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EAANnouncements 6
Winter 1992

Contents

EAAN activities Member News Reviews & Reports Paul G. BAHN: Rock Art in China Helen LOVEDAY: The Fudan Archaeology Practicum Experience Seonbok YI: Hominid Occupation in the Imjin Basin, Korea Simon KANER: The Jomon in western Japan: two exhibitions reviewed Kazuaki YOSHIMURA: The Hayato: South Kyushu and Kinai in the Kofun period Yasushi NISHIMURA: Archaeological Prospecting Methods Development

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• amEAANetwork meeting in conjunction with AAS meetings in Washington DC, 1-5 April '92. We have been given a time slot for a lunch-time meeting on Saturday, April 4th. Brief reports will be presented by Sarah Nelson on "Reflections on the Yoshinogari site, Kyushu, Japan", and perhaps by Nicola DiCosmo on "On the Economic Relationships between the Xiongnu and China". There will also be a discussion of the archaeological implications of two books which have recently appeared on Shang and Zhou China: The Shape of the Turtle: myth, art and cosmos in early China, by Sarah Allan (1991); and Sanctioned Violence in Early China by Mark Lewis (1990). These are fascinating books not only for their revolutionary interpretations of elite ritual activities in those periods but also for their strategies of interpretation. Read these now (both are published by SUNY Press) and come prepared to ask questions of their authors, who will be in attendance. Finally, negotiations are underway with the Smithsonian for possible introductions and tours to the Sackler Gallery at the Freer and the Ainu Collection of the Natural History Museum.
   
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Prof. Sarah NELSON, in her travels last autumn, gave a lecture on "Early plant cultivation in Korea" at Kyushu University on 12 October 1991. She was also able to see the Yoshinogari site, on which she will be presenting a critique at the amEAAN meeting in April '92, Washington D.C. She also writes that she has moved house and wishes to change her contact address to her office:
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REVIEWS & REPORTS:

Rock Art in China
  by Paul G. Bahn, Hull, England

In October 1991, an international congress on rock art was held in Yinchuan, capital of China's Ningxia Autonomous Region. Attended by 39 foreign specialists from 10 countries, it provided a first opportunity for us not only to see Chinese rock art but also to witness the enthusiasm for this subject among Chinese scholars, over 130 of whom were present including all the leading rock art specialists.
In the mid-1980s mainland China was still a blank on maps of the worldwide phenomenon of rock art. During the last few years, however, it has become clear not only that China is rich in rock art of different kinds but also that it includes some of the most unusual and spectacular panels in the world (Chen 1988; Jiang 1991).
Paradoxically, although this art has only become known in the 20th century even to Chinese researchers, it was documented earlier than any other rock art in the world. LI Daoyuan, a 5th c. AD geographer, wrote about places he had seen on his extensive travels in his Shui Jing Zhu (Notes on the Systems of Rivers). He mentions a score of rock-art sites in half of China's provinces and describes their techniques (engraving or painting) and their subjects: various animals, divinities, and human and animal tracks. Although he believed the images to have been "made by nature," his indications are still unique and remarkable for their time. Rock art is also mentioned in Chinese texts of the 10th, 15th and 17th c., usually in a vague and often poetic way. One of the geometric rock-carvings of the Hong Kong area was first noted in a local gazetteer of 1819.
The first modern research was carried out in 1915 by HUA Zhongjin who was told by villages of the existence of engravings at Hua'an, Fujian. This work, however, was not published until 1935. Meanwhile, in the late 1920s, Folke Bergman from Sweden led an archaeological mission to northern China and found some rock engravings. Major discoveries were made in the south in the 1950s (along the Zuojiang River, including the site of Huashan) and 1960s (the Cangyuan paintings in Yunnan). Investigation was then largely halted by the 'Cultural Revolution.'
Another major breakthrough occurred in the 1970s when GAI Shanlin, inspired by LI Daoyuan's 5th c. text, undertook research in the Yinshan Mts. and, guided by a shepherd, rediscovered a wealth of petroglyphs. In 1976-79, he found over 10,000 figures in this area (Gai 1986); in 1980-83, he found another 10,000 in the Ulanqab grasslands to the north (Gai 1988). Discoveries have continued to the present day. Currently, hundreds of sites are known in more than a dozen provinces, but the list is thought to be far from complete: GAI Shanlin, for example, estimates that ca. 90 of Inner Mongolia's petroglyphs remain to be discovered.
Having been so isolated for so long in every way, Chinese researchers recognize that their techniques and approaches are often outdated. For example, their principal method of recording petroglyphs and engravings is by taking rubbings, a technique no longer acceptable elsewhere since all direct contact with rock surfaces is now scrupulously avoided; their rock-carvings are sometimes still chalked for photographs, another practice which is taboo elsewhere; and their interpretations and dating of the art often appear to come out of thin air. A Chinese Rock Art Research Association has now been created, and it is clear that conservation of the art is a very high priority for its members.
Although some Chinese researchers confusingly refer to all their rock art as paintings, it comprises primarily petroglyphs and engravings in the north, and paintings (pictographs) in the south. Almost all are on rocks in the open-air or on cliff-faces; only a very few are known inside caves. The sites are concentrated in frontier areas associated with nomadic tribes and ethnic minorities. LI Daoyuan's book confirms that the central parts of China once had rock art, but intensive occupation and agriculture over the millennia have destroyed it.
In the figures of Inner Mongolia's Yinshan Mts., wild animals and hunting scenes are a dominant theme, though there are also human figures engaged in dancing or warfare, faces, plants, vehicles, houses, celestial bodies, etc. The images range from 10 cm to over a metre in size. Those in the dry grassland to the north, on the other hand, although again dominated by a wide variety of animals, include many of people with domestic animals; they seem to be a record of the life of early nomads.
One remarkable discovery made in the 1980s, near Hutubi in the Tianshan Mts. west of Urumqi, is a panel of figures engraved on a vertical red cliff. It is comprised of about 300 beautifully stylised humans, from 10 cm to 2 m in height, many of whom have a phallus of exaggerated size. Others, interpreted as women because of bodily proportions rather than any indications of sex, seem to be dancing, while a few clearly female figures lie on their backs-with legs spread wide-next to larger males with big phalluses (Wang 1990).
In the 1960s and 1980s, rock art was found in Ningxia's Helan Mts. and is now known throughout the range's 300 km length. The site of Helankou, 1448 m m.s.l., features a spectacular variety of complex figures-with a variety of expressions and head-dresses-which are generally known as 'masks'. In some cases the traits of the face are formed by an inset of a small human body with raised arms and a sword. The sites tend to be in deep isolated valleys surrounded by high rocks and peaks. During the congress we were taken to see Helankou as well as some of the many petroglyphs in the desert around Zhong Wei (Zhou 1991).
The paintings in the south of China are dominated by human figures rather than animals. All are monochrome, done usually in a red or reddish-brown, which spectrographic analysis has proved to be haematite. The paintings at Cangyuan (Wang 1984, 1985) are unusual in that the ground is often drawn, with humans and animals standing or walking on it. The 800 figures in the 10 sites here were painted with fingers and, at times, a brush. Ethnographic study of the local Wa people suggests that, as in recent times, the artists probably used ox's blood as a binder.
The Zuojiang (or Ming) River near the border with Vietnam has about 80 sites along its 300 km length. Most are located near bends in the river, face south, and comprise one or a few red figures located half-way up a rock-face; most are 20-80 m above the water but some are 120 m up. We were fortunate enough to be taken here at the end of a long post-congress excursion; seeing the figures makes one wonder how the artists could possibly accomplish the work, since many of the rock-faces simply could not be climbed. One can only assume the use of scaffolds, ladders or poles or, in the highest cases, dangling by ropes or lianas from the top of the cliff.
The highlight of a boat-trip along this river is the great cliff-face known as Huashan. As the boat approaches, the limestone rock takes on a reddish tinge, until finally one can see that its whole expanse is covered with painted figures. This is thought to be the biggest rock-art panel in the world: over 200 m WD x 40 m HT and comprising 1819 figures (Qin et al. 1986; Wang et al. 1988).
As one's eyes range over the bewildering and repetitive array of figures (30 cm to 3 m in height), it becomes clear that there are distinct groupings. Large full-frontal humans, arms raised and knees bent, usually wearing a sword and often with a dog-like animal at their feet and a bird above their head, are surrounded by smaller humans, both full-frontal and in profile. The principal figures have been interpreted as chiefs, sorcerers or warriors; and the site as a whole is generally seen as associated with religious dances and divine intervention to ward off disastrous floods or malignant spirits. Dogs are still revered in the region, while the humans' posture has led some researchers to see them as 'frog-gods' who would intercede with the Thunder God who commands wind and rain: the local Zhuang people worshipped frog-gods and at festivals still imitate a frog-posture in their dances. In 1985 offerings were made to the God of Water at this site by two local brothers who survived a boat-collision and sinking.
The circles with stars inside in these paintings are thought to represent bronze drums, a characteristic ancient artefact of the region. These, together with the ring-handled swords, suggest that the Huashan paintings must be about 2000 years old (Early Warring States to Eastern Han 475 BC-AD 220). This is a long time for paintings to survive in the open air, but at Huashan they have been protected by the rock-overhang, although some areas are already badly weathered. Recent radiocarbon analysis of stalactites associated with some of the figures have confirmed this date, placing them between 2370-2115 years ago (Li 1991).
These are the only well-dated rock art figures in the whole of China at present. Elsewhere the researchers have to rely on such subjective and unsatisfactory criteria as similarities with designs on pottery (e.g. on Bronze Age pottery of 3000 years ago for Hong Kong's petroglyphs) or on bronze statuettes (for some Yinshan petroglyphs); on degrees of erosion and patination; on dubious identifications of certain species (such as ostrich, elephant, woolly rhino) thought to have become extinct more than 10,000 years ago, and on later additions of chiselled Buddhist texts, as at Helankou where the nearby 'masks' are more patinated and therefore clearly predate the 12th c. script-unfortunately, we do not yet know by how much.
But China is by no means worse off in its dating problems than any other country, and the current intense efforts by many researchers to produce new and improved methods for analysing and dating pigments and engraved rocks will eventually lead to a far better understanding of the antiquity and accumulation of this worldwide medium for artistic expression.

