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This is an abstract from the "New materials and new insights for our understanding of the First Emperor's Mausoleum and early imperial China" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Among the most spectacular finds at the Mausoleum of China’s First Emperor (259 - 210 BC) are the Terracotta Army built to protect him in the afterlife, and the two sets of bronze chariots designed and buried to facilitate his travel in his underground kingdom. Hundreds of...
Alcohol Production and Consumption at Zhouyuan: Continuity and Change Across Dynastic Transition (2025)
This is an abstract from the "Technology, Production, and Social Changes in Chinese Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This study investigates alcohol production and consumption practices at the Zhouyuan site during the Chinese Bronze Age. Using microfossil analysis, including starch, phytolith, and fungal identification, the research examines fermentation technology, and use of vessels associated with brewing and consumption. By...
The American Upper Paleolithic and Its Origins (2025)
This is an abstract from the "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Late Pleistocene Archaeology of the Northern Pacific Rim" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A number of North American sites predating ~14.5 ka, well before an ice-free corridor became available, have relatively large stone tool assemblages that allow some assessment of the underlying characteristics of the lithic tradition they share. These assemblages have a broad technological...
Appearance of the bifacial stemmed points in Paleo-Sakhalin Hokkaido Kurile Peninsula (PSHK) (2025)
This is an abstract from the "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Late Pleistocene Archaeology of the Northern Pacific Rim" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The precise locations and mechanisms of the emergence of ancient North American populations, which developed from a mix of East Eurasian and Ancient North Eurasian groups around 25,000 years ago, followed by a period of isolation and subsequent migration to the Americas after approximately...
Archaeological Artifacts of East Asia and Their Western Parallels: An Analysis of Findings from Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Mainland China (Primarily Fifth–Seventh Century) (2025)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As East Asian archaeology has advanced, many artifacts possibly originating from the West have been unearthed in the region. These artifacts share similar characteristics with those found in the West, prompting researchers to explore the nature of East-West interactions during this period. Although these artifacts are widely believed to result from...
Archaeological Implications of Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoceanographic Change in the Cedros Island Region, Mexico (2025)
This is an abstract from the "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Late Pleistocene Archaeology of the Northern Pacific Rim" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. <html> The Late Pleistocene to early Holocene (~20,000-7000 cal BP) was marked by warming climates, rapidly rising sea levels, shifting oceanic conditions, and profound paleolandscape changes along North America’s Pacific coast. Dramatic transformations in the coastal environments of Baja...
Artisans on the Landscape: Bronze Foundry Organization and Specialization in the Late Shang Dynasty (2025)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Bronze vessels in ancient China are a significant topic of interest in understanding the ancient elites, writing, religion, and culture. However, learning about the casting of bronze vessels speaks to the artisans who produced these artifacts. The various foundries discovered at the Anyang site are not only the location where the bronze vessels were...
Bronze Technology and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Sanxingdui Culture (ca. 1300-1000 BC, Southwest China) (2025)
This is an abstract from the "Technology, Production, and Social Changes in Chinese Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This research explores the development of bronze technology in Sanxingdui Culture and its impact on ritual practices and political strategies in Southwest China (ca. 1300-1000 BC). By integrating recent excavation findings and testing results, the study examines the distinctive casting techniques and decorative methods...
Bronzization and the formation of Sanxingdui Culture (2025)
This is an abstract from the "Technology, Production, and Social Changes in Chinese Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The emergence and transformation of the Sanxingdui culture are closely connected with the social and cultural changes of Bronze Age China. The concept of bronzization provides a dynamic framework to understand the formation and transformation process of the Sanxingdui culture. The introduction of bronze metallurgy to the...
Building the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor: Preliminary Patterns from Building Elements in Four Ancillary Pits (2025)
This is an abstract from the "New materials and new insights for our understanding of the First Emperor's Mausoleum and early imperial China" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The First Qin Emperor's Mausoleum is invaluable for understanding the very first dynasty of Imperial China – the Qin Empire. Except for the well-known Terracotta Army pits, over 180 ancillary pits containing different objects with unique meanings have been discovered within...
Burial rituals and customs: A study of the horse remains from chariot-horse pit No.2 at the site of Yaoheyuan (2025)
This is an abstract from the "New Thoughts on Current Archaeological Research in Neolithic and Bronze Age China" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In this study, we analyzed the chariot-horse pit No.2 (CMK2) at the site of Yaoheyuan in northwestern China. We reconstructed the sequence of horse interments based on on-site extraction of horse remains and zooarchaeological analysis. We also explored the human behaviors and related ritual practices...
Ceramic Manufacturing Technology and Organisation of Production at Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum Complex, China (2025)
This is an abstract from the "New materials and new insights for our understanding of the First Emperor's Mausoleum and early imperial China" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Terracotta Army is an ancient ceramic assemblage of immense scale, importance and world renown. This impressive funerary assemblage, as well as the many thousands of other ceramic artefacts unearthed from the First Emperor’s mausoleum complex, have the...
