Addresses at the Opening Ceremony Congratulatory Address by Wang Weiguang Congratulatory Address by Ying Yong Congratulatory Address by Guan Qiang Major Archaeological Field Discoveries Rainforest Foraging and Farming in Island Southeast Asia: 50 Millennia of Prehistory at the Niah Caves, Borneo Graeme Barker The Neolithic at Alsonyek in southern Hungary: a persistent place for 1300 years in the 6.-5. millennia BC (Excavation and proceedings) Eszter Banffy Aqua Regis-King Herod the Great's Usage of Water at Masada Guy D. Stiebel Revised Stratigraphy and Chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia Thomas Sutikna and Mathew Tocheri Proyecto Arquelogico Hoyo Negro, O, uintana Roo, Mexico James C. Chatters and Pilar Luna Erreguerena Investigating Water Control, Exchange, and Ritual through Excavations of Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico Patricia L. Crown and W.H. Wills 65,000 Years of Human Occupation in Australia Chris Clarkson The Discovery and Political Significance of the A9 Tomb and Hieroglyphic Panels 3 and 4 at Xunantunich, Belize Jaime J. Awe The Oldest Appropriation of a Deep Cave Environment in the World: Bruniquel (France) and the Early Neanderthals Jacques Jaubert, Sophie Verheyden, Dominique Genty and Michel Soulier & Collaborators New Discoeries at Shijiahe--a Central Prehistoric Settlement in the Middle Yangtze Region Meng Huaping Research Awards Warfare, Drought, and Agriculture: Coping with Conflict and Food Insecurity Amber VanDerwarker and Gregory Wilson Amara West Research Project: Exploring Lived Experience in Pharaonic Egypt's Nubian Colony (1300-800 BC) Neal Spencer The Tale of the Skrydstrup Woman Karin Margarita Frei The Milking Revolution in Temperate Neolithic Europe Richard Evershed Interdisciplinary Approaches to Investigating and Preserving Copan's Cultural Heritage Barbara W. Fash and William L. Fash Archaeology for a Young Future: the New Syrian Life of the Ancient City of Urkesh Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly Buccellati The Archaeology of China: From the First Village to the First State Liu Li and Chen Xingcan Early Humans at the Eastern Gate of Europe: The Discovery and Investigation of Oldowan Sites in Northern Caucasus Hizri Amirkhanovich Amirkhanov Taosi: the Beginning of "China" and "Central Plains" He Nu, Gao Jiangtao and Wang Xiaoyi Distinguished Service Awards Editing Antiquity Chris Scarre …… World Archaeology Keynote Lecture Series Public Archaeology Keynote Lecture Special Session: Recent Developments in Chinese Archaeology Abstracts of Other Presentations Postface