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Conference on Chinese Bronzes and Burials: Insights for the Archaeological Studies of Zhou States


Keynote Lectures


Date: 6 November 2018 (Tue) – 7 November 2018 (Wed)
Time: 09:00am – 05:30 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK
Medium: Putonghua

This two-day event will present the latest archaeological finds and research about the Zhou burials and the bronzes found in them. The shocking news of the oracle bone inscriptions found at Ningxia stretched our perceived territory of the Western Zhou territory; the discovery of the Ju Culture near coast in Shandong suggests alternative practices of the people living in the peripheries of the Zhou states; and the excavations of a number of large burials in central Hubei helped draw a full historical line of the Zeng State, which is never before known in received texts. The picture of the Western and Eastern Zhou States is now coloured with many fabulous finds.

Our keynote speakers, Professor Liu Xiu of Peking University will speak on the finds in north China, taking the perspective of an archaeologist; and Professor Zhu Fenghan will speak on the latest, yet not fully published, archaeological finds from the Western Zhou cemeteries at Yicheng Dahekou, Shanxi.

This is our fourth annual meeting on Chinese Archaeology and Heritage. We aim to make this an opportunity to distribute latest news and research among university staff, students, and friends outside. All are welcome.

Speakers and Topics:

Nov 6

朱鳳瀚 (北京大學歷史學系) *專題講者
Zhu Fenghan (Department of History, Peking University) *Keynote Speaker
翼城大河口西周墓地已刊資料淺析—附論近畿封國與王朝關係 (2:30 pm – 3:30pm)
A Brief Analysis of the Published Excavation Materials of the Western Zhou cemetery at Yicheng Dahekou—Additional Notes on the Relationships Between the Zhou Royalty and the States in Proximity

劉緒 (北京大學考古文博學院) *專題講者
Liu Xu (School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University) *Keynote Speaker
周代墓地族系分析—以殉與牲現像為主 (3:45 pm – 4:45 pm)
An Analysis on the Clans and Lineage of the Zhou Cemeteries—On the Basis of Sacrificial Evidence

馬強 (寧夏回族自治區文物考古研究所)
Ma Qiang (Ningxia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology)
寧夏彭陽姚河塬考古新發現 (9:45 am – 10:45 am)
The New Archaeological Discoveries at Pengyang Yaoheyuan, Ningxia

劉延常 (山東省文物考古研究院)
Liu Yanchang (Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology)
莒文化的發現和研究 (11:00 am – 12:00 nn)
The Discovery of Ju Culture and its Research

Nov 7

方勤 (湖北省博物館, 湖北省文物考古研究所)
Fang Qin (Hubei Provincial Museum, Hubei Provincial Institute of cultural relics and Archaeology)
曾國考古發現與研究 (9:15 am – 10:15 am)
The Archaeological Discoveries and Research of the Zeng State

張昌平 (武漢大學歷史學院)
Zhang Chang Ping (School of History of Wuhan University)
從江漢地區發現的西周墓葬看西周王朝對南方的經營 (10:30 am – 11:30 am)
The State Enterprise of the Western Zhou Court in the South As Found in Archaeological Evidence

常懷穎 (中國社會科學院考古研究所)
Chang Huaiying (The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
吾土北也 ——晚商至兩周時期中原與北方人群的互動 (2:00 pm – 2:45 pm)
“My Territory Lies in the North” – The Interactions between the Societies of the Central Plains and those in the North during the Late Shang and Zhou Periods

黎婉欣 (香港中文大學)
Lai Yuen Yan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
周初 “南土”: 淮水流域的考古發現初探 (3:00 pm – 3:45 pm)
The South of the Zhou Times: A Brief Study of the Archaeological Finds in the Huai River valleys

Booklet of the Conference