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Title:
Rock Carvings in Hong Kong — Description, Dating, Interpretation, Conservation
Speaker:
Mr. William Meacham (Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong)
Date:
May 6, 2010
Time:
4:30 pm
Venue:
The Reading Room, Room G-4 (Ground Floor), Tang Chi Ngong Building, The University of Hong Kong
Enquiry:
(Tel) (852) 2859-2460
(Email) casgen@hku.hk
Hong Kong has several Bronze Age rock carvings, plus others possibly Early Iron Age but still debated. Declared as monuments by the Government, these rock art sites are the only above-ground features left by the early population of the territory ca. 1000 B.C. Other rock art in Macau, Zhu Hai and the broader region is also described. In a presentation with 200+ slides, the dating and possible meaning of these mysterious patterns are discussed, along with the highly controversial conservation issue. Possible links with folk religious practices still surviving in Hong Kong are examined.
William Meacham is an archaeologist who has been affiliated with the Centre of Asian Studies since 1980. Former Chairman (1985 – 96) of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society, he has written widely on the prehistory of the region. He published the first study of the rock carvings in 1976, and has recently produced an enlarged, bilingual, full color edition. Last year he was appointed one of four advisers to the Government on the conservation of the rock carvings.
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