Quantitative and Qualitative Changes in the Archaeological Study of Early China
Quantitative and Qualitative Changes in the Archaeological Study of Early China
What are the major qualitative changes that marked the key thresholds in the emergence of early Chinese civilization? What are the sociocultural trends in the archaeological records that could be measured through quantitative analysis? Using multiple case studies from Late Neolithic and Bronze Age China, Min Li of the University of California, Los Angeles, explores the major qualitative and quantitative changes in the archaeological record of Early China. During this Quantitative History Webinar, Min will identify the critical contribution of quantitative analysis in the holistic study of early Chinese civilization, particularly in the study of the shifting political landscape, expanding interactions, intensifying production, increasing urbanization, and consolidating social hierarchies, while technological innovation, religious development, political centralization, and cultural elaboration are deeply entangled in the building of early states.
Discussant: Zhiwu Chen, Chair Professor of Finance, HKU Business School
Live on Zoom on Thursday, June 13, 2024
10:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore
11:00 Tokyo | 12:00 Sydney
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The Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers, teachers, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series, now entering its fourth year, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). 量化歷史網上講座系列由香港大學陳志武和馬馳騁教授聯合發起，旨在介紹前沿量化歷史研究成果、促進同仁交流，推廣量化方法在歷史研究中的應用。本系列講座由香港大學經管學院量化歷史研究中心和國際量化歷史學會承辦，及香港人文社會研究所全力支持。從2023年開始，系列得到中國香港特別行政區研究資助局卓越學科領域計劃的重要資助 (項目編號[AoE/B-704/22-R])。
Conveners:
Zhiwu Chen
Chicheng Ma
