Lam Weng Cheong

Biography

wlam@cuhk.edu.hk Prof. Lam is an assistant professor specialized in employing scientific analyses and excavated materials to study the history of ancient China. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from Peking University and Ph.D from Harvard University. His research currently focuses on the economic system and social development during the Bronze Age and Han Empire. His research incorporates interests in various archaeological techniques including metallurgy, zooarchaeology and GIS to investigate the craft production and exchange network during this critical period in Chinese history. He has conducted archaeological research in Shaanxi to reconstruct the ancient iron economy in the Han capital area since 2011. New research is focused on the Han exchange network in provincial centers and imperial expansion of the Han dynasty. Current research and writing projects focus on the social development in Early China including: the change of craft production system and iron technology, commodities in ancient China, interregional interaction, cultural transmission, and the market system of food.

Research Interest

Scientific techniques in archaeology (zooarchaeology and GIS) Metallurgy and history of metal technology in early China History of material culture and art in ancient China Craft production Commodity and market system in early China