Changes and Consistencies in Bone Technologies as a Sign of Cultural Transition about 4,000 Years Ago in Eastern China: Insights from the Dinggong Site, Shandong, China (2025)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Changes in ceramics and prestige goods played an important role in defining historical chronologies retracing the emergence of complex societies in Ancient China. However, it remains unclear whether, and if so, to what extent, these cultural changes also affected other aspects of material culture. Here, we present the analysis of bone tools found in...
The Chinggisid Crisis (1330–1370) and Its Archaeological Evidence on the Mongolian Plateau (2025)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. What does the term crisis mean and what are archaeological indicators of a crisis in general? How can archaeology contribute to the ongoing debate about the Chinggissid crises (1330-1370)? The term crisis defies a precise definition and is often used as synonym for collapse, decline, disaster, dissolution, and fragility. In this analysis it is used as an...
Circulation Dynamics in Han Dynasty China: Insights from Isotopic Analysis of Lead Glazed Pottery (2025)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This study investigates lead provenance and circulation patterns in Han Dynasty (202BC-220AD) China through the analysis of lead glazed pottery. Four objects from Harvard Art Museums were studied using a combination of typological study, elemental chemistry and lead isotope ratio analysis. The results for each object were compared with databases of ‘lead...
A Collaborative Research Initiative on Iron Use in the First Emperor's Mausoleum and Qin Dynasty (2025)
This is an abstract from the "New materials and new insights for our understanding of the First Emperor's Mausoleum and early imperial China" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A collaboration between the Terracotta Army Museum and UCL has for many years been investigating the crafting methods and logistical organisation behind the making of the Terracotta Army and the First Emperor's mausoleum. Bronze, clay, wood and other resources were all...
Collective Actions in Neolithic China: Various Forms of Social Complexity (2025)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper examines the role of collective action in the emergence of social complexity in Neolithic China. By analyzing archaeological and ethnographic evidence, the study explores how communal activities such as public works, feasting, and resource management both shaped and were influenced by evolving social structures. The research highlights the...
Continental Connections: The Biological Connection between Korea and Japan during the Yayoi Period (2025)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Migration and integration has always been a key link between the continent and the Japanese archipelago. This is especially significant during the later stage of the Jomon period throughout the Kofun period. This is seen in a number of different ways, from ceramic production and development through metal working. Recently, there has been a bigger push to...
Cultural Evidence Indicates the Late Arrival of Modern Humans in Southern China during the Upper Pleistocene (2025)
This is an abstract from the "Technology, Production, and Social Changes in Chinese Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Cultural remains are important indicators of modern human presence in the Late Pleistocene across Eurasia. Recent debates on the initial appearance of modern humans in southern China focused on its timing, two different opinions could be summarized: pre-70 ka vs post-50 ka, while disputes on hominin taxonomy,...
Cultural Evolution in the Paleo-SHK and Pacific Rim: A New Approach to Human Dispersal in Northeast Asia and Eastern Beringia (2025)
This is an abstract from the "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Late Pleistocene Archaeology of the Northern Pacific Rim" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Determining the origin of the first people in North America has been an area of contention. One possible hypothesis proposes an origin on the Paleo-Sakhalin-Hokkaido-Kurile (PSHK) peninsula, stating that the numerous microblade cores and stemmed projectile points on the peninsula are similar to...
Developing a Japanese Obsidian Database and Chemical Standards for Obsidian Provenance Analysis (2025)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Reliable chemical analysis and accurate obsidian collection are crucial for successful obsidian provenance analysis in archaeology. Since 2011, we have been collecting obsidian samples and conducting analyses using WDXRF in Japan. To date, over 1,000 obsidian samples have been collected, and the chemical composition of approximately 500 samples has been...
Early evidence of post-mortem fetal extrusion in equids: A case from the Western Zhou period site of Yaoheyuan in northwestern China (2025)
This is an abstract from the "New Thoughts on Current Archaeological Research in Neolithic and Bronze Age China" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. We analyzed horse remains from a chariot-horse pit (CMK2) associated with elite burials at the Bronze Age site of Yaoheyuan in northwestern China. Among the horses interred in this specific pit, one adult female and one infant show evidence of post-mortem fetal extrusion. This conclusion is based on an...
Empire by Replication: The Making of Measures during the Qin Dynasty (2025)
This is an abstract from the "New materials and new insights for our understanding of the First Emperor's Mausoleum and early imperial China" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. I will examine how the Qin empire (221-207 BC) established and maintained its rule over a vast expanse of territory by practices of replication, in which the making of measuring containers constituted the primary focus in my presentation, while other materials such as armors...
The evolution and development of prehistoric settlements in the eastern Tianshan Mountain region (2025)
This is an abstract from the "New Thoughts on Current Archaeological Research in Neolithic and Bronze Age China" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Based on the archaeological fieldwork in the past several years, this study explores the evolution and development of prehistoric settlements in the eastern Tianshan Mountain region in Xinjiang, northwestern China.
The evolution mode of painted pottery in the upper reaches of the Yellow River (2025)
This is an abstract from the "New Thoughts on Current Archaeological Research in Neolithic and Bronze Age China" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Hehuang Valley in the upper reaches of the Yellow River is a climate transition zone, a geomorphic environment transition zone, an economic pattern change zone, a cultural exchange zone, and a ethnic group migration zone. The painted pottery found in the upper reaches of the Yellow River was the...