Cotsen Author Spotlight- Economic Trends during the Age of Confucius with Lothar von Falkenhausen

Lothar von Falkenhausen is Distinguished Professor of Chinese Archaeology and Art History at UCLA, where he has taught since 1993. He is also on the faculty of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, of which he served as Associate Director from 2004 to 2014, and he holds a concurrent part-time appointment as Visiting Professor at Xibei Uni- versity in Xi’an, China. Falkenhausen was educated at Bonn University, Peking University, Kyoto University, and Harvard University, receiving his PhD in anthropology from Harvard in 1988. His research mainly concerns the archaeology of Bronze Age China, focusing on large interdisciplinary and historical issues on which archaeological materials can provide significant new information. His major books are Suspended Music: Chime Bells in the Culture of Bronze Age China (1993) and the award-winning Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC): The Archaeological Evidence (2006). The current lecture coincides with the release of his new monograph, Economic Trends in China During the Age of Confucius: The Archaeological Evidence, to be published with the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. Falkenhausen has served as co-Principal Investigator and Instructor of Record for archaeological projects and field schools and received numerous honorary professorships and fellowships.