker: Dr. Carla Hernández GaravitoChancellor’s Postdoctoral FellowDepartment of Anthropology, UC RiversideAbstract:The Inka expansion on the Central Andes brought into the Empire several polities with different histories, traditions, and identities. The increasing pressure to manage diversity and territorial expansion led the Inka to build upon familiarity with their subjects whenever possible. In this presentation, I explore once […]

Archaeology of Ancient Israel Lecture SeriesSpeaker:Avraham Faust (Bar-Ilan University)Moderated by:Dr. Aaron Burke (NELC)Sponsored by:Kershaw Chair for Ancient Eastern Mediterranean StudiesCo-Sponsored by:Department of Near Eastern Languages and CulturesCotsen Institute of ArchaeologyAlan D. Leve Center for Jewish StudiesThe United Monarchy –  the famed kingdom of David and Solomon – is at the center of a heated debate. While […]

Speaker:Kathryn R. Morgan, Ph.D.Oriental Institute Postdoctoral ScholarAssistant Director of the Chicago-Tübingen Expedition to ZincirliUniversity of ChicagoAbstract:Recent excavations at the edge of the upper mound of Zincirli Höyük in Gaziantep province, southeastern Turkey, have discovered important remains of the Middle Bronze II period, destroyed in a conflagration. Zincirli is best known from its Iron Age heyday, […]