(12/11) “New Approaches to Archaeology”

The Department of Anthropology and the Museum of Anthropology cordially invite faculty and students to attend the seminar.

Topic"A New Approach to Archaeology."

Presenter:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lam My Dung(Head of the Department of Archaeology, Director of the Museum of Anthropology - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi).

SummaryThe report analyzes several issues as follows: (1) The necessity of connecting written historical sources with archaeological sources in studying the transitional period from prehistory to history. In Southeast Asia, historians often build models while archaeologists excavate to find material sources to examine and prove those models. However, research shows that many new archaeological sources have not been updated by historians, and archaeologists in most cases have only stopped at the level of collecting and publishing materials; (2) New Archaeology and some approaches; and (3) Application of some theories and methods of New Archaeology in studying the social structure of prehistory and the transition from prehistory to history in Central Vietnam.

Time2:00 PM, Thursday, November 12, 2009.

LocationMultimedia Room, Museum of Anthropology, 3rd floor, Building D, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 336 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi.