Prof. Falkenhausen previously spoke on this topic at UCLA (watch here) Here, he will discuss significant new developments in Chinese archaeology with colleagues from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Lothar von Falkenhausen was educated at Bonn University, Peking University, Kyoto University, and Harvard University, and received his PhD in anthropology from Harvard in 1988. His research concerns the archaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age, focusing on large interdisciplinary and historical issues on which archaeological materials can provide significant new information. He has published copiously on musical instruments, including a book, Suspended Music: Chime Bells in the Culture of Bronze Age China (1993); Chinese bronzes and their inscriptions; Chinese ritual; regional cultures; trans-Asiatic contacts; the history of archaeology in East Asia; and method and theory in East Asian archaeology. His Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC): The Archaeological Evidence (2006) received the Society for American Archaeology Book Award.
Christian Petersen, UHM Department of Anthropology
Christopher Bae, UHM Department of Anthropology
Barry Rolett, UHM Department of Anthropology
Miriam Stark, UHM Department of Anthropology
UHM Department of Anthropology
Center for Southeast-Asian Studies
