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National Museum Of Scotland, Assistant Curator, East Asia Collections Review Project

Salary: £25,050 - £27,238
Location: National Museum Of Scotland, Chambers Street
Level: Collections Care/Conservation
Deadline: 26/03/2019
Hours: 37
Benefits: Membership of the civil service pension scheme
Job Type: Temporary

Six views of the bird sculpture, Lingjing, Henan, China

New Article: A Paleolithic bird figurine from the Lingjing site, Henan, China

"A Paleolithic bird figurine from the Lingjing site, Henan, China"

Authors: Zhanyang Li, Luc Doyon , Hui Fang , Ronan Ledevin , Alain Queffelec , Emeline Raguin , and Francesco d’Errico

Main images of phytoliths found at the BTS, TSS, and ZBS.

NEW ARTICLE: Earliest arrival of millet in the South China coast dating back to 5,500 years ago

Earliest arrival of millet in the South China coast dating back to 5,500 years ago

Authors: Jinqi Daiab, Xipeng Cai, Jianhui Jin, Wei Ge, Yunming Huang, Wei Wu, Taoqin Xia, Fusheng Li, Xinxin Zuo

New Article: Identity and community structure in Neolithic man bac, northern Vietnam

"Identity and community structure in Neolithic man bac, northern Vietnam" Authors: Marc F. Oxenham, Trinh Hoang Hiep, Hirofumi Matsumura, Kate Domette, Damien Huffer, Rebecca Crozier, Lan Cuong Nguyen, and Clare McFadden Abstract: This paper explores the evidence for social structuring principles and other aspects of identity at Man Bac, an early Neolithic (2066–1523 cal. BCE) community in northern Vietnam.

Examples of MYB ware forms: a jar, left, and a lidded bowl, right. Photos courtesy of National Museum of Korea.

New Article: Innovation, imitation, and identity: Mayeon Black ware and social complexity in Southwestern Korea

"Innovation, imitation, and identity: Mayeon Black ware and social complexity in Southwestern Korea" now in press in Archaeological Research in Asia.

Authors: Sangwon Nam, Rory Walsh, Gyoung-Ah Lee

Topography of the study area with the estimated coastlines 35,000–32,000 years ago

New Article: Palaeolithic voyage for invisible islands beyond the horizon

"Palaeolithic voyage for invisible islands beyond the horizon"

Authors: Yosuke Kaifu, Tien-Hsia Kuo, Yoshimi Kubota and Sen Jan

Multi Dimensional Scaling (MDS) plot of whole coding sequences of mitogenome of Paleolithic, Jomon, Yayoi and present-day individuals in Japan

New Article: Population dynamics in the Japanese Archipelago since the Pleistocene revealed by complete mitochondrial genome sequences

Population dynamics in the Japanese Archipelago since the Pleistocene revealed by the complete mitochondrial genome sequences

Authors: Fuzuki Mizuno, Jun Gojobori, Masahiko Kumagai, Hisao Baba, Yasuhiro Taniguchi, Osamu Kondo, Masami Matsushita, Takayuki Matsushita, Fumihiko Matsuda, Koichiro Higasa, Michiko Hayashi, Li Wang, Kunihiko Kurosaki and Shintaroh Ueda