Noteworthies
posted July 22, 2008
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
Mayumi-Kansuzuka kofun burial mound
Giant tomb opens up, but its mystery remains
02/09/2008
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200802090072.html
Cover Story: Open ajar
03/24/2008
ASAHI SHIMBUN
NARA--Sixteen archeologists allowed limited access to an imperial mausoleum
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200803240075.html
posted July 8, 2008
Sad news reached us from Seattle/Bangkok. Dr. Roxanna M. Brown, director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at Bangkok University, Thailand, and renowned expert on South East Asian trade ceramics, passed away on May 14th under tragic circumstances.
See:
In Memoriam - Roxanna Maude Brown
http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=92674
Roxanna Brown, Asian art expert, dies in custody
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-art15-2008may15,0,7352492.story
posted May 19, 2008
Support for the Ōsaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture (Izumi, Japan)
Information reached us that claiming financial problems, the Ōsaka prefectural government plans
the closing and sale of two out of four Ōsaka museums, among them the Museum of Yayoi Culture in
Izumi City.
The Ōsaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture was the first full-scale museum to be established specializing in the exhibition of artefacts of Yayoi culture, and opened in the city of Izumi (south of Ōsaka) in February 1991. The museum neighbours the famous Ikegami-sone site, one of the largest settlements of the Yayoi Period, which now forms a historic park featuring the reconstruction of a Yayoi period village around a large-sized central building.
The opposition of many academics and research groups against the plans of the prefectural government recently led into the establishment of the Society for the Support of Ōsaka Museums (Osaka-fu no hakubutsukan o shien suru kai 大阪府の博物館を支援する会).
Find more information and a Call for Support at http://osakahakubutukan.blog.shinobi.jp/.
posted Jan 19, 2008
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
The Japan Times online, Jan. 18, 2008:
Mitsubishi strikes deal with British Museum
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080118f4.html
China Daily.com, Jan. 16, 2008:
2,500-year-old sword excavated from tomb
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-01/16/content_6399567.htm
Beijing Review.com, Jan. 10, 2008:
Destroying the Dragon Kilns
http://www.bjreview.com/print/txt/2008-01/04/content_94616.htm
China Daily.com, Dec. 28, 2007:
Ancient merchant boat arrives at purpose-built museum:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-12/28/content_6357328.htm
China Daily.com, Dec. 26, 2007:
Treasures that went down with ships continue to dazzle
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-12/26/content_6348310.htm
Asahi.com, Dec. 28, 2007:
Ruins point to site of Nobunaga's suicide
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200712280063.html
China Daily.com, Dec. 13, 2007:
Legal action mulled over German terracotta army fakes
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-12/13/content_6320094.htm
China Daily.com, Dec. 08, 2007:
2,200-year-old imperial tombs found in Henan
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-12/08/content_6307449.htm
China Daily.com, Nov. 30, 2007:
Digging to start on horse-chariot chamber
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-11/30/content_6288904.htm
JoongAng Daily, Nov. 17, 2007:
Sacred reliquaries unearthed
사리함 발굴돼
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2883998
posted Dec 23, 2007
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
BBC News, Dec. 21, 2007:
Ancient ship raised from S China Sea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7156581.stm (with video)
Spiegel-online, Dec. 22, 2007:
Die letzte Fahrt der "Nanhai"
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,525079,00.html (with video)
Korea Times, Nov. 10, 2007:
Wooden Invoices Found in Shipwreck
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/nation_view.asp?newsIdx=11733&categoryCode=117
Asahi.com, Oct. 4, 2007:
Ancient pollen adds to legend of queen Himiko
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200710040071.html
posted Dec 14, 2007
Bulletin of the Asia Institute
The following notice reached us from the editor of the "Bulletin of the Asia Institute", C. A. Bromberg:
"A number of articles and reviews in the latest volume of the scholarly journal Bulletin of the Asia Institute, just published, may be of interest. Please share this with SEAA members. The price of the volume is $70 + shipping; earlier volumes are offered at a 50% discount.
[For further information see:
www.bulletinasiainstitute.org/]
posted Dec 10, 2007
From the media
N. Korea building conservation center for ancient tomb murals
By Kim Yoo-seung
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is constructing a center for preserving the tomb murals of
Korea's ancient kingdom of Koguryo in its capital city through close cooperation with the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a pro-Pyongyang newspaper
published in Japan said Sunday.
