Interviews with Archaeologists November 10, 2015 831 0 Cyler Conrad interviews Alison Carter Cyler: Alison, congratulations on your recent publication in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal! This paper, based on your dissertation research focusing on beads, is quite exciting. What do you see as significant contributions of your work to SEA archaeology? Alison: I think one strength of this work is looking at stone and glass
Ruth Brown, A Remarkable Volunteer and Supporter for 23 Years October 20, 2015 742 0 By Ardeth P. Anderson Ruth Brown began volunteering for the Ban Chiang Project in 1992. In those days we were still putting new volunteers to work reconstructing pottery vessels from our large collection of broken pottery sherds on loan from the Thai government. Most of this work occurred from 1976 to the summer of 1990, but there
Ban Chiang Project receives $150,000 Bequest from Estate of Ruth E. Brown October 20, 2015 850 0 The Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology (ISEAA) gratefully announces a bequest of $150,000 from the estate of Ruth E. Brown, a long-time resident of Philadelphia. Ms. Brown was a volunteer with the Ban Chiang Project at the University of Pennsylvania Museum during the 1990s. She participated in many Project activities, in particular developing our first
Euraseaa Conference 2015: Day 1 July 2, 2015 683 0 Mark your calendars! Monday, July 6th is the beginning of the 15th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists! Here is a list of the events: Registration Time: 13:30-15:00 Welcome Reception Time: 15:00-16:00 Chronology building for prehistoric SE Asia Room: Amphi B2 Time: 16:15-17:45 Chairs: Katerina Douka and Tom Higham Abstract:
Euraseaa Conference 2015: Day 2 July 2, 2015 848 0 Here is a list of the events scheduled for Tuesday, July 7th! Exploring the Archaeology of Everyday Living in Southeast Asia Room: Amphi B2 Time: 9:30 Chairs: Michelle Eusebio, Amy Jordan, Vito Hernandez, and Chung-Ching Shiung Abstract: This session will explore novel and contemporary approaches to interpreting the archaeological record of Southeast Asia, with
Euraseaa Conference 2015: Day 3 July 2, 2015 698 0 Here is a list of the events scheduled for Wednesday, July 8th! The archaeology of contact between China and Southeast Asia between the mid-1st millennium BC and the mid-1st millennium AD Room: Salle du Lesc F308 MAE Time: 9:30 Chairs: Francis Allard, Aude Favereau and Sachipan Srikanlaya Abstract: The wide distribution of China-related artefacts
Euraseaa Conference 2015: Day 4 July 2, 2015 714 0 Here is a list of the events scheduled for Thursday, July 9th! Interdisciplinary approaches to the early history of plants and animals in Southeast Asia Room: Location Salle de réunion Pretech Time: 9:30 Chairs: Roger Blench and Cristina Castillo The panel will bring together interdisciplinary approaches to the early history of plants and animals in
Euraseaa Conference 2015: Day 5 July 2, 2015 678 0 Here is a list of the events scheduled for Friday, July 10th! On the prehistoric cultural relations of Southeast Asia with Northeast India Room: Salle du Lesc F308 MAE Time: 9:30 Chairs: Potshangbam Binodini Devi On this theme, we shall discuss the nature of prehistoric research in Northeast India then we shall explore different
The 15th International Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Archaeologists starts on July 6 June 9, 2015 760 0 Mark your calendars! The 15th International Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Archaeologists starts on July 6, 2015-July 10, 2015!The conference will be held at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, Paris, France and is being organized by Bérénice Bellina-Pryce. Registration for the conference is still open, click here to register. If you’re planning on attending
New special issue in the Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology is out! May 13, 2015 727 0 New special issue in the Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology is out! Check out the table of contents and abstracts here. Volume 37: Food and Foodways in Indo-Pacific Archaeology Beyond Subsistence: Food and Foodways in Indo-Pacific Archaeology by Michelle S. Eusebio and Amy Jordan “Please Pass the Salt” – An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Salt and Salt Fermented Fish Production,
Metals: Discovery of a peaceful bronze age April 29, 2015 1455 0 An outstanding characteristic of the early bronze-using period of Thailand is that societies were peaceful. The association between bronze production and warfare assumed by earlier scholars as characteristic of a typical “Bronze Age” is disproved by Ban Chiang archaeological evidence. This is yet another sign of the unusual nature of this site, as well as
