Early Cities and Economy: The Development of Urbanism, Regional Politics, and Economic Networks in the Shandong Peninsula before the Rise of Empire An International Conference: Columbia University/Tang Center October 25-October 28, 2018 Program Thursday 10/25 : 5:00 – 7:00 pm: Opening Ceremony 5:00 – 5:10 Welcome by Li Feng (Faculty Director, Tang Center, Columbia University) 5:10 – 5:20 Remarks Shang Wei (Chair, Dept. East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University) 5:20 – 5:40 Zheng Tongxiu (Director, Shandong Academy of Cultural Relics and Archaeology) 5:40 – 5:50 Fang Hui (Dean, School of History and Culture, Shandong University) 5:50 – 6:00 Anne Underhill (Chair, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University) 6:00 – 7:00 Reception Friday 10/26 : Conference 9:00 – 12:00 pm: Panel One: Regional Settlement System and Cultural Background, chaired by Anne Underhill 9:00 – 9:30 Gary Feinman, Fang Hui, and Linda Nicholas, “Coastal Shandong: The Longue Duree” 9:30 – 10:00 Luan Fengshi: “The Evolution of Prehistoric City Settlement Structure on the East Coastal Areas of Shandong and Jiangsu” 10:00 – 10: 30 Coffee break 10:30 – 11:00 Han Hui, “Preliminary Study on the Process of Influence from the Central Plains at Two Zhou Period Sites on the Jiaodong Peninsula from the Perspective of Settlement Archaeology - Centered on Guicheng and its Surrounding Settlements” 11: 00 – 11:30 Li Min, “Ruins, City, and the Countryside of the Lu State: An Integration of Archaeology and History” 11: 30 – 12: 00 Q&A 12:00 - 2:00pm Lunch break 1 2:00 – 5:00 pm Panel Two: Changes in Early City Organization, chaired by Luan Fengshi 2:00 – 2:30 Wang Fen, “Zhangqiu Jiaojia Site – New Discoveries at the Haidai Region Dawenkou Culture City Site” 2:30 – 3: 00 Liang Zhonghe, “New Discoveries and New Understanding of the Longshan City at Yaowangcheng in Rizhao, Shandong” 3:00 – 3: 30 (Coffee break) 3: 30 – 4: 00 Liu Yanchang, “The Dawenkou and Longshan Culture Remains at the Dantu Site and Related Questions” 4: 00 – 4: 30 Fang Hui, “Animal Sacrifice and the Lineage Identity” 4: 30 – 5: 00 Q&A Saturday 10/27 : Conference 9:00 – 12:00 pm: Panel Three: Late Bronze-Age Cities and Economy, chaired by Liu Yanchang 9: 00 – 9: 30 Tang Jinqiong, “The Western Zhou Period’s ‘Far East’ and ‘Extreme East’ -- Using Bronze Artifacts from the Jiaodong Region and the Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River as an Example” 9: 30 – 10: 00 Zheng Tongxiu, “The Discovery and Significance of Western Zhou Walled City of Chenzhuang in Gaoqing” 10: 00 – 10: 30 (Coffee break) 10: 30 – 11: 00 Liu Yanchang, “The Archaeological Discovery of Qufu City and the Study of the Lu Culture” 11: 00 – 11: 30 Ma Zhimin, “An Report on the Future Plans and Current State of Preservation of the Guicheng City-Site” 11: 30 – 12: 00 (Q&A) 12:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch break 2:00 – 5:00 pm Panel Four: Consumption and Production: Early Cities and the Regional Economic Network, chaired by Fang Hui 2:00 – 2:30 Anne Underhill, “Consumption and Production at Liangchengzhen: Implications for Longshan Economic Organization..” 2: 30 – 3: 00 Chen Xuexiang, “From Northern Shandong to Yinxu: Yi-Style Gui-Tureen, Helmet Shaped 2 Vessle, and the Distribution of Sea Salt” 3: 00 – 3: 30 (Coffee break) 3: 30 – 4: 00 Roderick Campbell, “Preliminary Results of Bone Work Analysis at Daxinzhuang, the Sino-American Experimental Bone Workshop” 4: 00 – 4: 30 Gary Crawford, “Contributions of Palaeoethnobotany to Longshan Studies” 4: 30 – 5：00 (Q&A) 3 .