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Objects in the River Amstel — Mineral water bottles & Coins

Lau Chun Pang Kenny, Tse Chak Fung Lancelot, Chan Sai Wai Raymond

This poster demonstrates the history of Amsterdam and the change of 2 categories of objects found in the River Amstel, mineral water bottles and coins, on a time line. They reveal the medical history and technological advancements respectively in the Europe.

Keywords: River Amstel, Medical history, Evolution of Technology, History of Amsterdam, Ancient coins

Jomon Japan

Charmaine Mak, Leung Sze Chai Cynthia, Yan Sui Ling

This poster introduces two objects excavated from the Jomon sites in Japan. The contexts of each object and their values in the past were presented visually. More importantly, the modern relevance of objects was discussed in the poster to understand the significant value of the objects nowadays.

Keywords: Jomon culture, Chestnut carbides, Dogu, Japan, Archaeology

Bringing the Past and Present Together: Historic Jamestown

Chan Ying Sheung Codi, Leung Wai Kwan Matthew, Yu Xinyue Helen

Presenting two categories of objects–personal accessories and arms and weapons–from historical Jamestown with the relevant context, this poster demonstrates that these artefacts in situ can reveal to us the status and identity of the English settlement in the North American site, illustrating the importance of cultural preservation.

Keywords: English settlement, Archaeology, Status and Identity, Personal accessories, Arms and Weapons

‘Life Was Easier Back Then’

Wang Ding, Sheung Yin King Isabelle, Chan Tsz Ching

This poster, as an assignment to promote public interest to historical sites, is divided into three sections. ‘Entertainment’, at the bottom, symbolises ‘earthly’ pleasures. ‘Tobacco’ in the middle mediates between the light-hearted and grim topics. ‘Spiritual’ at the top represents the afterlife back to ashes.

Keywords: Archaeology, Values, Life and Death, Entertainment, Tobacco

Dogu and Pottery from the Kamegaoka Burial Site

Lai Tsz Tong, Sy Pak Ho Gordon, Ching San Lok

In this poster, the leftmost picture shows the Jomon prehistoric site ‘ Kamegaoka Burial Site’, two most representative objectives, namely Dogu and Pottery from this site are introduced. Also, the importance of cultural preservation are listed on the poster to raise the awareness of preservation.

Keywords: Archaeology, Pottery, Dogū, Cultural preservation, Jomon

Maya City

So Yat Yu, Leung Yuen Sum

This poster introduces the background information about the Maya civilisation such as its development, decline and location. And also introduces its famous ceramics and architectures which reflected their culture in the past. For example, from the paintings on the pottery, we can find out the sun element which reflected their beliefs. And the structure of the temple also reflected some of their cultures.

Keywords: Maya city, Architecture, Ceramic