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Lecture Series - 2005
"Coffins, Jars, and Tombs: Prehistoric Burial in East and Southeast Asia"
Organizer: Dr. John Krigbaum (Assistant Professor,
Anthropology)
Saturday, April 16, 2005, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, Friends of
Music Room
This half-day symposium will explore prehistoric burial ritual in East and Southeast Asia. Four lectures will be presented, –setting the scene” and case studies from recent archaeological research in Malaysia, Thailand, and Taiwan. Emphasis will be placed on prehistoric mortuary practice, material culture, and ritual context. Examples drawn from sites in Mainland East and Southeast Asia and Island Southeast Asia will be placed in broader regional context to highlight similarities and differences of the human experience with respect to mortuary ritual behavior. Formal presentations will be followed by open discussion.
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Mortuary patterns in prehistoric East and Southeast Asia: Setting the Scene”
- Dr. John Krigbaum, University of Florida
- "Neolithic burial practice at Niah Cave (Sarawak, East Malaysia)"
- Lindsay Lloyd-Smith, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
- "Jar burial practice in Taiwan and the South China Sea region: A comparative study"
- Dr. Kwang-tzuu Chen, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- "Some changes in prehistoric ritual behavior in mainland Southeast Asia: A view from late prehistoric burial sites in central Thailand"
- Dr. Sawang Lertrit, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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