References:
Chen, Zhaofu 1988. Découverte de l'art préhistorique en Chine. Paris: Albin Michel. (The principal synthesis; in French)
Gai, Shanlin 1986. Petroglyphs in the Yinshan Mountains. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House. (in Chinese with English summary)
Gai, Shanlin 1988. Petroglyphs in the Wulanchabu Grasslands. Cultural Relics Publishing House. (in Chinese with English summary)
Jiang, Zhenming 1991. Timeless History: the rock art of China. Beijing: New World Press. (The most recent synthesis; in English)
Li, Fushun 1991. Rock art at Huashan, Guangxi Province, China. Rock Art Research 8.1: 29-32. (in English)
Qin, Shengmin; Qin, Cailuan; Lu, Minfei & Yu, Ruyu 1986. The Investigation and Study of the Rock Art of the Zuojiang River Valley in Guangxi. Guangxi: Guangxi Research Institute/Publishing House for Nationalities. (in Chinese)
Wang, Binghua 1990. Tianshan Petroglyphs: a testimony of fertility worship. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House. (In Chinese with English summary)
Wang, Kerung; Zhou, Jinglung & Chang, Yuanzhong 1988. Rock Art on the Zuojiang River in Guzngxi Province. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House. (in Chinese with English summary)
Wang, Ningshang 1984. An introduction to rock paintings in Yunnan Province (PRC). Rock Art Research 1.2: 75-90. (in English)
Wang, Ningshang 1985. The Rock Paintings of Cangyuan County, Yunnan: their discovery and research. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House. (in Chinese with English summary)
Zhao, Yang-feng (1987) Aertai Mountain Rock Paintings of China. Xian: Shaanxi Publishing House. (in Chinese with English summary)
Zhou, Xinghua 1991. The Rock Arts in Zhongwei. Yinchuan: Ningxia People's Publishing House.

 

The Fudan Archaeology Practicum 1991
  by Helen Loveday, Geneva

The Archaeology Practicum in Xian was arranged between the Fudan Museum Foundation and Jiaotong University in Xian. It was a three-week summer course, involving lectures at the university, visits to sites and actual excavation work. This was the first time that such a programme had been set up and it ran into the usual problems that one expects in China, particularly as regards the length of time we were to be permitted in the field. In the end, the field work lasted only one week, not as much as some of us would have wished but certainly enough to get the feel of that loess soil! The site in question, known as Wayaogou, was located near the village of Hedong-about 10 kilometres outside the mining town of Tongchuan, north of Xian, in Shaanxi Province. It was an interesting site with Neolithic Yangshao habitations and a later Shang burial, which meant that we got to grips with a variety of techniques. The coffins of the Shang tombs had all rotted away, but the bodies were mainly intact; one tomb even contained a small bronze bowl and a ge-halberd as well as the more usual ceramics.
The visits to local sites included the Qin state Zhengguo canal, Feng and Hao (Western Zhou capitals), a Western Zhou horse and chariot pit excavated at Feng, Zhouyuan (another Western Zhou city site) and the Yaozhou kiln (which is mainly a Tang and Song kiln but is conveniently located on the road from Tongchuan to Xian). Both the Shaanxi Archaeological Institute and the Xian branch of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences were particularly helpful in readily showing us round their store rooms and answering our numerous questions.
We also had some very good lectures at Jiaotong University in Xian, both purely archaeological and art historical. The lecturers included Prof. LI Liancheng of the Xian branch of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Prof. GONG Qiming, Director of the Shaanxi Archaeological Institute; SHI Xinbang, former director of the same institute; QIN Jianming, Director of the data centre of the Shaanxi Bureau of Cultural Relics; and LI Tao, lecturer at Jiaotong University. Both the accommodation and the food at Jiaotong University were excellent (the air conditioning was quite welcome: despite the floods in the rest of China, it did not rain in Xian, and it was a mere 40° C!). All in all, a very worthwhile experience with lots of contacts made.

[Ed. note: the summer practicum for 1992 is advertised in EAANnouncements 5, Noteworthies No. 10. Contact Dr. Alfonz Lengyel, USA 215-699-6448.]

 

Hominid Occupation in the Imjin Basin, Korea
  by Seonbok YI, Seoul National Univ.

In 1978, a number of 'Acheulian-like' bifaces were accidentally found near the town of Chongok-ri, marking the discovery of probably one of the most important palaeolithic sites in East Asia. Archaeological excavations of the site began in 1979, and a total of seven campaigns of various scales were carried out until 1986. However, the site of Chongok-ri represents ony one of numerous Palaeolithic localities distributed along the Imjin River and its tributaries, most notably the Hantan River. More localities are being identified throughout the basin, and a variety of phenomena in Quaternary geology and palaeoecology are being documented. With these data, this area provides a valuable field for studying the late Quaternary history in East Asia, and it might be compared to the Nihewan or the Fenhe basins in China in terms of its rich archaeological contents.
Although many questions have been resolved concerning the site of Chongok-ri and the early hominid occupation of the Imjin River basin, we still need to accumulate more information to settle some outstanding disagreements. One of the most unsettling questions is related to the age of the stone tool industry itself.
For the last 10 years or so, opinions have been sharply divided among researchers, one school of thought placing Chongok-ri at 200,000-300,000 years ago, thus comparable to the Euroafrican Acheulian industry. This opinion was first proposed by those who emphasized the striking morphological similarities between bifaces found here and in more westerly locales. Such estimates were re-addressed recently by arguing that sedimentation of Chongok-ri was completed through at least two cycles of glacial-interglacial climatic oscillations. Simultaneously, despite the presence of 'Achulian-like' bifaces, the lithic industry is regarded as having more different than similar to the Acheulian. Thus, the term 'Chongok-ri Tradition' was proposed to designate the peculiarities of the Korean data.
A second school of thought believes the antiquity of the industry has been overestimated. Those who proposed much younger age estimates saw many resemblances in the morphology of Korean samples with either Mousterian or Sangoan lithics; thus the proposed age estimates range between 40,000 and 80,000 BP.
Although any of these arguments might have their own merits, the problem is that they have been sugested solely on the shaky basis of lithic morphology alone. One can also point out that the above-mentioned climato-stratigraphic interpretation of the artifact-bearing deposit ignores the simple fact that despite the thickness and litho- and pedological variations of the sediments, the whole deposit forms a single depositional unit. Frankly, if systematic chronometric dating had been incorporated into the research design from the initial stages of excavation, age estimates would not now be such a problem.
Disputes such as summarized above clearly underscore that still more vigorous researches are required in this basin. In particular, we must await detailed understanding of the Quaternary history and background of hominid occupation of the basin. Thus, what whall be presented here is merely a mid-term report of the research, reflecting what we know at the moment about the general outline of the palaeoecology and archaeology of hominid occupation of the Imjin Basin. Findings made so far can be summarized as follows:

1. Early hominids extensively occupied the Imjin Basin probably during the last glacial episode under rapidly deteriorating climatic conditions, utilizing resource-rich riverine environments. Only three thermo-luminescence dates have been obtained which bear direct relevance to estimating the antiquity of the hominid occupation. Combined with other lines of evidence, such as palynological, pedological and morpho-stratigraphic information, I think now we can say that archaeological remains with 'Acheulian-like' handaxes and cleavers do not appear to have been deposited prior to ca. 45,000 BP.
    
