Population Movements and the Dynamics of Cultural Change in Prehistoric South Ch

ANTHROPOLOGY COLLOQUIUM SPRING SERIES 2008

Population Movements and the Dynamics of Cultural Change in Prehistoric South China
Tianlong Jiao, Ph.D. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum / Anthropology Dept. UH Mānoa

3:00 pm • 17 April 2008 • Saunders 345

Material cultures in Neolithic south China (ca. 10,000-3500 B.P.) underwent significant changes over time. The interpretations of these changes are subject to a researcher’s theoretical approaches. A series of new excavations and high-resolution dating allow a new perspective on the impacts of population fluctuations upon the dynamics of major cultural transformations in prehistoric south China. These population movements carry significant implications for understanding the prehistory of China, southeast Asia as well as the Pacific.

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Dr. Tianlong Jiao is Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at Bishop Museum. He is also an Affiliated Graduate Faculty and a quarter-time Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii. His research projects include an archaeological study of the origin of rice agriculture and the links between prehistoric China and the Pacific. Working with a team of researchers from US, Israel and China, Dr. Jiao has conducted a series of excavations in Hunan, Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces, China over the past four years. He also directed an exhibit project to feature the prehistoric maritime cultures of China at the Bishop Museum in 2007. His new book The Neolithic of Southeast China (Cambria Press, 2007) was awarded the 2007 Philip and Eugenia Cho Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Asian Studies.

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Co-Sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies

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