2019-2020

Groundstone Tools and the Early Urbanization in Central China A Talk by Dr. Shaodong Zhai (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

Community Archaeology in Boston: Digging Boston’s Chinatown A Talk by Joe Bagley (City of Boston Archaeology Office)

Why Pots (Don’t) Matter: Complexity in Bronze Age Eurasia A Talk by Dr. Paula Dupuy (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)

Jade in Liangzhu Society A talk by Prof. Ye ZHAO (Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Archaeology) Economy of the Liangzhu Complex A talk by Dr. Minghui CHEN (Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Archaeology) Liangzhu and 'Primitive China' A talk by Prof. Xinwei...

Join us for a get-together lunch! Meet new and existing members of the Harvard Asian Archaeology Seminar series (HAAS).

Wittfogel Revisited: Was Ancient Shan-Shan a Hydraulic State? A talk by Kasper Hanus (Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Culture, Polish Academy of Sciences)