Date:
Thursday, October 11, 2012 (All day) to Saturday, October 13, 2012 (All day)
The Rise of Iron Technology in East and West Asia
October 11th-13th 2012, Harvard University
Thursday, October 11, 2012
CGIS South S153
9:30 Welcome and Introductory Remarks by Rowan FLAD (Harvard University)
9:40 Nathaniel ERB-SATULLO (Harvard University)
Presentation on dissertation project: “Transitional or Traditional? The Technology and Organization of Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Metal Production in Western Asia”
10:25 Questions and Discussion
11:00 LAM Wengcheong (Harvard University)
Presentation on dissertation project: “Production of Commodities and the Rise of Iron Economy in Early China: A Case Study of an Iron Foundry in the Capital Area of the Western Han Dynasty”
11:45 Questions and Discussion
1:30 Brian GILMOUR (Oxford University)
“Archaeological Approaches to Metallurgical Landscapes: A Case Study from Western Georgia”
2:10 CHEN Jianli (Peking University)
“The Discovery of Early Iron Artifacts in China and the Spread of Iron Technology in East Asia”
2:50 Discussion Moderated by Jason UR (Harvard University)
3:25 Shadreck CHIRIKURE (University of Cape Town)
“Variability in African Bloomery Processes: Some Lessons for Global Archaeometallurgy”
4:05 Discussion Moderated by Susanne BLIER (Harvard University)
Friday, October 12, 2012
CGIS North K354
8:30 Opening Comments by C.C. LAMBERG-KARLOVSKY (Harvard University)
8:40 PARK Jang-sik (Hongik University)
“In Search of Technological Evidence for Interactions with Near and Distant Neighbors in the Rise of Iron Technology in Korea”
9:20 Dave KILLICK (University of Arizona)
“Physical, Chemical and Technological Barriers to Iron Production (or Why it Took 3500 Years to Get from Copper to Iron)”
10:00 Discussion Moderated by Katherine EREMIN (Harvard Art Museums)
10:45 MEI Jianjun (University of Science and Technology Beijing)
“The Appearance and Spread of Iron Technology in Xinjiang, Northwest China”
11:25 CHEN Kwan-tzuu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
“Early Iron Technology in Southeast Asia”
12:05 Discussion Moderated by Robert MUROWCHICK (Boston University)
and ZHANG Changping (Wuhan University)
2:00 Mark POLLARD (Oxford University)
“Towards a Prosopography of Archaeometallurgy in the Eurasian Bronze Age”
2:40 Donald WAGNER (University of Copenhagen)
“The Spread of Iron Technology in China in the Warring States Period”
3:20 Discussion
Saturday, October 13, 2012
CGIS North K262
2:30-4:00 Concluding Discussions
This workshop is organized by the East Asia Archaeology Seminar Series and co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard-Yenching Institute, American School for Prehistoric Research, and the Fairbank Center.