20 February 2014, Starts: 18:00

 PUBLIC LECTURE: The Scope of Chinese Archaeology
Professor Zhijun Zhao, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing, China

6pm Thursday 20th February, Elphinstone hall
The Confucius Institute of the University of Aberdeen is delighted to announce a public lecture by Professor Zhijun Zhao of the Chinese Academy of Social Science in Beijing. Professor Zhao is a paleoethnobotanist, an expert on the development of ancient agriculture in China, who analyses plant remains to investigate questions regarding the origins of rice agriculture in South China and millet agriculture in North China, the economic development of ancient Chinese civilization, and prehistoric cultural exchanges of agriculture between East and West.
In his lecture for us Professor Zhao will discuss the origins of Chinese culture and the extraordinary scope of Chinese archaeology, talking about digs, discoveries and developments in recent years.

The lecture will take place on Thursday 20th February at 6pm in Elphinstone Hall and everyone is welcome. Admission free, no booking required.

Organised by Confucious Institute of Universit of Aberdeen

Sarah Wang
Confucius Institute of the University of Aberdeen
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Aberdeen
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Sarah.wang@abdn.ac.uk