October 25-27, 2018

Early Cities and Economy –
The Development of Urbanism, Regional Politics, and Economic Networks in the Shandong Peninsula before the Rise of Empire
An International Conference: Columbia University/Tang Center

Opening Ceremony
Thursday, October 25, 2018
5:00 – 7:00 PM
World Room, Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University 2950 Broadway (W. 116th St.)

Conference
Friday – Saturday, October 26-27, 2018 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
403 Kent Hall, Columbia University
1140 Amsterdam Ave (W. 116th St.)
Presentations will be in Chinese (with English summary) or in English

Advance registration is required due to limited seating. Please RSVP for the Thursday opening ceremony by October 15th at [email protected]

Participating Scholars:
Fang Hui, Luan Fengshi, Chen Xuexiang, Wang Fen, Shandong University; Zheng Tongxiu, Liu Yanchang, Han Hui, Shandong Academy of Cultural Relics and Archaeology; Wang Shougong, Shandong Provincial Administration of Culture Heritage; Liang Zhonghe, Tang Jinqiong, Institute of Archaeology, CASS; Ma Zhimin, Shandong Longkou Museum; Gary Crawford, University of Toronto; Gary Feinman, Linda Nicholas, The Field Museum; Li Min, UCLA; Roderick Campbell, NYU; Anne Underhill, Yale University; Li Feng, Columbia University

Cosponsors:
Tang Center, Columbia University; Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University; Shandong University; Shandong Academy of Cultural Relics and Archaeology; Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Additional funding was received from the CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinology, Harvard University.

Program

Thursday 10/25 : 

5:00 – 7:00 pm: Opening Ceremony

5:00 – 5:10 Welcome by Li Feng (Faculty Director, Tang Center, Columbia University)
5:10 – 5:20 Remarks Shang Wei (Chair, Dept. East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University)
5:20 – 5:40 Zheng Tongxiu (Director, Shandong Academy of Cultural Relics and Archaeology)
5:40 – 5:50 Fang Hui (Dean, School of History and Culture, Shandong University)
5:50 – 6:00 Anne Underhill (Chair, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University)
6:00 – 7:00 Reception

Friday 10/26 : Conference

9:00 – 12:00 pm:
Panel One: Regional Settlement System and Cultural Background, chaired by Anne Underhill

9:00 – 9:30 Gary Feinman, Fang Hui, and Linda Nicholas, “Coastal Shandong: The Longue Duree”
9:30 – 10:00 Luan Fengshi: “The Evolution of Prehistoric City Settlement Structure on the East Coastal Areas of Shandong and Jiangsu”
10:00 – 10: 30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:00 Han Hui, “Preliminary Study on the Process of Influence from the Central Plains at Two Zhou Period Sites on the Jiaodong Peninsula from the Perspective of Settlement Archaeology – Centered on Guicheng and its Surrounding Settlements”
11: 00 – 11:30 Li Min, “Ruins, City, and the Countryside of the Lu State: An Integration of Archaeology and History”
11: 30 – 12: 00 Q&A

12:00 – 2:00pm Lunch break

2:00 – 5:00 pm
Panel Two: Changes in Early City Organization, chaired by Luan Fengshi

2:00 – 2:30 Wang Fen, “Zhangqiu Jiaojia Site – New Discoveries at the Haidai Region Dawenkou Culture City Site”
2:30 – 3: 00 Liang Zhonghe, “New Discoveries and New Understanding of the Longshan City at Yaowangcheng in Rizhao, Shandong”
3:00 – 3: 30 (Coffee break)
3: 30 – 4: 00 Liu Yanchang, “The Dawenkou and Longshan Culture Remains at the Dantu Site and Related Questions”
4: 00 – 4: 30 Fang Hui, “Animal Sacrifice and the Lineage Identity”
4: 30 – 5: 00 Q&A

Saturday 10/27 : Conference

9:00 – 12:00 pm:
Panel Three: Late Bronze-Age Cities and Economy, chaired by Liu Yanchang 

9: 00 – 9: 30 Tang Jinqiong, “The Western Zhou Period’s ‘Far East’ and ‘Extreme East’ — Using Bronze Artifacts from the Jiaodong Region and the Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River as an Example”
9: 30 – 10: 00 Zheng Tongxiu, “The Discovery and Significance of Western Zhou Walled City of Chenzhuang in Gaoqing”
10: 00 – 10: 30 (Coffee break)
10: 30 – 11: 00 Liu Yanchang, “The Archaeological Discovery of Qufu City and the Study of the Lu Culture”
11: 00 – 11: 30 Ma Zhimin, “An Report on the Future Plans and Current State of Preservation of the Guicheng City-Site”
11: 30 –  12: 00 (Q&A)

12:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch break

2:00 – 5:00 pm
Panel Four: Consumption and Production: Early Cities and the Regional Economic Network, chaired by Fang Hui

2:00 – 2:30 Anne Underhill, “Consumption and Production at Liangchengzhen: Implications for Longshan Economic Organization.”
2: 30 – 3: 00 Chen Xuexiang, “From Northern Shandong to Yinxu: Yi-Style Gui-Tureen, Helmet Shaped Vessel, and the Distribution of Sea Salt”
3: 00 – 3: 30 (Coffee break)
3: 30 – 4: 00 Roderick Campbell, “Preliminary  Results  of  Bone  Work  Analysis  at  Daxinzhuang,  the  Sino-American  Experimental  Bone  Workshop”
4: 00 – 4: 30 Gary Crawford, “Contributions of Palaeoethnobotany to Longshan Studies”
4: 30 – 5:00 (Q&A)

 

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