A talk on the results from the archaeological survey project on Lu City by Li Min
Thursday, February 14, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The archaeological survey project, “Archaeological Landscapes of the Lu City:Memory and Landscape Transformation in Early China” investigates long-term transformation of the historical landscape around the Lu city, a major urban and ritual center of Bronze Age and early imperial China in the Qufu region, southwestern Shandong, during a period of significant social change. The talk covers results from the first phase of joint field research by an international research team directed by UCLA and Chinese scholars.
Li Min (Assistant Professor of Archaeology of China)received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan in 2008. Focusing on archaeology of early China and maritime archaeology of Asiatic Trade during the 13th and 17th century, Li Min has been co-directing a multidisciplinary landscape survey project around the Bronze Age city of Qufu since 2010. Li Min taught undergraduate and graduate courses on landscape archaeology, maritime trade, ancient Chinese civilizations, and archaeological theories at UCLA.