2025年07月07日

Archaeol. Anthropol. Sci.｜Pottery Technology Analysis Reveals Diverse Pottery-Making Traditions of the Qijia Culture Period at the Lajia Site, Hehuang Valley

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Sciences and the School of Archaeology and Museology at Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutions, jointly published a research paper titled “Beyond stylistic typology: Archaeometric reconstruction of diverse pottery traditions and intercommunity interactions at th...

2025年06月25日

Archaeol. Anthropol. Sci.｜Archaeological Research on Iron Smelting Techniques at Chengba site in Eastern Sichuan Province

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Sciences and the School of Archaeology and Museology, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, published their latest research findings titled “Iron Smelting Techniques in Eastern Sichuan Province, China——Scientific Analysis of Smelting Remains Excavated from the Chengba site” in th...

2025年06月16日

npj Herit. Sci. | IBE-XPS investigation of the gilded layer from the Eastern Han Dynasty naturally corroded gilt-bronze

Recently, Xizang Minzu University, the Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University, the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and the Tibet Autonomous Region Institute of Cultural Relics Protection jointly published a research paper titled “IBE-XPS investigation of the gilded layer from the Eastern Han Dynasty naturally corroded gilt-bronze” in the intern...

2025年06月09日

Archaeol. Anthrop. Sci.｜Selective Intensified Use of Acorns in Subtropical South China

近期，四川大学考古科学中心与暨南大学、广东省文物考古研究院等单位合作在国际知名人类学与考古学期刊Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences发表广东省佛山市古椰遗址出土柯属（Lithocarpus）植物强化利用的最新成果，揭示了史前不同地域先民利用橡子种类的差异。考古科学中心马永超助理研究员为论文唯一通讯作者，暨南大学李昭讲师为论文第一作者，广东省文物考古研究院李岩研究馆员、兰州大学杨晓燕教授等为论文共同...

2025年06月04日

Science | Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University and Collaborating Institutions Publish Paleogenomic Research: Revealing the "Ghost Ancestor" of the Tibetan Plateau and the Genetic Origins of Austroasiatic-speaking Populations

Recently, our Center, in collaboration with the team led by Fu Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IVPP, CAS), and other institutions, systematically studied 127 ancient human genomes from 17 sites in Yunnan Province, dating back over the past 7,100 years. This research fills a gap in the prehistoric human genetic data for th...

2025年05月26日

J. Archaeol. Sci.: Rep.｜Latest Findings from Phytolith Analysis at the Qugong Site, Central Tibetan Plateau

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Tibet Autonomous Region Institute of Cultural Relics Protection, published the latest results of phytolith analysis from the Qugong site in the international archaeological journal *Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports*. This research investigates the possibility of local cultivation of foxtail...

2025年05月26日

J. Archaeol. Sci.: Rep.｜Pottery Production and Exchange between the Majiayao and Zongri Cultures on the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

近日，四川大学考古科学中心与青海省文物考古研究院联合在国际考古学期刊 Journalof Archaeological Science: Reports 发 表 题 为 Interregional interaction between the Majiayaoculture and the Zongri culture on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: New evidence from the potteryproduction and exchange（青藏高原东北缘马家窑文化与宗日文化的跨区域互动：陶器生产与交换的新证据）的论文。第一作者为考古科学中心博士...

2025年05月22日

Antiquity | Human Bone Isotope Study Provides New Evidence for Reconstructing Interaction Networks of Silk Road Oasis Populations

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University, in collaboration with several research institutions, published their latest research findings titled “Illuminating interaction networks along the Silk Roads: a multi-isotopic analysis of the Zaghunluq Cemetery, southern Xinjiang, China” in the international archaeological journal *Antiquity*. The first author of the paper i...

2025年04月29日

New progress in the study of livelihood and migration patterns of the Central Plains population 5,000 years ago

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Science of Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology and other institutions, published research findings titled “Multi-isotope analysis reveals human millet-based diets and limited mobility in the Central Plains of China ca. 5000 Years Ago” in the international journal *International...

2025年04月28日

Sichuan University's Center for Archaeological Science, in collaboration with multiple institutions, publishes new findings on the origin of cinnabar at Sanxingdui

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Science of Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute and other institutions, published a paper titled "Research on the source of cinnabar excavated from Sanxingdui site in China based on sulphur and mercury isotope analyses" in the international journal *Archaeological and Anthropol...