The Rise of Iron Technology in East and West Asia

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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.