2. The formation of archaeological sites in this basin has been possible due to many fortuitous geological conditions, especially to Middle Pleistocene lava flows. Volcanic eruptions occurred during the Bruhnes Normal Epoch, with many episodes of lava flow transforming the large chunk of the river basin into a basin of sedimentation. Among six K-Ar dates obtained from the olivine basalt, three dates overlap in the range between 200,000 to 400,000 BP. However, the timing of the final lava flow, directly underlying the cultural deposit, cannot be determined with accuracy, as the single K-Ar date obtained was 120,000±150,000.
    
3. Since deposition of archaeological remains was made on top of the basalt plain, which lies about 20 to 40 m above the modern floodplain, large parts of the sediment matrix could have remained relatively intact since deposition. Also, the rich survival of archaeological deposits was possible as post-lava flow rejuvenation activities in the Imjin drainage system were mainly confined along the edges of the basalt plain.
    
4. Despite the impressively extensive distribution of archaeological remains on top of the basalt plain within the matrix of reddish fluvio-colluvial deposits, whose thickness ranges anywhere between 2 to 10 meters, the density of lithics within the deposit is extremely low. Although this phenomenon might be explained by referring to the 'behaviour' of ancient occupants of the basin, geological and other natural processes of disturbation, such as cryoturbation, clay-swelling, earthworm activities, during and after the sedimentation process appear to have contributed a lot.
    
5. Sedimentation appears to have occurred in the form of a rapid and repeated short-term flooding of the plain by a braided drainage system. Originally, sediment materials appear to have been transported mainly from surrounding hills by sheetwash and deposited over the tools discarded on the plain; these sediments were then later reworked by flooding. Along with the fact that the deposits are highly clayey and that they have been subject to many disturbation processes, this evaluation makes one suspect that there is little chance to identify definite 'living-floors' or occupational horizons within the sediment matrix.
    
6. A low degree of curation in lithic manufacture characterizes the stone tool industry. Nevertheless, there does exist a recognizable degree of selective behaviour in raw materials. Raw materials for stone tool production chiefly came from pre-lava flow fluvial deposits.
    
7. Small tools, especially scrapers, comprise an important portion of the lithic industry. 'Acheulian-like' bifaces occur rather infrequently, but there do exist a whole range of 'typical Acheulian' tool types.

 

The Jomon in western Japan: two exhibitions reviewed
  by Simon Kaner, Kyoto Univ

Two exhibitions have recently celebrated the Jomon period in western Japan. The first, at the Mikata Cho-ritsu Kyodo Shiryokan in Fukui Prefecture, concerned the Jomon sites around paleo-Lake Mikata and the Hasu River drainage. The well-known Incipient and Early Jomon site of Torihama lies at the confluence of the Hasu and Takase Rivers. Material from eight other Jomon sites in the area was displayed. The exhibition centred around two of the three canoes from the Yuri site discovered in 1990. Material from this site included artefacts dated from the Initial to the Final Jomon, but the canoes are associated with pottery from the end of the Middle and the beginning of the Late Jomon.
A small excavation at the Kitadera site, 1.3km inland from Torihama, produced a number of wooden artefacts including bows, containers and a possible paddle, as well as some basketry and abundant floral and faunal remains. Dated from half way through the Middle Jomon to the middle of the Late Jomon, this site may be as rich as Torihama.
The site of Fujii, located on the right bank of the Hasu River some 3km upriver from Lake Mikata and investigated in 1984, produced two hearths and a number of ritual features, including four stone posts (ishibo), an arranged-stone feature and a burial urn. These are thought to date to the end of the Middle to the first half of the Late Jomon.
These sites and the others on display are very important for the information they provide on the occupation of the landscape around Torihama in the long term. Although excavations at Torihama finished in 1985, and the site is now redolent with reconstructions of Jomon pit houses and a giant statue of one of the Jomon inhabitants, rendered in the finest manga (cartoon) style, the investigation of the surrounding area will continue to provide essential evidence for the regional context of these lowland Jomon sites.
The second exhibition, entitled "The Hunting People on the front of Mount Rokko", was held at the Ashiya City Art Museum last autumn; it displayed material from the Palaeolithic and Jomon sites of the Hanshin district, with comparative material from other parts of western and eastern Japan. Highlights included a cast of the line of adult and child Late Jomon footprints from the Hyūga site in Kobe, and displays about the Jomon buildings found in the area-including the Initial Jomon overlapping pit buildings from the Nishi Okamoto site, Kobe, the Early Jomon structure from the Asahigaoka site in Ashiya, and the Middle Jomon building from the Shinohara site, again in Kobe. Taken in conjunction with sites in Kyoto and Osaka, this material shows that the Jomon period in this part of Japan is very worthy of closer attention.
Both exhibitions, although of modest proportions, were lavishly illustrated as one has come to expect of such displays in Japan. They also both included stereoscopic views of a number of recent important Jomon excavations, which created a three-dimensional picture of the sites under excavation, providing an entertaining way of presenting the methods used in archaeology and a realistic picture of the contexts from which the artefacts were recovered.

 

The Hayato: Southern Kyushu and Kansai in the Kofun period
  by Kazuaki YOSHIMURA, Kashiwara Museum

An exhibition to be held in the Museum of the Nara Prefectural Kashihara Institute of Archaeology, April 25 - June 7, 1992
In the Kofun period, keyhole-shaped mounded tombs were constructed throughout Japan except Hokkaido and the Ryukyus. However, there were various regional aspects to these tombs. Those from Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southern Kyushu in particular display a distinctive regional character. This region is thought to have been the home of the "Hayato" ethnic group, mentioned in historical accounts.
In southern Kyushu characteristic burial forms included subterranean tunnel tombs, subterranean burial chambers built of piled-up horizontal stone slabs, and graves marked by standing stones. Close relations with the political centre in Kinai can be inferred from the grave goods, which while similar to those from the rest of the country, included remarkably high quality weapons and articles manufactured in Kinai, such as armour. In addition there were also items with a strong regional flavour, such as rings made of shells from the seas around the Ryukyu Islands.
It is also reported in the historical records that the region surrounding the Kinai district, including southern Yamato (around present-day Gojo City), was the home of the Hayato. There is a theory that they had lived there since the Kofun period, thus making the Kinai their 'secondary homeland'.
The exhibition takes these issues as the basis for displaying the relationships between Kinai and southern Kyushu in the Kofun period. Included will be material from recent excavations of the Tachigiri and Higashi-niwara clusters of subterranean tunnel tombs in Miyazaki Prefecture. Finds from Tachigiri included swords manufactured in the Kinai as well as southern Kyushu, and shell rings around the arm of one of the interred. From the sixteen tombs at Higashi-niwara, shell rings and a number of distinctive animal-bone arrowheads were recovered. Other important sites to be represented include the Mochida mounded-tomb group and the Mutsunobaru and Ogibaru subterranean tunnel tomb groups, all in Miyazaki. Finds from Kagoshima will include those from the stone-marked graves at Narikawa, the Miyanoue subterranean tunnel grave which contained a pumice sarcophagus, and the Yakiyama subterranean burial chamber. Other artefacts will include shell rings from the Matsunō site in Kagoshima and a reconstruction of the Hayato shield from the Heijo Palace site.

(Translated and amended by Simon Kaner)

 

Archaeological Prospecting Methods Development
  by Yasushi NISHIMURA, CAO, Nabunken

A 4-year project on "Development of Advanced Archaeological Prospecting Methods" is being mounted by Mr. M. Tanaka director of the Centre for Archaeological Operations (CAO), Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute (Nabunken), in Nara, Japan. Beginning in April 1992, the project involves 50 researchers divided into nine groups; three groups will concentrate specifically on archaeology. INADA Takeshi of Okayama University will lead a group in developing methods for finding and identifying thermal features-for example in distinguishing between kiln/hearth locations and surrounding charcoal/slag distributions. WADA Seigo of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto leads another group in identifying stone structures such as pavements, tombs, and stone-lined ditches. This prospecting method is to be used on the largest (non-imperial) tombs. NISHIMURA Yasushi of Nabunken heads a group will concentrating on identifying soil differences and the recovery of bronze and iron objects. Another important area for archaeology is research into organic chemistry, particularly how organic remains affect conductivity and resistivity, etc. after the topsoil has been removed. The remaining six groups of natural scientists will investigate 1) Pulse radar, 2) FM-Continuous wave radar, 3) Resistivity, 4) Magnetometery, 5) Acoustic sounding, and 6) Chemical prospection. The ultimate aims of the project are to exploit all possibilities of the (non-botanical) physical and chemical properties of soil conductivity and resistivity, with the express task of developing new instruments just for archaeological use. Applications are also being taken from outside researchers to mount subsidiary projects.

