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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Ritual and Technology in Chinese Ceremonial Weapons
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 echnology_in_Chinese_Ceremonial_Weapons\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-09-19\nEve
 nt Date End: 2012-09-19\n\nRowan Flad\, Associate Professor of Anthropolog
 y\, Harvard University. Ariel O'Connor\, Assistant Objects Conservator\, S
 traus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies\, Harvard Art Museums
 \nOrnately decorated ritual weapons from the Xia and Shang dynasties (c. 2
 070&ndash\;1046 BC) exemplify strength\, power\, and elitism in early Chin
 ese society\, yet little is known about their manufacture and use. Examini
 ng these objects through scienti?c methods\, including X-radiography and m
 icro-CT scanning\, has yielded new observations about early technology\, p
 roduction organization\, and burial practices in ancient China. This galle
 ry talk will highlight recent scienti?c analysis in combination with archa
 eological and contextual evidence to reveal new insights into elite ritual
  weapons in ancient Chinese society.\nThis series considers objects from m
 ore than one point of view. The informal talks\, many of them by Harvard A
 rt Museums curators\, conservators\, and educators and Harvard University 
 faculty members\, are designed to stimulate thinking about works of art an
 d to encourage participants to explore their own ways of seeing.\nFree wit
 h the price of admission.\nGallery talks are informal and include discussi
 on. Limited to 25 participants\; please arrive early.
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SUMMARY:Ritual and Technology in Chinese Ceremonial Weapons
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