Thursday, November 18, 2010

Events: Chinese Interactions with Inner Asia and Beyond before the Silk Road

For Immediate Release: November 18, 2010

Contact: Marilyn Guida, 915-755-4332

Chinese Interactions with Inner Asia and Beyond before the Silk Road

By Ken Hammond, Ph.D.

Sunday, November 21, 2010, 3:00 pm

Free Admission



Presented by the El Paso Archaeological Society

in partnership with the El Paso Museum of Archaeology



Location: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

4301 Transmountain Road, El Paso 79924



Professor Ken Hammond’s talk will examine recent archaeological evidence from China and Inner Asia which suggests that there was extensive interaction between these zones well before the period generally associated with the rise of the Silk Road trade around the 2nd century BCE.



Dr. Hammond is Professor of East Asian history and Director of the Confucius Institute at

New Mexico State University.



Information: 915-755-4332; guidamr@elpasotexas.gov



Please use the following caption with the attached photograph:

Photo portrait of Ken Hammond, Ph.D.

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