BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:The Rise of Iron Technology in East and West Asia PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_520236_0 SUMMARY:The Rise of Iron Technology in East and West Asia DESCRIPTION:The Rise of Iron Technology in East and West Asia October 11th-13th 2012, Harvard UniversityThursday, October 11, 2012CGIS South S1539:30 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 Discussion11:00 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 Discussion1:30 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, 2012CGIS North K3548:30 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 DiscussionSaturday, October 13, 2012CGIS North K2622:30-4:00 Concluding DiscussionsThis 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. LOCATION: STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20121011T040000Z DTEND:20121013T040000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR