SEAA10 Conference Schedule
SEAA10, 19-22 August, 2025
10th CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR EAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
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Mid-Conference Trip: Click Here for a PDF for Mid-Conference Information
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ABBREVIATED GRAPHICAL SCHEDULE
DAY 1, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19th
Day 1, 9:30-13:00 (4 parallel sessions)
1. NEW APPROACHES TO GIFTING, TRIBUTE, AND TRADE ACROSS ASIA (11TH CENTURY BCE - 10TH CENTURY CE), Organizer: Leslie WALLACE
2. ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RESOURCE USE AND CULTURAL PRACTICES IN PREHISTORIC AND HISTORICAL TAIWAN, Organizers: Li-Ying Wang, Jou-chun LU
3. FRONTIER OF SHANG-ZHOU ARCHAEOLOGY: BORDERLAND, MOBILITY AND NETWORK, Organizers: Haifeng DOU, Limin HUAN, Alice CHENG
4. PIGS IN EAST ASIA: DOMESTICATION, RITUAL, AND SOCIAL CHANGE, Organizers: Jiajing Wang, Yue You
Day 1, 14:00-18:00
13:00-15:00 SEAA ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING
15:30-18:00 KEYNOTE LECTURES
- Professor Gordon NOBLE, University of Aberdeen
- Professor Hilde DE WEERDT, KU Leuven
- Professor emeritus Kazuo MIYAMOTO, Kyushu University
19:00 OPENING RECEPTION
DAY 2, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20th
Day 2, 9:30-13:00 (4 parallel sessions)
5. CHINESE PORCELAINS IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: TRADE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE (9TH–17TH CENTURY), Organizers: Wenpeng XU, Yu DING
6. FROM FOREST AND FIELDS: INVESTIGATING FOOD, FUEL AND PLANT USE IN ANCIENT CHINA, Organizers: Rita Dal Martello, Marvin Demicoli, Yu-chun Kan
7. REPORTING BACK ON THE WALL: PEOPLE AND ECOLOGY IN MEDIEVAL MONGOLIA AND CHINA, Organizers: Gideon SHELACH-LAVI, Lance PURSEY, Amartuvshin Chunag
8. ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND RESEARCH VIEWPOINTS OF THE HUAI RIVER VALLEY DURING THE SHANG(CA. 1400-1200BC), Organizers: Xiaolin HE, Siran LIU
Day 2, 14:00-18:00 (4 parallel sessions)
9. NEW INSIGHTS INTO EAST ASIAN METALLURGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, Organizers: Takafmi NIWA, Rongyu SU
10. MATERIALITY OF HUMAN/NON-HUMAN ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS IN EAST ASIA, Organizers: Rowan Rowan FLAD, Jie SHEN
11. EXPLORING SOCIAL COMPLEXITY IN EARLY CHINESE SOCIETIES, Organizers: Wenjing WANG, Yahui HE, Dongdong TU
12. CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF KOREAN ARCHAEOLOGY: NEW VOICES, ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES, Organizer: Ilhong KO
DAY 3, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21st
MID-CONFERENCE FULL DAY TRIP TO ABERDEENSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
DAY 4, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22nd
Day 4, 9:30-13:00 (6 parallel sessions)
13./15. SOCIAL COMPLEXITY AND EARLY STATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER YELLOW RIVER VALLEY: NEW DISCOVERIES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES, Organizers: Xuexiang CHEN, Qingzhu WANG
14. RITUAL AND FUNCTIONAL: WEAPONS IN ANCIENT CHINESE SOCIETY, Organizers: Xiuzhen LI, Yanli GUO
16. PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY AND MUSEUMS IN EAST ASIA, Organizers: Lisa RANDISI, Yu ZHANG
17. THE RELATIONALITY OF PLANTS, ENVIRONMENTS, AND HUMANS, Organizers: Melody LI, Aspen GREAVES
18. EXPLORING THE WEST: NEW SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF XINJIANG AND QINGHAI, Organizers: Marcella FESTA, Ruiliang LIU
15. ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIAL SPACES, Organizer: Francesca MONTEITH
Day 4, 14:00-18:00 (5 parallel sessions)
19. CURRENT APPROACHES IN KOREAN ARCHAEOLOGY (1): NEW FINDINGS, NEW IDEAS, Organizers: Sungjoo LEE
20. NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN NEOLITHIC NORTHERN CHINA: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE, Organizers: Quan ZHANG, Rubi WU
21. EURASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Organizers: Asa CAMERON, Emily Eklund
22. RITUAL AND THE FUNCTIONS OF OBJECTS, Organizer: Maddalena POLI
24. INTERCONNECTIONS OF ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY AND CULTURE IN EAST ASIA, Organizers: Rubi WU, Quan ZHANG
DAY 5, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23rd
Day 5, 9:30-13:00 (4 parallel sessions)
25. BEYOND THE SURFACE: POTTERY AS A WINDOW INTO CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THE PAST, Organizers: YIyi YANG, Mi WANG
26. RETHINKING THE SOUTHERN SILK ROAD IN THE BRONZE AGE: INTERACTION NETWORKS BETWEEN THE CENTRAL PLAINS, SOUTHWEST CHINA, AND SOUTH/SOUTHEAST ASIA, Organizers: Haichao LI
27. TEN YEARS OF BIOARCHAEOLOGY AT MOGOU, A BRONZE AGE CEMETERY IN GANSU, CHINA, Organizers: Elizabeth BERGER, Ruilin MAO
28. CURRENT APPROACHES IN KOREAN ARCHAEOLOGY (2): NEW FINDINGS, NEW IDEAS, Organizers: Seungki KWAK
Day 5, 14:00-18:00 (5 parallel sessions)
29. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF EAST ASIAN CERAMICS: CIRCULATION, EXCHANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES, AND CONSUMPTION IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD, Organizer: Zhaohui LIU
30. ACCEPTANCE AND INNOVATION: THE STUDIES OF ANIMAL MOTIFS IN CHINA DURING HAN AND JIN DYNASTIES, Organizers: Hu ZHU
31. ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND RELICS IN SICHUAN, CHINA, Organizers: Zhiyan LIU, Yiting HUANG
32. WHEN PEOPLE MOVE: MIGRATION, EXCHANGE, AND CULTURAL CHANGE, Organizers: Corey NOXON, Tomoko NAGATOMO
33. QUEEN MOTHER OF THE WEST: PAPERS IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR GINA LEE BARNES AND HER CONTRIBUTION TO JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGY, Organizers: Simon KANER, Mark HUDSON, Ilona BAUSCH
PANEL DISCUSSION: KEY ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF THE EARLY CHINESE ECONOMICS, Organizers: Roderick CAMPBELL, Armin SELBITSCHKA, Yitzchak JAFFE
19:00 CLOSING RECEPTION
FROM 23 AUGUST, POST CONFERENCE TOURS