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JOBS & GRANTS

Australian National University, Department of Art History, has announced a tenurable lectureship in the history of Asian art. Area and topic of specialization within Asian art and architecture are open and include Islam. An ability to teach undergraduates in areas of art history not related to one's specialty is a decided advantage. The successful candidate will probably possess or be preparing a doctorate in some aspect of Art History. The Department wishes to fill the position with a starting date of 1 July 1992 at the latest. For more information, please write to GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia. 06-249-2701; FAX 06 249-2705; Email [...] (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)

Asian Cultural Council, Humanities Fellowship Program assists American scholars, doctoral students, and specialists in the humanities to undertake research, training, and Study in Asia in the following fields: archaeology, conservation, museology, etc. For information contact the Asian Cultural Council, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, Room 3450, New York NY 10104.
(from the Asian Studies Newsletter 1991.5)

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NOTEWORTHIES

 

1. FROM ICSK TO THE KOREA FOUNDATION
   In December 1991, the International Cultural Society of Korea was reorganised and renamed as the Korea Foundation, established under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The scope of its activities will be greatly expanded under its new management, but it remains to be announced what will happen to its grant programmes and newsletter. Stay tuned...
    
2. ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD FOR ARCHAEOLOGY
   If you are linked into Bitnet by computer, you can receive any archaeological information that is posted on the board and you can contribute your own messages as well. These are distributed through a list server to all subscribers to the bulletin board. To subscribe to the bulletin board, send to LISTSERV@DGOGWDG1.BITNET this message: SUBSCRIBE ARCH-L YOUR NAME, inserting your own name into the formula and keeping the message all on the same line. After subscribing, if you want to send a message to the bulletin board yourself, use the address: ARCH-L@EARN.DGOGWDG1(.bitnet)
   
   Please note these addresses are given from the European perspective; they might have to be modified, i.e. inverted, if sent from another location. If you want respond to a message that you have seen on the bulletin board, send it to the author's given Email address. If you don't and just use 'reply', your answer will be distributed to the entire network.
   
   During the first month after subscribing, about 40 messages were received, focussing on problems in radiocarbon dating and GIS applications. Also the following message was received; hopefully an EAANnouncements reader can respond to this query:
    
3. QUERY ON CHINESE PREHISTORIC/BRONZE-AGE CULTURES
   Haines Brown has submitted the following comment/request on the ARCH-L network described above:
   "The most recent issue of World Archaeology is devoted to chronology, and in it there are some useful discussions of radiocarbon dating. In particular, the article by An, 'Radiocarbon dating and the prehistoric archaeology of China' offers a couple of examples of the difficulties using radiocarbon dating (incidentally, I would like to hear personally from anyone who finds An's broader conclusions regarding the relation of the prehistoric and bronze-age cultures of China problematic."
   If you wish to reply, contact him using Email at the following address:
   BROWN@CTSTATEU.BITNET
    
4. EXHIBITION OF KAYA RELICS AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA
   An exhibition of Kaya period relics was held from 6 Aug-Sept 1 1991 illuminating the everyday life and culture of the Kaya period. Among 450 relics which were loaned by the National Museum, university museums and other public and private museums for the exhibit, a gold crown (National Treasure No. 138) excavated from Goryong, crockery inscribed with a man on a horse from Kimhae, a gilt bronze crown from Goryong, metal scales on a coat of armor from Pokchon-dong in Pusan, and a bronze bowl from Kimhae were included.
   The exhibition was divided into two parts: one focused on the production and commercial exchange of iron and weapons made of iron in the Kaya period; the other on the changes and characteristics of pottery according to different periods. (From ICSK Newlsetter 2.3 '91)
    
5. MANCHURIAN NEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY
   Ms. Ye Wa Escherick has compiled a 22-page bibliography on the Neolithic archaeology of Manchuria (Dongbei). The articles date up to 1990 and are all published in Chinese in the PRC. The list is not comprehensive, and Ye Wa names several further journals which can be mined for titles. If interested, contact her at 4679 Robbins St., San Diego CA 92122 USA.
    
6. KYONGJU EXCAVATIONS
   A joint team of archaeologists involved in a survey of the Hwangsong-dong area of Kyongju City, South Korea excavated, after a 5-month investigation, 19 Bronze Age dwelling sites dating from the 5th-6th c. BC. 26 housing sites dating from the Proto-Three Kingdoms period and another 8 iron welding sites from the early Shilla period, among others. These are the first discoveries of relics from the Bronze Age in the Kyongju area. (From ICSK Newlsetter 2.3 '91)
    
7. GRANTS RECEIVED
   
   ICSK Korean Studies Fellowships: (From ICSK Newlsetter 2.3 '91; 11.4, '91)
   ISHII Hiroshi (Prof.,Waseda Univ, Japan) Korean Dialect: word excavation for collecting data to prove Korean-Japanese affinity (July 2-31).
   Ann-Baron, Ok-sung (Chargee de Mission, Musee National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet, France) Disposition of buildings at major Korean Buddhist temples in relation to annual ceremonies (July 15-Oct 14)
   Gunasegaran, Manicham (Lecturer, Dept of Sculpture, Tamil Univ, India) A study of Buddhist monuments in Korea: stylistic analysis (July 18-Dec 31)
   OGATA, Izumi (Fukuoka Board of Education, Japan) Exchange between Korea & Japan in the Three Kingdoms period (Sept 11-Nov 10)
   JIN, Yingxi (Researcher, Sin L'e Museun, Seon Yang) Comparison of Pre-historical Cultures of China's Northeastern Region and Korea (1 Oct - 31 Dec '91)
   Rose Kerr (Curator, Victoria & Albert Museum, London) Korean Craft Practice: past & present (14-28 Nov 91).
   
   Japan Foundation Grants (from The Japan Foundation Newsletter 19.2 '91)
   [Named individuals will take up their grants in Japan; see Asian Scholars Abroad, below, for details & timing of their affiliations]
   SHEN, Ren'an (Deputy Director, Research Center of Japanese Studies, Beijing University, PRC) Ancient Japan and East Asia
   SU, Dechang (Deputy Directory, Japanese Studies Center, Fudan University, PRC) The comparative study of the cultural climate in ancient China and Japan
   YANG, Zengwen (Prof., Institute for Research on World Religions, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, PRC) The establishment and development of Japanese Buddhism
   Khan, Shahbaz (Asst Prof., Dept of History, Univ of Punjab, India) Comparative Studies of Gandhara and the Japanese Buddhist Art & Architecture
   Farris, William Wayne (Assoc. Prof., Univ of Tennessee) Digging up Japan's Past
   KANG, Jin Zhan (Asst. Researcher, Science and Technology Section, Palace Museum, Beijing) Conservation of Cultural Properties
   Sayavongkhamdy, Thongsa (Director General, Dept of Museums, Ministry of Information & Culture, Laos) Excavation survey and work in Nara Palace site
   Daud, Shafien (Asst. Archivist, National Archives of Malaysia) Records management system in Japan
   Daeng-Ied, Sod (Archaeologist, Fine Arts Dept, Div. of Archaeology, Ministry of Education, Thailand) Conservation, Excavation and Restoration of Historical Monuments
   Phan, Dinh Nham (Director, Center of National Archieves, Viet Nam) Conservation of ancient documents in Japan
   Markova, Ljudomira Mircheva (Architect Designer, National Institute of Monuments of Culture, Bulgaria) Japanese Practice in Preserving and Integrating
   Maucuer, Michel Max Laurent (Curator, Dept of Cultural Affairs, City of Paris, France) Restoration of Japanese Ceramics
   Morgos, Andras (Head of Conservation Dept, National Center of Museum, Hungary) Conservation of Japanese Cultural Properties
   Di Mattia, Luigina (Curator, National Museum of Oriental Art) Polishing and preservation of Japanese swords
   Dede, Yuksel (Lecturer, Univ of Istanbul, Turkey) Conservation of damaged archaeological objects
   Department of Education & Culture, Directorate Generale of Culture, Indonesia: Cooperative archaeological research on Japanese ceramics found in Indonesia
   California Preservation Foundation, USA: Building a Bridge: historic preservation in Japan and the United States
   
   Luce Grants in the United States-China Cooperative Research Program
   Harvard University ($150,000) cooperating with the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for "Archaeological Investigation of Early Shang Civilization in China," US project director, CHANG Kwang-chih. (from the Asian Studies Newsletter 1991.5)
    
