The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of China through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).
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Jade best exemplifies the essential aspects of Chinese culture and aesthetic appreciation.
Many cliff inscriptions of 1,700 years old have been found in the Three Gorges area on the Yangtze River.
From the People's Daily, oldest section of the Great Wall was built during ancient China's Chu Kingdom, during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 B.C.).
Brief news article in People's Daily describes the excavation of bronze ware in a Shanxi Province village.
Article in Transoxiana 6. Western Turks and Byzantine gold coins found in China.
Articles at NOVA Online giving further information on the 3000 year old Tarum Mummies.
Article by Matteo Comparetti. The archaeological objects discovered in the desert territory situated in the Xinjiang Uighurs' Autonomous Province; include a large quantity of textiles and other organic materials preserved thanks to the particular climatic conditions of the zone.
Article and video.
From the BBC, Stone Age craftsmen in China were polishing objects using diamond 2,000 years before anyone else had the same idea.
(May 17, 2005)
From New Scientist, distinctive spiral patterns carved into a small jade ring show that China was using complex machines more than 2500 years ago.
(June 04, 2004)
From China Daily, in 1901, a British explorer named Marc Aurel Stein trekked into the ruins of the kingdom far out in the desert, and the world then heard for the first time the name of Niya, as dreamlike as the Uygur legend about it.
(March 12, 2004)
From EurekaAlert, a skull and jawbones recently found in China is the oldest well-preserved primate fossil ever discovered and the best evidence of the presence of early primates in Asia.
(December 23, 2003)
From BBC, China says it is closing off vast sections of the Great Wall to tourists in an effort to protect it.
(August 01, 2003)
From the Peoples daily, a incomplete document dating back 1,700 years just has been unearthed in Gansu Province, providing a valuable clue for archaeologists on the long-lost Criminal Law of the imperial Jin Dynasty, 265-420BCE.
(December 10, 2002)
From the people's Daily, Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a wooden boat dating back at least 7,500 years in Xiaoshan City of east China's Zhejiang Province.
(November 21, 2002)
From the People's Daily, Chinese archaeologists say they have found more evidence to prove Hepu, at Beihai City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was the oldest departure point on the country's ancient maritime trading route.
(October 10, 2002)
From the People's Daily, archaeological findings prove that civilization existed in Shenzhen, now a coastal boomtown in south China's Guangdong Province, as early as 3,500 years ago.
(May 04, 2002)
From BBC, man entered northern China as long as 1.36 million years ago, according to new research.
(September 27, 2001)
Brief news article in People's Daily describes the excavation of bronze ware in a Shanxi Province village.
Article and video.
Articles at NOVA Online giving further information on the 3000 year old Tarum Mummies.
From the People's Daily, oldest section of the Great Wall was built during ancient China's Chu Kingdom, during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 B.C.).
Jade best exemplifies the essential aspects of Chinese culture and aesthetic appreciation.
Article in Transoxiana 6. Western Turks and Byzantine gold coins found in China.
Article by Matteo Comparetti. The archaeological objects discovered in the desert territory situated in the Xinjiang Uighurs' Autonomous Province; include a large quantity of textiles and other organic materials preserved thanks to the particular climatic conditions of the zone.
Many cliff inscriptions of 1,700 years old have been found in the Three Gorges area on the Yangtze River.
From the BBC, Stone Age craftsmen in China were polishing objects using diamond 2,000 years before anyone else had the same idea.
(May 17, 2005)
From New Scientist, distinctive spiral patterns carved into a small jade ring show that China was using complex machines more than 2500 years ago.
(June 04, 2004)
From China Daily, in 1901, a British explorer named Marc Aurel Stein trekked into the ruins of the kingdom far out in the desert, and the world then heard for the first time the name of Niya, as dreamlike as the Uygur legend about it.
(March 12, 2004)
From EurekaAlert, a skull and jawbones recently found in China is the oldest well-preserved primate fossil ever discovered and the best evidence of the presence of early primates in Asia.
(December 23, 2003)
From BBC, China says it is closing off vast sections of the Great Wall to tourists in an effort to protect it.
(August 01, 2003)
From the Peoples daily, a incomplete document dating back 1,700 years just has been unearthed in Gansu Province, providing a valuable clue for archaeologists on the long-lost Criminal Law of the imperial Jin Dynasty, 265-420BCE.
(December 10, 2002)
From the people's Daily, Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a wooden boat dating back at least 7,500 years in Xiaoshan City of east China's Zhejiang Province.
(November 21, 2002)
From the People's Daily, Chinese archaeologists say they have found more evidence to prove Hepu, at Beihai City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was the oldest departure point on the country's ancient maritime trading route.
(October 10, 2002)
From the People's Daily, archaeological findings prove that civilization existed in Shenzhen, now a coastal boomtown in south China's Guangdong Province, as early as 3,500 years ago.
(May 04, 2002)
From BBC, man entered northern China as long as 1.36 million years ago, according to new research.
(September 27, 2001)
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