From the analysis and interpretation of the sculptures from the early Cycladic Culture and the jade cong-tubes from the Liangzhu Culture, this talk discusses the development of complex societies in world prehistory.

讲座将通过分析解读地中海地区基克拉迪文化早期雕塑与中国良渚文化玉琮，深入讨论世界范围内史前社会复杂化进程。

Colin Renfrew received his doctorate in 1965 from the University of Cambridge. After the post as a Lecturer and then Reader at the University of Sheffield (1965-1972) and the Professorship at the University of Southampton (1972-1981), Renfrew was elected in 1981 to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, a post he held until 2004. Professor Colin Renfrew has directed a number of major excavations on the Cycladic islands in Greece. He has made remarkable contributions to Aegean prehistory, origins of linguistic diversity and human cognition, archaeogenetics, and archaeological theory. In addition, Professor Colin Renfrew has been one of the leading figures in the international movement to prevent the illicit antiquities trade and associated looting of archaeological sites. Professor Colin Renfrew has authored numerous books; among them are Before Civilisation: the Radiocarbon Revolution and Prehistoric Europe (1973); Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of the Indo-European Origins (1987), Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice (with Paul Bahn, 1st edition, 1991; 7th edition, 2016); Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership: The Ethical Crisis of Archaeology (2000); Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind (2008); and many co-authored books. Professor Renfrew’s eminent career, made up of both important excavations on the Cycladic islands, influential theoretical insights, and tireless and dedicated efforts in raising public awareness about our endangered cultural heritage, has been rewarded with many distinguished honors, awards and prizes. Among them are Fellow of the British Academy (1980), a life peerage as Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn (1991), Foreign Associate to the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (1996), the Latsis Prize of the European Science Foundation (2003), the Balzan Prize (less well known than the Nobel but equally prestigious, 2004), Foreign Honorary Member of the Archaeological Institute of America (2007), and the SAFE Beacon Award (2009). Professor Colin Renfrew was presented to the first SAF Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.

伦福儒于1965年获得英国剑桥大学博士学位，先后任教于谢菲尔德大学和南安普敦大学。1981至2004年间，伦福儒教授供职剑桥大学，任迪斯尼考古教授。伦福儒教授在希腊基克拉迪群岛主持了大量考古发掘工作。他在爱琴海史前文化、语言多样性和人类认知的起源、考古遗传学和考古理论等研究领域取得了举世瞩目的成就。伦福儒长期以来不遗余力地推动反对非法倒卖文物及盗掘遗址的国际运动。因其在基克拉迪群岛的重要发掘、富有深远影响力的理论研究，以及在提升公众对濒危文化遗产的保护意识方面的不懈努力，伦福儒教授已屡获殊荣，其中包括1980年被选为英国科学院院院士，1996年当选为美国科学院外籍院士，2003年获得欧洲科学基金会拉齐斯奖，2004年荣获巴尔扎恩奖，2007年被选为美国考古学会外籍荣誉院士和2009年获得文物保护组织SAFE灯塔奖。2015年获得世界考古论坛终身成就奖。