8. AINU ARTIFACTS DISCOVERED AT THE SMITHSONIAN
   More than 400 Ainu artifacts from 110 years ago have been found in the keeping of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, originally collected by Smithsonian staff during an expedition in the eastern part of Hokkaido in 1882, and by American scholars and others who visited Hokkaido during the Meiji period. Recently brought back to life through investigations by Chang-su Houchins, a specialist in Asian ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution, and OTSUKA Kazuyoshi of Japan's National Museum of Ethnology, the artifacts include apparel made of waterfowl skin and feathers, tools used to make clothing of wood fiber, wooden plates affixed with fish scales, processed sweet-brier fruit, aconite poison, and a case filled with flaked tobacco leaves. Most of the artifacts are from eastern Hokkaido, an area for which few historical artifacts have been found. (from The Japan Foundation Newsletter 19.2 '91)
    
9. OBITUARY FOR PROFESSOR GWEI-DJEN LU-NEEDHAM 1904-1991
   Joseph Needham's long-time collaborator, companion, and wife from 1989, LU Gwei-djen, died 28 November 1991 in Cambridge, England. Originally a specialist in medical and nutritional biochemistry, she came to Cambridge in 1937 to study under Needhams' first wife, Dorothy Needham, where she obtained her Ph.D. She was the catalyst for a group of three Chinese students who stimulated Needham to become involved in the history of science in China. After post-doctoral study in the USA and a Unesco job, she returned to Cambridge in 1956 to become a research associate, collaborator and co-author of Needham. She was Associate Director of the East Asian History of Science Library and Needham Research Institute from 1976-91.
    
10. ANCIENT METALLURGY RESEARCH GROUP (AMRG)
    Based at the University of Bradford in England, the AMRG conducts national and international research programmes on the technology and archaeological interpretation of early mining, metal production and artefact fabrication. Staff members would like to hear from colleagues worldwide with a view to establishing a network for communication and promoting dialogue and collaboration. Applications for visiting fellowships, Ph.D. research or postgraduate or undergraduate admission are also encouraged. The AMRG can undertake research in most aspects of early mining and metallurgy, and it is also able to provide archaeometallurgical consultancy and analysis services. Contact Prof. Mark Pollard, AMRG, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BC7 1DP, UK 0274-383530, FAX 0274-728497.
     
11. THE NEWARK MUSEUM GALLERIES
    On display at the Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07101-0540 USA, are the following materials. In the Chinese Galleries: silk, porcelain, and lacquer dating from the 11th to 18th c.; in the Korean Gallery: a new installation of furniture and painting appropriate for a scholar's study; and in the Japanese Galleries: arts of the Buddhist and aristocratic worlds, as well as the arts of the merchant class. Their permanent exhibit includes a world renowned Tibetan Collection begun in 1911 and now made up of some 200 works spanning the 10th to 16th c.
    (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
12. THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    The permanent exhibition at the Met, 5th Avenue at 82nd St, New York City 10028 USA, includes one of the largest and finest collections of ancient Chinese arts in the Western world. The works cover periods from the late Neolithic through the Bronze Age, Han and Tang dynasties, and end with a major display of later Buddhist sculpture in the Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Galleries. Funds for augmenting the Museum's ancient Chinese art holdings, as well as the planning, construction and installation of the new galleries, were provided by Charlotte C. and John C. Weber.
    (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
13. ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY
    The Sackler Gallery at the Smiothsonian Institution, 1050 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington D.C. 20560 USA has two exhibitions of interest that continue indefinitely: the "Arts of China" contains 228 works of Chinese art dating from the 4th millennium BC into the 20th c., including ancient ritual jades and bronzes, Buddhist sculpture and wall paintings, glass, lacquer, furniture and paintings reflecting the complex artistic heritage of China; and "Monsters, Myths, and Minerals" in which animal imagery in Chinese art as expressed in jade, ceramic, and bronze is shown in 120 works from the 11th c. BC to the 18th C. (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
    The Sackler Gallery also offered a course, "Courtly Arts of Ancient Japan", from 12 Oct - 16 Dec 91. The court arts from AD 400-800 are among the oldest in the world with many traditions still in use today. Recent excavations have further widened our view of the emerging nation-state of ancient Japan during this time. This course offered illustrated lectures by distinguished speakers, a lecture/demonstration of ancient music and a special performance of Japan's ancient courtly dance.
    (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
14. COMPUTERIZED BIBLIOGRAPHIES
    Dr. Michael Ashkenazi, a member of the Japan Anthropology Work Shop [see EAANnouncements 5, newsletter exchanges], has available several bibliographies on disk which he is offering for free exchange. You can have copies of any or all of these by mailing him one or more 3 1/2" disk (depending on the total K volume). All data are Macintosh files (Works ver. 2.0 or Word 4.0) and are easily convertible to MS-DOS format. He automatically vets all foreign disks for viruses and expects others to do the same. The databases available are:

    Name	Contents	Size	Format
    General	Anthroplogy, religion, Japan etc.	2,800 records 486K	MS-Works
    General 2	Anthropology, religion, Japan etc.	2,000 records 350K	MS-Works
    SB	Mainly Middle East	900 records 87K	MS-Works
    Budo	Items related to martial arts & sports	218K

    He is also conducting a survey on the use of personal computers. If you wish to correspond with him about personal computer use as a Japanologist or as an anthropologist, contact him at the Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University, PO Box 653, Beersheva 84105 Israel.
    057-461117; FAX 972-57-32766; Email: [...]
     

15. ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO
    A new Korea Gallery was opened at this museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118-4598 USA in March 1991. It features 100 objects from the permanent collections and 10 objects on a special year-long loan from the National Museum of Korea, Seoul. The new gallery allows the display of at least one third of the Museum's collection of Korean art, including 18 objects that have never been shown to the public. Ceramics, paintings, bronzes and lacquerware are among the Korean art objects on display. (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
16. CHINA INSTITUTE IN AMERICA LECTURES
    Last autumn, lectures given at the Institute, 125 East 65th Street New York City 10021 USA 212-744-8181, included:
    • "Sackler in China: housing archaeological treasures," by CHAN Lo-yi on 22 October 1991. Chan is an architect in New York City whose firm is working alongside in-house architects of Beijing University to complete the Sackler museum on its premises. This first US-China cooperative effort in museum design was initiated 5 years ago when the renowned Chinese art connoisseur Dr. Arthur M. Sackler first approached the Ministry of Culture with a plan for building a museum in China.
    • "Beyond Exoticism: foreign elements in Tang ceramics," by Virginia Bower on 4 December 1991. Bower is a lecturer and specialist in Chinese ceramics; she is currently finishing her dissertation at Princeton University on Sui and Tang Dynasty ceramic tomb figures. Bower's lecture focused on how various foreign ingluences reached Tang China and to what extent these 'exotic' elements made themselves felt on the ceramics of the era.
    (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
17. ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY LECTURES
    • "Touhu: three millennia of the Chinese arrow vase and the game of pitch pot," by Isabelle Lee on 8 October 1991.
    • "Chinese Lead Glazed Wares," by Margaret Medley and Regina Krahl on 22 October 1991.
    (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
18. KOREAN CERAMICS FROM THE ATAKA COLLECTION
    An exhibition, "The Radiance of Jade, the Crystal Clarity of Water", bringing together 100 pieces of Korean ceramics from the Ataka collection in the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, regarded as the finest such collection in the world, is showing successively at the Art Institute of Chicago (23 Nov 91 - 2 Feb 92) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City (21 May-12 July 1992). An illustrated catalogue is available. The exhibit was accompanied in Chicago by a one-day symposium on "AD 900-1900: One Thousand Years of Korean Art" at the Art Institute on 23 Nov 1991. Speakers were MINO Yutaka, Jonathan Best, ITOH Ikutaro, Pamela B. Vandiver, and Kumja Piak KIM. Further information is available from the Institute at Michigan Avenue and Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 USA 312-443-368. (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
19. ARCHAEOLOGY OF INNER ASIA
    A course was offered with the above title at the George University Continuing Education from 26 Sept-14 Nov 91. The lecturer was Karl Krippes, whose fields of expertise are Uralic and Altaic studies. For more information, call USA 202-687-5942. (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
20. INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN STUDIES LECTURES
    Autumn classes offered at the Institute's lecture rooms in Saint Peter's Church, 54th Street and Lexington Avenue, New York City included: "Art Beyond the Great Wall: recent discoveries" and "Art and Artifacts of Sinkiang Province: along the old Silk Route in China". (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
21. ASIAN CONSERVATION STUDIO & TRAINING PROGRAM
    The University of Michigan, Museum of Art has received a $500,000 Starr Grant to fund its Asian Conservation Studio. With this grant, Jing GAO, Chinese painting conservator, will be able to continue his work at the museum and train Americans in the traditional restoration methods. Thanks to this Starr Grant, Marshall Wu, curator of Asian Art, can realize his longstanding dream to establish a training program in Asian conservation at the museum. Gao will be the central figure of the curator's new training program, known as the Starr Project in Asian Painting Conservation at the Museum of Art. At the Master's degree level, the Starr Project will include academic courses, work in the conservation studio under Jing GAO's supervision, and a culminating residency in a museum in Asia. Additional Starr funds will be used to improve the existing facility of the Asian painting conservation studio, to provide supplies and equipment, and to facilitate an international seminar on the various national styles of Asian mounting.
    The museum has also announced its tentative plan to host a special workshop designed to provide museum management training for three museum directors from Xian China. This event is scheduled for spring 1992. (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
22. THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM DEPARTMENT OF EASTERN ART
    After a long period of keen service and productive research, Miss Mary Tregear retired from the Ashmolean on 31 Oct 1991. It has taken two people to replace her. She is succeeded by Dr. James W. Allan as Keeper of the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St., Oxford OX1 2PH, UK. Dr. Allan's expertise lies in Islamic art. The curatorship of the Chinese and Korean collections has passed to Ms. Shelagh Vainker, who came to Oxford from the British Museum in London.
     
