The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Global Antiquity, and the East Asian Library at UCLA are pleased to present a cross-cultural workshop on religious power and political communication in Early Chinese and Maya Civilizations.

Date: 1-6 pm May 22, Monday.

Place: Main Conference Room 11360, First Floor of Young Research Library UCLA.

Program:

1 pm opening remarks by Lothar von Falkenhausen (UCLA)

Keynote Speakers

• Li Xinwei (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)  Insect Metamorphosis in Prehistoric China
• Karl Taube (University of California Riverside) People of Corn: Maize Imagery and Symbolism among the Classic Maya
• Mayfair Yang (University of California Santa Barbara) Mauss or Bataille? Gift, Sacrifice, and Feasting Across China and the Northwest Coast

Presentations

• Xiao Long (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Jade Offerings in Early China and Mayan Mountain Pilgrimage
• Kellie Roddy (UCLA) Continuing Implications of Furst, Shamanism, and Ethnography in West Mexico
• Yun Ge (University of California Riverside) Relational Ontology of Public Buildings and Human in the Rise of Political Power–A Comparison between Aguada Fenix and Hongshan Culture
• Yifan Wang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Reinterpreting Collapse: The Entangled Nature-culture Dimensions in Ancestral Maya and China Sacred Watery Landscapes
• Zichan Wang (UCLA) Shamans and the Invisible Metal Workers in Early China: An Ethnohistorical Perspective
• Kirie Stromberg (UCLA) Music and Political Authority in East Asian Prehistory: A Comparative Perspective

Round Table Discussion with Panelists

• Lothar von Falkenhausen (UCLA)
• Jason De Leon (UCLA)
• Stella Nair (UCLA)
• Li Min (UCLA)

A coffee break will be provided around 3 pm.