Exploring Agricultural Pathways in Southwest China: Archaeobotanical Analyses from the Early Sites of Baiyangcun, Haimenkou, and Dayingzhuang, Yunnan Province

Rita Dal Martello (UCL) will give the penultimate ICCHA China Night Seminar of 2018-19 at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on 27 February.

The seminar is entitled Exploring Agricultural Pathways in Southwest China: Archaeobotanical Analyses from the Early Sites of Baiyangcun, Haimenkou, and Dayingzhuang, Yunnan Province and all are welcome to attend. No booking is required.

Any enquiries about the event or work of the International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology (ICCHA) may be directed to the Centre Administrator, Rui Pang.

China Night Research Seminar Series

Term I and II, 2018-2019 | Wednesday Evenings 6:10pm @ Room 612, UCL Institute of Archaeology

• 17 October 2018: DONG Yu (Shandong University & Oxford) Social Organizations in late Neolithic Dawenkou Culture - Evidences from Stable Isotopes and Ancient DNA
• 14 November 2018: HE Beijie (Tianjin University & Cambridge) Who Designed for the Emperors: Yangshi Lei (樣式雷) as Architects to Qing Court
• 12 December 2018: Julie Chang (UCL) A Technical Study on Chinese Lacquer Technology: Case Study of 17^th to 18^th century Coromandel Lacquer
• 23 January 2019: CHEN Kunlong (University of Science and Technology Beijing & UCL) Interaction and localisation: adoption and transmission of metallurgy in early China
• 27 February 2019: Rita Dal Martello (UCL) Exploring Agricultural Pathways in Southwest China: Archaeobotanical Analyses from the Early Sites of Baiyangcun, Haimenkou, and Dayingzhuang, Yunnan Province
• 20 March 2019: Norio Shinohara (UCL) Understanding the Structure of Buddhist Grotto Temples before the 6^th Century

The International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology, a joint association between the School for Archaeology and Museology of Peking University and the UCL Institute of Archaeology, is tasked with bringing China's cultural past to western scholars. Through its China Nights events and Guest Lecture Series, the Centre endeavours to promote all aspects of Chinese history and prehistory and strengthen academic links between China and Europe. In addition, the ICCHA regularly hosts world-class conferences, bridge the gap in archaeological thought and theory.