23. THE DENVER ART MUSEUM
    A $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant has been received by the museum in Denver, Colorado USA. This will aid in the reinstallation of and interpretive programming in the Asian galleries, which are closed from July 1991 to August 1992. (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
24. THE FREER GALLERY OF ART
    A $1.5 million pledge has been received by the Freer at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. USA, from Prof. Ikuo HIRAYAMA, of the Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., and the Nomura Cultural Foundation. Hirayama is a renowned painter and president of the National University of Fine Art and Music. The gift will be used toward the reinstallation of the Freer collection in its newly restored exhibition galleries. (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
25. THE SHAANXI HISTORY MUSEUM
    This museum has recently opened in Xi'an, China. It houses an abundant collection of exquisite cultural relics of nearly 3,000 pieces, spanning the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties. These works are showcased in the prefatorial hall, the basic exhibition hall, and the central exhibition hall. Particularly notable are 40 genuine frescoes from Tang dynasty tombs on display for the first time. (from the NEWSLETTER, EAAA 38, Sept 1991)
     
26. WOMEN'S HISTORY NETWORK
    A new network for anyone interested in women's history was formed in England in June 1991. It is open to women in universities, polytechnics, trade unions, schools, colleges, the media, museums and local history groups. Its aim is to forge broad links between anybody working in women's history in any form and to promote contact among its members via a regular newsletter carrying information about events concerning women's history, a large conference in 1992 covering many aspects of women's history, smaller regional meetings and workshops, and a database containing details of members' interest areas. Contact the Women's History Network, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU UK for instructions on how to join.
     
27. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA EXHIBITIONS
    Exhibitions recently completed in Seoul have been:
    • "Silk Road Art Show" (2-30 Oct 91). 150 items from the Museum of Indian Art in Berlin and 300 objects from the Otani Collection were exhibited. The treasures from the German collection included a mural from the Kizil Cave entitled "The Bodhisattva Maitreya with Attendants", another mural from the Bezeklik Cave named "Uigurian Prince", a painting done on the ceiling of the 38th tomb of the Kizil Cave "The Self-Sacrifice of the Bodhisattva", and also statues and embroidery.
    • "Scythian Gold Show" (8 Oct - 17 Nov 91). 203 Scythian treasures from the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg were imported for exhibition with assistance of the Chosun Ilbo daily newspaper. The show, which was held on the occasion of the first anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the USSR and Korea, illuminated the influence of Scythian culture on ancient Korea. (from ICSK Newsletter 11. 4 Dec '91)
     
28. THE ROYAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND
    The Japanese collections at the RMS, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 1JF UK, consist of items of archaeology from the Jomon period to the 10th c. and the material culture of 1600 to the present day. They are curated by Jane Wilkinson within the Far East Collections; Wilkinson's own research areas are Ainu material culture and the ethnography of the Japanese collections at the RMS. (from JAWS Newsletter 15, 1991)
     
29. KOGURYO & BOHAI ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURES
    In April 1991, the Society of Archaeological Studies (Kokogaku Kenkyukai) in Okayama, Japan, sponsored a series of lectures in Fukuoka, Okayama, Osaka and Tokyo by LI Dianfu, from the Jilin Cultural Properties Research Institute. The topics of his talks were: The structure of and changes in Koguryo mountain forts; Changes in Jian burials from the Bronze Age through the Tang Dynasty; My research and investigations of Koguryo and Bohai sites in the past 30 years; Important gleanings from Bohai archaeology. Li has written many volumes during his studies, among them Research on the Koguryo Tombs at Jian, and The Country of Bohai.
     
30. THE BRITISH LIBRARY
    The British Library has now successfully completed its move to Orbit House. The new address is Orbit House, 197 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NG, UK. 071-412-7000; FAX 071-412-7858. The reading room is open Monday to Friday from 9:30 AM to 6 PM, and on Saturday from 9:30 AM to 2 PM.
     
31. PORTABLE ART FROM CHINA'S PALAEOLITHIC
    China's first unequivocally identified item of Palaeolithic art has just been published in "Palaeolithic art from China," by R. Bednarik and YOU Yuzhu; Rock Art Research 8.2: 119-23, 1991. It consists of a piece of red deer antler from Longgu Cave Hebei Province. Engraved with abstract designs, it dates to 13,000 years ago. (submitted by Paul G. Bahn)
     
32. DR. HAN BYONG-SAM HONOURED
    A Japan Foundation Award of ¥5 million was given to Dr. Han, Director-General of the National Museum of Korea since 1985 and a specialist in archaeology and the fine arts. He has made great contributions over three decades to academic exchange between Japan and the Republic of Korea, as well as to the promotion of Japanese studies in Korea since he bagan to work for the Department of Archaeology at the National Museum in 1961. Among his major works are Korean Art Treasures (Seoul: Yekyŏng Publications, 1983), and the Archaeology of Ancient Japan/Korea Relations (Tokyo: Rokko Publications, 1991). (from the Japan Foundation Newsletter 19.3, 1991)
     
33. NEWSLETTER ON IGCP 296 (QUATERNARY OF ASIA & PACIFIC)
    The first newsletter (June 1990) of the International Geological Correlation Programme 296: Quaternary of Asia and the Pacific has been issued. It includes a detailed report on the IGCP meeting on Quaternary Stratigraphy of Asia and the Pacific, Ipoh, Malaysia, 11-13 September 1989. It carries news of Quaternary activities in the Asia-Pacific region including information from UNESCO Secretariat (Paris), Thailand, Malaysia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia and Viet Nam.
    Jon L. Rau (ESCAP, Division of Natural Resources, UN Building, Rajadamnern Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand) is the Project Leader and Newsletter Distributor; P. Bishop (Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia) is the Editor. Send any news relevant to the Quaternary of the Asian and Pacific region to P. Bishop. Write to Jon Rau for copies of the newsletter. (from The East Asian Tertiary/Quaternary Newsletter No. 12, 1991)
     
34. ASAHI 'SITE OF THE YEAR' AWARD
    Following Akira MATSUI's account of wetland sites in Japan (EAANnouncements 5), readers may be interested to learn that one of those sites discussed, the shell midden at Awazu, in Lake Biwa, was voted 'Site of the Year' for 1991 by the Asahi Newspaper. (submitted by S. Kaner)
     
35. BUNKACHO-SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAM
    The first three-year project, entitled "Collaborative Research on Conservation and Technical Studies on Far Eastern Bronze and Ceramics", between the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Smithsonian Institution of Washington DC has come to an end. A second three-year project will be mounted with the addition of archaeological geophysical methods. The Japanese representative of the joint research program is HAMADA Takashi, General Director of the Tokyo National Cultural Properties Research Institute (Tobunken). (submitted by Y. Nishimura)

 

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CONFERENCES:

CONFERENCE CALENDAR

Mar 23-27 '92: International Symposium on Archaeometry, Los Angeles
Sessions: Study of human and animal bones; Dating of organic materials; Dating of inorganic materials; Mathematical methods and data management; Ancient technology and provenance of metals; Ancient technology and provenance of non-metals; Pre-Columbian Archaeometry; Prospection and geoarchaeology

Mar 27-29 '92: Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, University of Aarhus, Denmark. All correspondence concerning registration and accommodation should be sent to Aarhus Convention Bureau, Rådhuset, Aarhus C DK-8000 Denmark, +45-86-121177; FAX +45-86-120807. Planned panels: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in archaeological research; National Archaeological Records and the use of GIS; Surveying for archaeological features; Managing archaeological data in their 3-dimensional setting; Quantitative mentods; The modelling of archaeological data in DBMS; Text information handling and publication production; Visualization of the archaeological record and beyond.

