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6 July
10.30-11.20
Dr Vincent PIGOTT
The making of Southeast Asian archaeometallurgy
7 July
18.10-19.00
Assist Prof Thomas FENN
The Production, Consumption and Flow of Copper-Based Metals in Bronze and Iron Age Mongolia
9 July
12.00-12.50
Prof CHEN Kunlong
Interaction and localisation: new insights into early metallurgy in China
09.45-10.30
Opening ceremony
Welcome remarks (at 10.00)
Assistant Professor Damrongpon Inchan
Dean of Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University
Dr Komatra Chuengsatiansup, MD
Director of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Mr Chinnawut Winyalai
Director of Division of Archaeology, Fine Arts Department, representing the Director-General
Representative of BUMA
10.30-11.20 Keynote presentation I
Prof Vincent Pigott
The making of Southeast Asian archaeometallurgy
Topic:Copper-base metallurgy in Southeast Asian Prehistory and Protohistory: origins, distribution, exchange, and beyond
11.20-11.40
Mélissa Cadet (Academia Sinica)
Sayavongkhamdy, T., Souksavatdy,V., Luangkhoth, T.,Chang, N., Dillmann, Ph. and Pryce, T.O.
Extracting, smelting and exchanging copper at the Vilabouly Complex (Laos)
11.40-12.00
Joyce White and Elizabeth Hamilton (Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology)
Using Archaeometallurgical Data to Infer Economic Systems in Prehistoric Thailand
12.00-12.20
Charles Higham (University of Otago)
The origins, establishment and implications of copper-base metallurgy in Southeast Asia
12.20-12.40
Oliver Pryce (CNRS)
A partial protohistory of the Southwest Silk Road: archaeometallurgical evidence from Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan
Topic:Mines and metal ores (I)
12.40-13.00
Li Zhen (Institute for History and Culture of Science & Technology, Guangxi Minzu University)
Huang Quan-sheng and Liu Rui
Preliminary study on the ancient mining and metallurgical sites at Tongshanling of Jiangyong County, Hunan Province
13.00-13.20
Aoki Mika (Kansai University)
"The Tada silver-copper mine, Japan: Silver production using liquation process illustrated in the Fukiyanozu"
13.20-14.20Lunch Break
Topic:Mines and metal ores (II)
14.20-14.40
Nakanishi Tetsuya (Kyushu University)
Geochemical research on pre-modern copper smelting site “Kamino-Tokoya”, Besshi copper mine, Japan
14.40-15.00
Olga Zaitceva (National Research Tomsk State University)
Ivan S. Stepanov and Evgeny V. Vodyasov
The ancient iron mines in South-Eastern Altay (Siberia, Russia)
Topic:Copper-base technologies across the landscape of Asia
15.00-15.20
Ivan Stepanov (South Urals Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology of the Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
First study of the early Iron Age copper technology in the middle Trans-Urals
15.20-15.40
Cui Chunpeng (Institute of Archaeology National Museum of China)
Xiangming Dai, Wei Tian and Yuyun Tang
Scientific study on smelting relics unearthed from Xiwubi site in Jiang County, Shanxi Province, China, ca. 1700 BC to 1300 BC
15.40-16.00
Sasada Tomotaka (Ehime University)
Ch. Amartuvshin, L. Ishtseren, Y. Tajiri, T. Asachi and E. Izawa
Ancient copper production in Gobi Desert, Mongolia
16.00-16.20
Clouet Sébastien (Sorbonne Université)
Ch. Amartuvshin, L. Ishtseren, Y. Tajiri, T. Asachi and E. Izawa
Local copper production in Angkorian Cambodia: the Chhaep mining district, Preah Vihear province
16.20-16.40Break
Topic:Archaeometallurgy of technical ceramics (I)
16.40-17.00
Wang Quanyu (Institute of Cultural Heritage, Shandong University)
Rongyu Su and Shan Huang
A preliminary study of ceramic model and mould fragments from Baidian, Houma foundry site
17.00-17.20
Sun Zhenfei (Institute for Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
Rongyu Su and Shan Huang
Innovative interpretations of trace elements and lead isotope data of crucibles found at the Shang city in Zhengzhou
Topic:Archaeometallurgy beyond Asia
17.20-17.40
Frederik Rademakers (The British Museum)
Georges Verly and Patrick Degryse
Copper in the Nile Valley: a diachronic assessment of metal production and circulation in ancient Egypt and Sudan
17.40-18.00
Francesco Grazzi (Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara)
R. Filardi, B. Agostini, F. Cantini, F., Galeotti, M., Cagnini, A., Agnoletti, S., Brini A., Baruffetti, M., Porcinai, S., Scherillo, A., Fedrigo, A., Hillier, A. and Speranza, L.
