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In this MSc course, you will learn how archaeological science provides fundamental insights into the ways humans have transformed natural materials, from the Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution.

The Xianbei from southeast Mongolia were the first foreign sovereignty over North China since the 4th century. During the 200 years of Xianbei rulership, the cultures of old and new inhabitants – the Han-Chinese, the Xianbei and diverse steppe peoples, the Sogdians and other Central Asians from the west – confronted and competed with one another.

The Xianbei from southeast Mongolia were the first foreign sovereignty over North China since the 4th century. During the 200 years of Xianbei rulership, the cultures of old and new inhabitants – the Han-Chinese, the Xianbei and diverse steppe peoples, the Sogdians and other Central Asians from the west – confronted and competed with one another.

The National Geographic Society has recently announced they are opening applications to the Meridian Projects and National Geographic Society Grants Program. Please find more details here: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/funding-opportunities/grants/

Meridian Projects

Salary: £25,050 - £27,238
Location: National Museum Of Scotland, Chambers Street
Level: Collections Care/Conservation
Deadline: 26/03/2019
Hours: 37
Benefits: Membership of the civil service pension scheme
Job Type: Temporary

"A Paleolithic bird figurine from the Lingjing site, Henan, China" 

Authors: Zhanyang Li, Luc Doyon , Hui Fang , Ronan Ledevin , Alain Queffelec , Emeline Raguin , and Francesco d’Errico  

Earliest arrival of millet in the South China coast dating back to 5,500 years ago

Authors: Jinqi Daiab, Xipeng Cai, Jianhui Jin, Wei Ge, Yunming Huang, Wei Wu, Taoqin Xia, Fusheng Li, Xinxin Zuo

"Innovation, imitation, and identity: Mayeon Black ware and social complexity in Southwestern Korea" now in press in Archaeological Research in Asia. 

Authors: Sangwon Nam, Rory Walsh, Gyoung-Ah Lee 

"Palaeolithic voyage for invisible islands beyond the horizon"

Authors: Yosuke Kaifu, Tien-Hsia Kuo, Yoshimi Kubota and Sen Jan