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Anke Hein is Associate Professor in Chinese Archaeology at the University of Oxford and St Hugh’s College. She is an anthropological archaeologist focusing on issues of culture contact, identity formation and expression, and the history and practice of archaeology as a discipline, particularly in the Chinese border regions.

Christopher J. Foster is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, affiliated with the School of History, Religions and Philosophies at SOAS University of London. He is a historian of premodern China, focusing on intellectual history, manuscript culture, primary education, and canonization.