#  Harvard Asian Archaeology Seminar Series 

 



   ![Map of Asia with text of seminar series name](/sites/g/files/omnuum6956/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/eaas/files/asia_logo_-_large.png?itok=zVfcomPo) 

 

The Asian Archaeology Seminar Series, founded in 1993, provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of research related to East and Southeast Asian Archaeology.

The series is supported by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilization, and the Asia Center.

Details on current academic year events can be found [here](/events). An archive of past presenters and events can be found [here](/past-speakers-and-events).



 

##  Upcoming and Recent Events 

 



  [### An Archaeological History of the Kuril Islands in the context of Northeast Asian World Systems

 ](/event/archaeological-history-kuril-islands-context-northeast-asian-world-systems?occ_id=0)March 2, 2026

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 1:00PM - 2:30PM EST 

 

 

   [### Living on China's Frontier: Settlements and Burials in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains

 ](/event/living-chinas-frontier-settlements-and-burials-eastern-tianshan-mountains?occ_id=0)February 23, 2026

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 1:00PM - 2:15PM EST 

 

 

   [### A Study of Drilling Tools Used for Divination Oracle Bones in the Western Zhou Dynasty

 ](/event/study-drilling-tools-used-divination-oracle-bones-western-zhou-dynasty?occ_id=0)February 13, 2026

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 1:00PM - 1:15PM EST 

 

 

   [### How to Fill a Circle--Design in Warring States Bronze, Jade, Lacquer, and Silk

 ](/event/how-fill-circle-design-warring-states-bronze-jade-lacquer-and-silk?occ_id=0)October 15, 2025

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 12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT 

 

 

   [### Foodways in Dynastic Transition in Ancient China: Alcohol, Diet, and Identity from Shang to Zhou

 ](/event/foodways-dynastic-transition-ancient-china-alcohol-diet-and-identity-shang-zhou?occ_id=0)October 9, 2025

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 3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### Learning from the Experts: Ethnoarchaeological insights on multispecies lifeways and mobile settlement among North and Inner Asian hunter-reindeer herders

 ](/event/learning-experts-ethnoarchaeological-insights-multispecies-lifeways-and-mobile-settlement?occ_id=0)October 1, 2025

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 1:15PM - 2:30PM EDT