New special issue devoted to ancient Silk Roads and cultural contacts across Eurasia<\/p>\n
BMFEA 75 – \u201dNew Perspectives in Eurasian Archaeology\u201d<\/p>\n
Volume 75 of the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities is a special issue, \u201dNew Perspectives in Eurasian Archaeology,\u201d also the title of a IIAS-ASEF sponsored symposium at the Museum in late 2003 — in commemoration of the museum\u2019s illustrious founder, Johan Gunnar Andersson, and his explorations of the archaeology of prehistoric East-West contacts and the fascinating issues regarding possible early relations between prehistoric East and central Asia. The volume is a contribution to the vibrant new research in this field.<\/p>\n
BMFEA 75 contains the following original articles and reports:<\/p>\n
— LI Shuicheng: Ancient Interactions in Eurasia and Northwest China: Revisiting Johan Gunnar Andersson\u2019s Legacy;<\/p>\n
— MEI Jianjun: Qijia and Seima-Turbino: The Question of Early Contacts Between Northwest China and the Eurasian Steppe;<\/p>\n
— Louisa G. FITZGERALD-HUBER: The Qijia Culture: Paths East and West;<\/p>\n
— Bo LAWERGREN: Western Influences on the Early Chinese Qin-Zither;<\/p>\n
— YUAN Jing and Rowan FLAD: Two Issues Concerning Ancient Domesticated Horses in China;<\/p>\n
— Donald B. WAGNER: The Earliest Use of Iron in China;<\/p>\n
— CHEN Xingcan: Where Did the Chinese Leather Raft Come From? –A Forgotten Issue in the Study of Ancient\u00a0East-West Cultural Interaction;<\/p>\n
— CHOE Chong Pil: Some Problems Concerning Korean Dolmens in Eurasian Perspective;<\/p>\n
— Evgeny BOGDANOV: The Origin of the Image of a Predator Rolling up in a Ring in the Portable Art of\u00a0Central Asia;<\/p>\n
— Nguyen Kim DUNG: Johan Gunnar Andersson\u2019s systematic research on Fai Tsi Long Archipelago\u00a0archaeology and the Andersson collections kept in Viet Nam;<\/p>\n
— Nils RINGSTEDT: Swedish Archaeology and the Archaeology of Long-Distance Trade.<\/p>\n
In addition, there is a separate article by Lucie OLIVOVA, \u201dForgotten Bridges: Dulinqiao and Shanqiao in Southern Hebei, China,\u201d which discusses bridges which\u00a0are favorite symbols of cultural contact, thus very near the theme of the volume as a whole, evoking the BMFEA credo of \u201dDialogue, not diatribe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The BMFEA is available for purchase from the MFEA,\u00a0http:\/\/www.ostasiatiska.se<\/a>, English section<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New special issue devoted to ancient Silk Roads and cultural contacts across Eurasia BMFEA 75 – \u201dNew Perspectives in Eurasian Archaeology\u201d Volume 75 of the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities is a special issue, \u201dNew Perspectives in Eurasian Archaeology,\u201d also the title of a IIAS-ASEF sponsored symposium at the Museum in late … <\/p>\n