---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 08 Dec 2000 New in IGCS - General: The Society for East Asian Archaeology (SEAA) Ed./Corp.: Centre for Research in East Asian Archaeology (CREAA), Durham University, UK URL: http://www.EastAsianArchaeology.org/ Language: English. Self description: "[...] was founded in April 1996. Before that it was known as the EAANetwork. We have a world wide membership interested in the archaeologies of China, Korea and Japan. Not all our members are professional archaeologist and we welcome any scholars and members of the public who are concerned about and interested in the early periods of East Asian history." Description: The pages of the society serve as an important clearinghouse for resources (printed and on-line) on East Asian archaeology, including state-of-the-art reports, news, and a huge bibliography section (3,293 references as of Dec. 2000). The society also publishes The Journal of East Asian Archaeology, edited by David Cohen. Site contents: (1) Introduction; (2) Special Features [special contributions on EA Archaeology by international scholars - HL]; (3) News and Reports (China Archaeological News; Conference calendar; Conference reports; Conference abstracts; Latest field reports; Museum news; New Print Publications; New Online Publications; Journal Abstracts); (4) Archaeologists' pages [papers, reports, talks, working diaries and miscellaneous writings by archaeologists - HL]; (5) Website submissions guide; (6) Related Internet sites and resources; (7) The Society for East Asian Archaeology (SEAA); (8) The Journal of East Asian Archaeology (JEAA); (9) Archives ([contains some older files of the news section; previous field reports; and on-line access to the now discontinued newsletter of the East Asia Archaeology Network (EAAN) - HL]; (10) Bibliography of western-language works on East Asian archaeology. __________________________________________________________ Hanno Lecher http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/staff/lecher/ Librarian Institute of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University Akademiestr. 4-8, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Tel.: (+49-6221) 54 76 34 Fax: (+49-6221) 54 76 39 http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/ Editor China WWW Virtual Library: Internet Guide for China Studies http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _________________________________________________________