Apr 2-5 '92: Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Washington D.C. [See call for amEAAN meeting participation in EAAN Activities section above]
EAANmeeting Sat., April 4, 11.30am - 1 pm.
CHANG meeting, Sat. April 4, 6.30-8.30 pm.
Panels or roundtables of interest to EAAN members: "History, heaven and the gods: recreating Japan in the 14th century," "Cultural identity in the Liao, Jin, Xi Xia and Bohai kingdoms," "Prehistoric precedents for Southeast Asian local cultural statements," and "Redating Xiongnu culture."

April 8-12 '92: Society for American Archaeologists (SAA), Pittsburgh [This was advertised in EAANnouncements 5 as being in May; sorry for the mis-information]

May 31-2 June '92: Canadian Asian Studies Association Conference (CASA), University of Prince Edward Island. For information, contact the CASA Secretariat at Centre for East Asian Studies, McGill University 3434 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X9, Canada. 514-398-8129; FAX 514-398-1882.

Jul or Aug '92: The Archaeological Remains of Inner Mongolia, 16th c. BC-14th c. AD, Hohhot. Sponsored by the Inner Mongolia Cultural Relics and Archaeological Research Institute, this will be a sequel to the Pittsburgh Workshop [see EAANnouncements 4], dealing with the various northern minority tribes starting with the finds at Zhukaigou and emphasising the Beidi, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan (Liao) and Mongols. The fee for the conference will be US $100 plus room & board at ca. $50/day. For details, contact Ms. Emma C. Bunker, 1451 Cottonwood Ave., Wheatland, WY 82201 USA, FAX (307) 322-3333. Group travel might be arranged from Beijing, stopping to see the Shanrong excavations in Yanqing.

Aug 20-30 '92: International Symposium on Mawangdui Han Tombs, Changsha.
Write to Mr. GAO Zhixi, 3 Dong Feng Road, Changsha, Hunan PRChina 0731-23866 FAX 0731-447649 with your paper proposal and include your name, nationality, sex, date of birth, passport no., post, professional title, tel, unit, paper topic, other items, name of companion and their sex.

Aug 22-28 '92: 3rd International Congress of Human Paleontology, Jeruselem, Israel

Aug 24-Sept 3'92: 29th International Geological Congress, Kyoto.
Call for papers! A one-day session on "Human dispersals during the Quaternary period" will be held as part of this conference. Its focus will be the theoretical aspects of human dispersal and migration across a wide geographic and chronological range. Proposals for papers are invited but intending participants should be aware that the IGC can offer no funding of any sort. The session Convenors are Takeru AKAZAWA and Mark Hudson, to whom all enquiries should be directed at the University Museum, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan.

Sept 13-17 '92: European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Paris. [see eurEAAN panel participation under EAAN Activities above]

Sept 21-24 '92: International Conference of Medieval Archaeology, Univ of York, UK.
Themes: Urbanism; Maritime Studies, Ports & Ships; Technology & Innovation; Death & Burial; Exchange & Trade; Religion & Belief; Art & Symbolism; Rural Settlement. Contact: Medieval Europe 1992, 1 Pavement, York YO1 2NA UK (0904) 643211; FAX (0904) 627097; EMAIL: [...]

Sept 22-26 '92: Third International Academic Conference on the Archaeology around the Bohai Sea, Shijiazhuang, Hebei. For further information contact ZHENG Shaozong at the Hebei Institute of Cultural Relics, Shigang St., Shijiazhuang 050061 Hebei PRC 745107. If you wish to give a paper, include its topic and abstract plus your name, sex, age, nationality, post, professional title, and postal address.

Sept 24-25 '92: Japanese Archaeology in the Protohistoric and Early Historic Periods (3-6 c.): Yamato and its relations with surrounding populations, Bonn. Organised by the Japanologisches Seminar der Universität Bonn and supported by the KAVA of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institute Bonn. Scholars and students who are interested in the topic are welcome to contact Ms. Maria Warlies, Japanologisches Seminar der Universität Bonn, Regina Pacis Weg 7, 5300 Bonn 1 Germany 0228-737224, FAX 0228-737020.

Sept 29 - Oct 4 '92: 4th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Brussels. (Formerly the Association of SEA Archaeologists in Western Europe). Registration fee 50,000 lit. (ca., £25 or US $40); students half price. For further details, contact by Dr. Roberto Ciarla, Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, Via Merulana 248, Rome 00185 Italy 0039-6-732741, FAX 0039-6-4873238, Telex 624163 ISMEO I.

Nov 16-21 '92: Prehistoric Mongoloid Dispersals, University of Tokyo. Discussion will center on four main geographical areas: East Asia, Alaska and Siberia, the Americas, and the Pacific. The 45 invited speakers include anthropologists, archaeologists, geneticists and linguists. Two EAANmembers will be giving presentations: Peter Bellwood on "Mongoloid dispersals into Oceania: prehistoric and linguistic evidence for the Southeast Asian connection" and John Olsen on "The prehistory of the Taklaman desert, Xinjiang, Northwest China". Further details of the conference can be obtained from Professor Takeru AKAZAWA, The University Museum, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan.

Nov '92: 1992 International Symposium on Ancient Ceramics (ISAC), Shanghai.
Contact Prof. Li Jiazhi, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Academia Sinica, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, PRChina

Mar 25-28 '93: Association for Asian Studies Meetings (AAS), Los Angeles.

Apr 3-8 '93: Japan Anthropology Work Shop (JAWS), Bamf, Alberta, Canada
Theme: "Culture in Japanese Nature: process or paradox" (as applied to Architecture, Art, Public Consumption, Philosophy, Food, Metaphor, Resource Use & Management; Science). Participation only by JAWS members; contact Dr Joy Hendry to join. Addresses: Dept of Social Studies, Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford OX3 0BP UK (Jan-July); Japanese Studies, Univ of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA UK (Aug-Dec).

Apr 11-17 '93: Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Meetings, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Jul 6-9 '93: The Human Use of Caves International Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Regional summaries and thematic sessions covering Occupation Sites; Waste Disposal Sites; Ossuaries; Theatres of Ritual; Art Galleries; Storage Facilities. Contact: Christopher Smith, Dept of Archaeology, Univ of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU UK.
 

PAPERS READ

15th Annual Conference of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe, 22-26 March 1991, Dourdan, France.
Riotto, Maurizio: Some aspects of Korean culture during the first millennium BC
Nelson, Sarah: The role of women in Ko-Silla-evidence from archeology and historic documents
Park, Hi-hyun: The Ch'angnae cultures in the Upper Palaeolithic Age of Korea
Sasse, Werner: The Silla stone inscription from Naengsuri
SŌrensen, Henrik: Samguk yusa and the history of Korean Buddhism

3rd International Conference on "The Palaeoenvironment of East Asia," 23-26 July 1991, Kunming, China
Zheng, Zhou: Quaternary palynology and climate fluctuations in the southeast coast of China: Fujian to Guangdong
Wu, Yu-Shu: On studies of abies pollen during the Late Pleistocene at Kunming, Yunnan Province, southwest China
Ferguson, David K.: The impact of environmental changes in the last 100,000 years on the distribution of terrestrial plants and animals in China
Igarashi, Yaeko: Vegetation history since the last glacial age in Hokkaido, northern Japan
Zhou, Guoxing: Fossil man and prehistoric cultural remains in Yuanmou Basin, Yunnan Province, South China
Qian, Fang: Quaternary geology and palaeoanthropology of Yuanmou Basin, Yunnan, China
Bowdler, Sandra: The evolution of modern humans, Homo sapiens, in East Asia: implications of archaeological evidence from Australia and Southeast Asia
Wang, Xianzeng: Palaeoenvironment of archaic Homo sapiens from Jinniushan, Yingkou County, Liaoning Province

American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, 20-24 Nov 1991, Chicago.
Prof. Fumiko Ikawa-Smith (McGill University) organised a panel on "In Search of National Identity: the ideology of cultural homogeneity in Japan" at which the following papers were given:
Ikawa-Smith, Fumiko: Our remote ancestors-cultural construction of the Japanese prehistory
Hanihara, Kazuro: Dual structure model for the population history of the Japanese
Pearson, Richard: Okinawa-archaeology of a Japanese minority
Bernard, Rosemarie: Japanese reflections on Pierre Loti-essentialist discourses on marginality and cultural homogeneity
Bernier, Bernard: Jomon, Fudo, Shudanshugi-Japanese academics define Japanese culture
Smyers, Karen A.: Inari beliefs in Japan-outfoxing the group model
Befu, Harumi: Cultural homogeneity and heterogeneity-constructed identity of the Japanese

