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New East Asian archaeologist joins faculty

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By Elizabeth Klarich
Date: 8/21/08

Beginning Fall 2008, Li Min (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2008) joins the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and the Archaeology Program at UCLA as an Assistant Professor. Li specializes in East Asian archaeology, spanning the emergence of states in late prehistoric China to global trade in early modern Asian (thirteenth–seventeenth century). Cotsen Institute faculty, students and staff welcome him warmly!

Links: www.ioa.ucla.edu/people/faculty/li

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