Two public lectures on Prehistoric China by Prof. Wang Wenjing
Event: From Pots to Communities: how pottery and settlements reveal social life in neolithic China; From Communities to Power: ritual, labour and multiple pathways to social complexity in neolithic China
Date: Thursday 22 October 2026; Thursday 29 October 2026
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Venue: Archaeology Farmhouse (Car Park 6), University of Malta
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Two public lectures by Prof. Wang Wenjing (Xiamen University, China):
Wenjing Wang is an Assistant Professor in the School of History and Cultural Heritage at Xiamen University. She received her BA in Archaeology from Jilin University and her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh, and subsequently held a postdoctoral position at George Mason University. Her research focuses on Neolithic archaeology, settlement patterns, ceramic craft production, and the development of early complex societies in China. Combining archaeological fieldwork, ceramic analysis, and quantitative methods, she examines how production, exchange, and ritual practices shaped social organisation. Her current work includes comparative research on the Lingjiatan and Hongshan societies and studies of pottery production and distribution in northern Fujian and Zhejiang. |
