Tang Special Lecture: Paleoethnobotany in the Chinese Bronze Age
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Date
May 13, 2026
Location
Kent Hall, Tang Center for Early China
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Urbanization during the Chinese Bronze Age was not merely a demographic aggregation, but a profound transformation of social organization and lifestyle. Drawing on two decades of archaeobotanical findings from major urban centers and secondary sites in the Central Plains and the Shandong region, this report re-examines the life of early cities through paleoethnobotanical evidence.
Key Speaker: Xuexiang Chen
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The Tang Center for Early China is dedicated to the advancement of the understanding of the richness and importance of early Chinese civilization as a part of a broader common human heritage. It is committed to doing so through both solid scholarship and broad public outreach.