Non-destructive diagnostic of the manufacturing process of the Porta Sud of Battistero di Firenze by Andrea Pisano through neutron and muon nuclear techniques
Topic:Archaeometallurgy of technical ceramics (II)
09.50-10.10
Du Jingnan (Institute of Culture and Heritage, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an)
Archaeometry overview of ceramic molds unearthed from cast-copper site based on functional exploration
10.10-10.30
Gao Yi (Institute for Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
Determining the ceramic firing temperature with FTIR absorptivity method
Topic:Metals and their production across Asia
10.30-10.50
Pang Shou (Institute for Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
Yanxiang Li
Reconnaissance and archaeometallurgy research of Yujianao smelting site in Yangxin County, Hubei Province
10.50-11.10
Francis Claravall (University of the Philippines-Archaeological Studies Program)
Victor Paz and Helen Lewis
The analysis of the metal artefact assemblage from the Dewil Valley archaeological sites, Palawan Island, Philippines
11.10-11.30
Kutsuna Takahiko (National Museum of Nature and Science)
Yoichiro Hisa and Kouji Ito
Study of relics related to brass production and processing from the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century in Japan
11.30-11.50
Liu Tian (Institute for Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
Liu Zhiyan and Liu Siran
The Empire of Silver: An insight of the Ming Dynasty silver-based monetary system from stylistic and scientific investigation of Ming silver ingots
11.50-12.10
Izawa Eiji (Kyushu University)
Liu Zhiyan and Liu Siran
Silver and gold production in 16th and 17th century Japan
Topic:Ferrous Technologies across Asia (I)
12.10-12.30
Evgeny Vodyasov (National Research Tomsk State University)
Olga Zaitceva
The earliest box-type iron smelting furnaces in Asia: new data from Southern Siberia
12.30-12.50
Sai Sushma Yamjala (Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory)
R. Balamuralikrishnan and S. Jaikishan
Advanced characterization of ancient Wootz steel implements: a comparative study
12.50-13.10
Qian Wei (Institute for Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
R. Balamuralikrishnan and S. Jaikishan
Classification of non-metallic inclusions in ancient iron and steel materials
13.10-14.10Lunch Break
Topic:Ferrous Technologies across Asia (II)
14.10-14.30
Zou Guisen (Guangxi Minzu University)
From Bowl furnaces to small shaft furnaces: new evidence from ancient bloomery iron smelting site at Liuzhuoling in Guangxi, Southern China, ca. 400 AD to 700 AD
14.30-14.50
Yoddanai Sukkasam (The Fine Arts Department, Ministry of Culture)
A study of ancient iron smelting site: the prehistoric metallurgy in Li basin, Northern Thailand
14.50-15.10
Stéphanie Leroy (LAPA-IRAMAT, NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Paris-Saclay University)
M. Hendrickson, E. Vega, E. Delqué-Kolic, B. Vincent, P. Venunan, C. Pottier and D. Soutif
Iron exchange networks in the Khmer kingdom between the 9th and the 15th centuries (Angkor, Cambodia). A review of the IRANGKOR project
15.10-15.30
Zhang Xinrui (Institute for Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
Yanxiang Li and Alifujiang·Niyazi
The Analysis of meteoritic iron unearthed from Narensu Grave in Torri County, Xinjiang
Topic:Archaeometallurgy, innovations, and technological diversity and change (I)
15.30-15.50
Niwa Takafumi (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
"Long history of “Northern style” curbed blow pipe(tuyere): From Eurasian Steppes to Japan"
15.50-16.10
Nagata Kazuhiro (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Eiji Yamasue
Thermodynamics on the innovation of ironmaking from copper smelting in the Early Iron Age
16.10-16.30Break
Topic:Archaeometallurgy, innovations, and technological diversity and change (II)
16.30-16.50
Marcos Martinón-Torres (University of Cambridge)
Xiuzhen Li, Yin Xia, Agnese Benzonelli, Andrew Bevan, Shengtao Ma, Jianhua Huang, Liang Wang, Desheng Lan, Jiangwei Liu, Siran Liu, Zhen Zhao, Kun Zhao and Thilo Rehren
Surface chromium on the Terracotta Army bronze weapons: new answers and new questions
16.50-17.10
Pual Craddock and Alessandra Giumlia Mair (Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences)
The Black-patinated inlaid copper alloys of Asia: Diversity and connections
Topic:Making bronze: manufacturing techniques in the ancient Asia (I)
17.10-17.30
Peng Peng (Faculty of Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Cast for Novelty: An Alternative Way of Metalworking in Early China