International Symposium: The Archaeology of Music-sources, methods and issues, 7-10 December 1991, Darwin College, Cambridge.
Organised by Dr. Ann Buckley, this conference included the papers:
DeWoskin, Kenneth: Holding an ear to the tracts-interpretation of early musical remains in China
Dewall, Magdalene von: The musical and social instrumentality of Bronze Age metallophones in traditional communities of the Far Eastern Nanfang region
Skog, Inge: The sources of gongs and gong repertories of the Lotud people of Borneo
Ho, Edward: The use of literary sources as a guide to understanding Chinese musical behaviour

International Symposium on Archaeometry, 23-27 March 1992, Los Angeles
Berger, R.; Dematte, P.; Kessler, A; Lee, S.: Radiocarbon dating of Medieval Chinese carpets
Hedges, R.E.M.; Chen, Tiemei: Accelerator C-14 dating of carbonized rice husks in pottery and the evidence of the earliest rice cultivation in China
Chen, Tiemei; Yuan, Sixun; Yang, Qui: Dating of Jingniushan Palaeoanthropological site with Uranium-series and ESR techniques
Qiu, Shihua; Cai, Lianzhen: Identifying fuel used in iron-making in ancient China by radiocarbon dating
Rapp, George Jr.; Jing, Zhichun: Geological investigations in the search for the first capital of the Shang Dynasty
Goodman, Dean; Nishimura, Yasushi: Radar archaeometry and the use of synthetic radargrams to investigate burial grounds in Japan
Chen, Tiemei; Hedges, R.E.M.: Accelerator radiocarbon dating of bone samples from Upper Cave site of Zhoukoudian
Bunker, Emma C.: Lost wax and lost textile-a little known ancient Chinese casting technique
Garza, E. Gene; Williams, Wendell S.: Surface analysis of a Han Dynasty 'black' mirror using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
Mei, Jianjun: Ko, T.: Further studies in ancient cupronickel smelting in China
Sun, Shuyun; Ma, Zhaozeng; Jin, Lianji; Ko, T.: The laboratory investigation of formation of heiqigu or black lacquer coat on bronze mirror
Wang, Changsui; Wu, Youshi; Xiong, Caoshui; Li, Zhiohao; Chase, W.T.: Approach to corrosion-resisting mechanism of heiqigu
Wang, Changsui; Wu, Youshi; Fang, Ghongzheng; Wang, Shengjun; Hua, Jueming: The formation mechanism of pure copper grains in the surface layer of ancient mirror
Kamei, H.; Nishimura, Y.; Komatsu, M.; Saitoh, M.: A new instrument-a three-component fluxgate gradiometer
Kobayashi, Akira; Kamei, Hiroyuki; Chida, Jun; Nishimura, Yasushi: A trial production of 500 MHz-1GHz FM-CW ground penetration radar system

Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 27-29 March 1992, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Morimoto, Susumu: Visual reconstruction of the Nara Palace Site (8th c. AD) in Japan
Ozawa, Kazumasa: Archaeological reconstruction of Japanese ancient tombs and villages

 

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ASIAN SCHOLARS ABROAD:

 

Japan Foundation Grant recipients [see their topics under Noteworthies No. 7 above] and their affiliations in Japan are:
Shen, R. at the Faculty of Literature, Kokugakuin Univ, 9/91-9/92
Su, D. at Osaka City Univ, 10/91-7/92
Yang, Z. at Kyoto Univ, 10/91-10/92
Khan, S. at Dept of Engineering, Kyoto Univ, 3/91-7/92
Farris, W.W. at Kyoto Univ, 7/91-7/92
Kang, J.Z. at Nabunken (time unstated)
Sayavongkhamdy, T. at Nabunken (time unstated)
Daud, S. at The National Archives, 9/91-11/91
Daeng-Ied, S. at Institute of Asian Cultures, Sophia Univ, 5/91-8/92
Markova, L.M. at Agency for Cultural Affairs (time unstated)
Maucuer, M. at Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, 5/91-9/91
Di Mattia, L. at Tokyo National Museum, 10/91-1/92
Dede, Y. at Tobunken, 11/91-5/92

AN Zhimin, of the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences will spend the first six months of 1992 at the Institute for Research in Humanities of Kyoto University.

MAEKAWA Kaname, Toyama University, is visiting York University in England as a Visiting Lecturer for three months, Jan-Mar 1992. He specialises in medieval urban archaeology.

YI Seon-bok, Seoul National University, visited England for two weeks in mid-January 1992 where he gave lectures on the Palaeolithic of the Imjin Basin [see Research and Reports section above] and the Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia. From London, he is visiting Moscow for two weeks, continuing his efforts to establish a joint excavation project.

HSU Minfu, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, is Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Architecture, University of Edinburgh, from August 1991 to July 1992 (see Member News above).

 

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

Jeon, Young-Rae (1990) Han'guk Chungdonggi Shidae Munhwa Yŏnggu [Research on the Bronze Age Culture of Korea]. N. Chŏlla: Mahan-Paekche Munhwa Yŏnguso, WonKwang University. (in Korean)
Jeon, Young-Rae (1991) Koch'ang, Chungnim-ri Chisŏngmyo Palgul Ryak-pogo [Preliminary excavation report on the dolmens at Chungnim-ri, Koch'ang]. N. Chŏlla: Mahan-Paekche Munhwa Yŏnguso, WonKwang University. (in Korean)
Maekawa, Kaname (1991) Toshi Kōkogaku no Kenkyū: Chūsei kara Kinsei e no tenkai (Studies of Urban Archaeology: from Medieval to Pre-modern periods) Tokyo: Kashiwa Shōbō. ¥3800 (in Japanese with English title page, table of contents and chapter summaries)
Senda, Minoru (1991) Kodai Nihon no Rekishi Chirigaku-teki Kenkyū [Research in the Historical Geography of Ancient Japan]. Tokyo: Iwanami, ¥7400. Chapters: Selection of the location of the capital and religious significance; agata and miyake; Iware and Asuka; Significance and view of the capital; Capital and port. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, Migaku (1991) Wajin Soran [Disturbances among the Wa people]. Tokyo: Shūeisha. ¥2400. (in Japanese)
Takayama Rekishigaku Kenkyūsho (1991) Nōta Iseki [Nota site]. Takayama Rekishigaku Kenkyūsho Bunkazai Chōsa Hōkokushō 1. Osaka: Habikino City. An 11-13th century residential site with Medieval pottery and ritual deposits accompanying building construction. (in Japanese)
Uno, Takao (1991) Ritsuryō Shakai no Kōkogaku-teki Kenkyū: Hokuriku o Butai toshite (An Archaeological Study of the Ancient Ritsuryo Society: in the case of the Hokuriku District, Japan). Toyama City: Katsura Shōbō. ¥3800(in Japanese with English title page, table of contents and chapter summaries)

China Relics Publishing House
Write for their list of new (1988-91) archaeological and art historical publications having English summaries, available from Ms. Liu Xiaodai, CRPH 29 Wusi Dajie, Beijing, PRChina
 

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JOURNAL UPDATES

This new section to the EAANnouncements will reproduce the Table of Contents pages of select East Asian archaeology journals. Those that have English listings are preferred, so that non-readers of the language can keep tabs on the contents. If EAANmembers wish to have specific journals represented here, please contact the 'nouncements editor.

In this second installment, the following journals are represented:

• Volume 38, Numbers 1 & 2 (6/91, 9/91) of Kōkogaku Kenkyū (Quarterly of Archaeological Studies)
• Number 7 (8/91) of Hanguk Sanggosa Hakbo, privately edited by Choi Mong-lyong, Seoul National University, Kwanak-ku, Seoul, Korea.
• 1990 Annual Bulletin of the Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute, Nara City 630 Japan.
• Volume 4 (4/90-3/91) Bulletin of the Tenri University Sankokan Museum. Furu-cho, Tenri City 632 Japan.
• Volume 12 (1990) Mahan-Baekje Culture, published by the Research Institute for Mahan-Baekje Culture, WonKwang University, Iri City, Korea.
• Volume 1 (6/91) Sŏnsa wa Kodae (Prehistory and Ancient History), Published by the Korean Association for Ancient Studies, Seoul, Korea.
• Volume 24 (1991) Kōkogaku to Shizen Kagaku (Archaeology & Natural Science)
• No. 12 (1991) of the EAT/Q Newsletter with which EAANnouncements has an exchange arrangement
• No. 12 June 1991 The East Asian Tertiary/Quaternary Newsletter

 

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