November 3, 2009

EAAF 11/6/09: The Archaeology of Keyhole Tombs: Political Structure in Early Kofun Period Japan (ca. AD 250-400)

October 29, 2009

EAAF 11/12/2009: Grad Student Open Forum

October 20, 2009

EAAF 10/27/2009: Clay Pipes and Betel Nuts: Archaeology at Banten Lama (Indonesia) and the Maritime Silk Road

September 30, 2009

EAAF 10/06/2009: Rescue or Destruction? Current Issues in Archaeological Cultural Resource Management in Japan

September 9, 2009

FIELDWORK AT XIANRENDONG CAVE, JIANGXI, CHINA

June 3, 2009

YUCHANYAN AND THE WORLD'S OLDEST POTTERY
A report on "Radiocarbon dating of charcoal and bone collagen associated with early pottery at Yuchanyan Cave, Hunan Province, China" was published June 1, 2009, in the Early Edition of PNAS online. Excavations at Yuchanyan Cave, involving BU faculty members David Cohen and Paul Goldberg, produced secure dates of around 18,000 years ago for early pottery in China.

April 24, 2009

EAAF 4/30/2009: The Ritual Use of Animals in Late Shang Funerary Practice: A Zooarchaeological Perspective

April 24, 2009

EAAF 4/29/2009: Building for the Hereafter: Imperial Tomb Design during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE)

April 22, 2009

PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED WITH KYUSHU UNIVERSITY ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
An "Agreement of Consortium Partnership" was signed formally building a bridge between BU's Department of Archaeology and the Archaeology Department at Kyushu University. The purpose of the consortium is to develop academic and educational cooperation and to promote relations and mutual understanding between our two institutions.

April 8, 2009

EAAF 4/16/09: Ritual in the Landscape: Power in Early Pastoral-Nomadic Society in the Eastern Eurasian Steppes