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Public Lecture: Chinese Archaeology

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Co-sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

What	Public Lecture
When	November 13, 2008 04:30 PM November 13, 2008 06:00 PM November 13, 2008 from 04:30 pm to 06:00 pm
Where	10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Contact Name	Richard Gunde
Contact Email	gunde@ucla.edu
Contact Phone	310-825-8683
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Professor Xu Hong (Ph.D, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 1996), Head of the Erlitou Excavation Team of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Erlitou: A Key to the Origin of Chinese Civilization

Please note the location of this lecture in Bunche Hall.

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