17.30-17.50
Merika Saguanwong (The Fine Arts Department, Ministry of Culture)
Non Nong Hor: a local bronze drum producing workshop in late prehistoric Thailand
17.50-18.10
Donna Strahan (National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution)
Casting the Buddha Across Southern Asia
17.50-18.10 Keynote presentation II
Assist Prof Thomas Fenn
Amartuvshin Chunag, William Honeychurch and Badma-Oyu Badamkhatan
The Production, Consumption and Flow of Copper-Based Metals in Bronze and Iron Age Mongolia: Results of recent pXRF Analyses
12.00-12.50 Keynote presentation III
Prof Chen Kunlong
Jianjun Mei and Wu Wang
Interaction and localisation: new insights into early metallurgy in China
Topic:Archaeometallurgy, innovations, and technological diversity and change (II)
12.50-13.10
Omid Oudbashi (Department of Conservation of Cultural and Historical Properties, Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran)
Transition from arsenical copper to tin Bronze in Prehistoric Iran: a new look to analytical data
Topic:Making bronze: manufacturing techniques in the ancient Asia (II)
13.10-13.30
Li Xuizhen (Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum, Xi’an)
Thilo Rehren, Yin Xia , Weixing Zhang, Jian Fu and Wenbin Shao
Special Ritual Practice?: Molten Bronze Ding in the Qin First Emperor’s Mausoleum Complex
13.30-13.50
Nagae Takekazu (Faculty of Art and Design, University of Toyama)
Boonyarit Chaisuwan, Bunchar Pongpanich, Tsutomu Saito and Yasuji Shimizu
Microstructure and fabrication method of ancient bronzeware in Thailand
Topic:Mining and metalworking: its impact on ancient environment and societies
13.50-14.10
Liu Siran (Institute of Historical Metallurgy and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
Zou Guisen, Zhong Richen and Cui Tao
New copper ores and the rise of great Shang bronze metallurgy: the first evidence of sulphidic copper ore smelting in Bronze Age China
14.10-14.30
Lam Wengcheong (Department of Anthropology/History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Mo Linheng, Luo Shengqiang and Chen Jianli
The manufacturing and supply system of iron in the southern frontier regions of the Han empire: a case study of iron manufacturing remains and artifacts from Hunan province
14.30-14.50
Miljana Radivojevic (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Dorian Fuller
Fuel for the steppe metal: Eurasian Steppe Bronze Age metallurgy and landscape impact
14.50-15.30Break
Topic:New ways to look at ancient metallurgy: new and/or advanced analytical techniques in archaeometallurgy
15.30-15.50
Lin Junling (Institute of Historical Metallurgy and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
Liu Siran
Development of certified reference materials for the analysis of the composition of ancient Chinese bronzes
15.50-16.10
Yang Huan (Centre for Materials and Conservation Research in Archaeology NPU Institute of Culture and Heritage)
Jiang Ling, Fang Zhao, Fang Minghui and Yang Junchang
Research on the solidification mechanism and related technical problems of ancient Chinese bronze
16.10-16.30
David Bourgarit (CNRS)
Brice Vincent
More than twenty years of elemental analyses (DCP-AES and ICP-AES): new appraisals of Angkorian copper-base metallurgy
16.30-16.50
Meghna Desai (The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia)
Thilo Rehren and S. Jaikishan
Estimation of carbon content in un-etched hyper-eutectoid steel using image analysis
16.50-17.10
Francesco Cantini (Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Firenze)
Grazzi, F., Creange, S., Kardjilov, N. and Kabra, S.
Non-destructive characterization of the microstructure and the manufacturing methods of four bronze statues from Rijksmuseum Oriental Collection trough application of Neutron Tomography and Neutron Diffraction
17.10-17.30
Mohammadamin Emami (Art University of Isfahan, Iran and IRAMAT - Institut de Recherche sur les ArchéoMATériaux, University of Bordeaux Montaigne)
Rémy Chapoulie
Synchrotron Light for characterizing the Arsenic bearing Copper in some Bronze objects from “Konar-Sandal” (3th Millennium BC), south east of IRAN
Topic:Documentary evidence, ethnography, and metals
17.30-17.50
Trongjai Hutangkura (Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre)
The three precious metals representing the marvellous protohistory of "India beyond the Ganges" (500 BC - 500 AD)
17.50-18.10
Constantin Canavas (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences)
Rémy Chapoulie
Traditional manufacturing of pen-sharpening knives (ghalam tarosh) in Iran: An ethno-archaeological approach
18.30-19.00
Closing address