Cross-regional and Cross-cultural Comparison on Water, Power and Historicity
21 August 2023, 1:00 pm–6:30 pm
A half-day conference, organised by Yijie Zhuang (UCL Institute of Archaeology) will be held at 911±¬ÁÏÍø on 21 August.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Dr Yijie Zhuang
Location
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Common Ground (G11)UCL Institute of Advanced StudiesSouth Wing, Gower StreetLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
Programme
- 13:00-13:40:ÌýNeolithic water management and geoarchaeological evidence from the Jiaojia Site, Shandong, China Professor Guiyun Jin, Shandong University, China
- 13:40-14:40 (with translation):ÌýThe cultural distribution and the development of alluvial fans in Eastern and Western China -ÌýProfessor Houyuan LU, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS), Chin
- 14:40-15:20:ÌýEgyptian Empires, climate change and the control of the Nile -ÌýDr Judith Bunbury, University of Cambridge
15:20-15:50:ÌýCoffee break
- 15:50-16:30:ÌýTwo pathways of water management towards complex societies: Archaeological and geoarchaeological evidenceÌý from prehistoric China -ÌýDr Hai Zhang, School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, China
- 16:30-17:10:ÌýThe rise of complex societies and climate in Mesopotamia: Results from Shalaii Cave -ÌýProfessor Mark Altaweel, UCL Institute of Archaeology
- 17:10-17:50:ÌýChronological view of water resources: Practical, sacred, and political values in Pacific Oceania -ÌýDrÌýMike T.ÌýCarson, Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam
17:50-18:20: Wine reception
Any queries should be sent to the conference organizer Dr Yijie Zhuang (y.zhuang@ucl.ac.uk).