According to the Chosun Shinbo, North Korea is building the four-story conservation center in Pyongyang, which will exhibit Koguryo's tomb murals. Some of the murals were listed by UNESCO on the 2004 World Heritage List.
from: Yonhap News Agency
posted Nov 27, 2007
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
Japan Times, Sept. 21, 2007:
Scholars to get OK to survey two Imperial mausoleums
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070921a5.html
Yomiuri Shinbun, Nov. 3, 2007:
Family pics show old shell mounds
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20071103TDY15001.htm
National Geographic News, Sept. 26, 2007:
Stone Age Rice Fields Discovered in China Swamp
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070926-china-rice.html
The Korea Times, oct. 24:
Historical Discovery of Baekje Urns
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/12/148_12499.html
posted Oct 14, 2007
Submissions sought for WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY
Submissions are currently being sought for WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY 40(4) on the theme: Debates in World
Archaeology. Debates issues (the first one was published in December 2004) are forums for discussion
of controversial archaeological topics and for responses to papers previously published in the
journal. Papers may respond to earlier contributions, but we also welcome joint submissions that
consider a problem from different perspectives. Submissions are due by April 2008 for publication in
December 2008. For further information, or to submit a paper, contact the editors of this issue:
Elisabeth A. Bacus (eabacus@msn.com), or Michael J. Shott
(shott@uakron.edu)
posted July 30, 2007
subm. by REN Xinyu
MS program in Archaeology Resource Management
Beginning in the fall of 2007, University of Georgia will be offering a new one-year MS program
in Archaeology Resource Management.
http://www.anthro.uga.edu/
posted May 7, 2007
subm. by Helen LEWIS
World Archaeological Congress, Dublin 2008:
WAC-6 First Announcement
The organising committee of the Sixth World Archaeology Congress (WAC-6) are delighted to now invite colleagues from across the globe to come to University College Dublin, Ireland from June 29-July 4, 2008 for this spectacular archaeological conference. We are planning a varied and engaging thematic programme and a wide range of social events that will provide opportunities to experience the cultural and social 'life' of Dublin and Ireland and to sample this island's outstanding archaeological heritage.
WAC is committed to diversity and to redressing global inequities in archaeology through conferences, publications and scholarly programs. It has a special interest in protecting the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples, minorities and peoples from a range of countries. WAC-6 will continue the established practice of previous international congresses in facilitating the participation and empowerment of indigenous peoples and researchers from economically disadvantaged countries.
This first announcement is a call for themes, sessions, papers and posters. See www.ucd.ie/wac-6 for details of application, programme, accommodation, costs and grant opportunities.
posted April 1, 2007
subm. by Walter EDWARDS
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM WESTERN SCHOLARS SOUGHT FOR JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
In the interest of obtaining broader international participation in its journal, the Japanese Archaeological Association is welcoming contributions from scholars based professionally in the West (meaning either currently working in, or professionally trained in, North America or Europe) to the Journal of the Japanese Archaeological Association.
Although the Journal normally takes contributions only from members of the Japanese Archaeological Association, this requirement will be waived in the interest in obtaining broader international participation.
For contributions to be considered for publication, the content must focus on some aspect of Japanese archaeology. This may include archaeological examinations of interactions with other cultural spheres at any time in the past.
Contributions must be written in Japanese. If a potential contributor has work worthy of
publication but cannot meet this requirement, the Association is willing to consider the translation
of manuscripts prepared in English.
Submissions and inquiries should be made directly to the Association. Further information about the
Journal's format, etc., may be found on the Association's website:
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jaa2/journal/index.htm#BOSHU
(This posting is being made on behalf of the Japanese Archaeological Association by Walter EDWARDS, a regular member of the Association and also a member of its Committee for International Exchange.)
posted March 16, 2007
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
Han'guk gogohak gangeui 한국고고학강의
(Lectures on Korean Archaeology) has just been published. Being the first of its kind since Kim
Weonyong's Han'guk gogohak gaeseol 한국고고학개설 (Outline of Korean archaeology) published in 1973,
and revised in 1986, Han'guk gogohak gangeui comprises an outline of Korean archaeological
cultures from the Palaeolithic up to Unified Silla and Ballae. The book is designed as teaching
material for the use at university level and was initiated by the Korean Archaeological Society (for
details:
http://kras.or.kr/news/content.aspx?idx=449).
ISBN : 8956027498
415 p., B5
19,000 Weon
see also:
dongAcom:
http://www.donga.com/fbin/output?f=j_s&n=200703080149&main=1
Yonhap News:
http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2007/03/07/0200000000AKR20070307089500005.HTML
posted Jan. 12, 2007
subm. by Gina L BARNES
(from the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA))
Southeast Asian Archaeology Scholarly Website
http://seasia.museum.upenn.edu
The bibliography of the Southeast Asian Archaeology Scholarly Website that Christopher King and Joyce White have developed now has 10,000 references pertinent to Southeast Asian archaeology, human biology, and palaeoenvironment. They have recently upgraded software and hardware for the site. Also the skeletal data from Non Nok Tha are now available for download.
posted Oct. 20, 2006
The new Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo will open on March 10, 2007.
Website at:
http://www.izumo-rekihaku.net/
posted Sept. 29, 2006
subm. by Michael MOOS
To all of you who love old books we have to announce that
one of the most famous and oldest antiquarian bookshops spezialized in books on Asia and the Far East,
Smitskamp Oriental Antiquarium in Leiden, Netherlands (established in 1683),
has closed its doors.
Website at:
http://www.smitskamp.nl/index2.htm
 © M.Moos |
  © M.Moos |
posted Sept. 20, 2006
subm. by Gina BARNES
Opening day of the Institute of Art and Archaeology of China at China
XI'AN Academy of Fine Art
will be on the first of Oct.2006.
Website at:
http://www.xafa.edu.cn/_info/content_970.htm