The brief

On December 14, the 4th Shanghai Archaeology Forum kicked off in Shanghai, themed "Archaeology of Urbanization and Globalization: the Common Future of Humankind".

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Distinguished guests

Xie Fuzhan, President of Chinese of Social Sciences (Photo Credit: Gong Xiaojing)

Ying Yong, Mayor of Shanghai (Photo Credit: Gong Xiaojing)

Gu Yucai, Vice-Chairman of Chinese Archaeology Society (Photo Credit: Gong Xiaojing)

2019 SAF Awards

The Award Ceremony (Photo Credit: Gong Xiaojing)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Jane Ellen Buikstra (Photo Credit: Gong Xiaojing)

Field Discovery Awards

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Globalisation along the early Maritime Silk Road: A view towards a systemic and plural history from the Isthmus of Kra

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The Emergence and Consolidation of State in Anatolia as Evidenced at Kultepe Excavations

Research Awards

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Tracing the Origins of Bronze Technology and Metal Exchange in Southeast Asia

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Far from pristine: what lesson can Amazonian archaeology teach to world archaeology?