FRIDAY SEMINAR:Intimate plants: Constructing past identities through people’s relationships with their food

Speaker:Christine A. HastorfUniversity of California, BerkeleyAbstract:Plants have been the most common non-human set of species that people have engaged with over human existence.  While most people speak of domesticating plants, they too have domesticated us.  They have formed intimate relations with us, having convinced our ancestors to settle down and care for them.  At times […]

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House 2019

The Annual Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House will take place onMay 18, 2019 from 11:30 to 4:00pm with the theme Technology: Ancient and ModernExplore the breadth of ancient technologies through a mosaic of talks by Drs. John K. Papadopoulos, Gregson Schachner, Monica L. Smith, and Willeke Wendrich. Then visit the labs within the Cotsen to learn more […]

FRIDAY SEMINAR: A Historical Ecology of Slavery in the Danish West Indies

Speaker:Dr. Justin DunnavantUC President’s Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of California, Santa CruzBio:Dr. Justin Dunnavant is a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowat the University of California, Santa Cruz. He holds a BA inHistory and Anthropology from Howard University and anMA and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. While hisformer research interrogated the history and representation of minority groups in southern […]

FRIDAY SEMINAR:Department of Human and Evolutionary Biology

Speaker:Dr. Linda ReynardResearch Associate Department of Human and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard UniversityAbstract:Over the last 20-30 years, the analysis of stable isotope ratios from bones and teeth has contributed tremendously to the understanding of paleodiets, paleoenvironments, and migration. However, hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in collagen are understudied compared to the well-known use of carbon, nitrogen, and strontium isotope ratios. Given that […]

UCLA Chinese Archaeology Forum: Resources, Exchange, and Society

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, […]