2023年06月14日

Huo Wei: Archaeological Research on the Highland Silk Road from the Prehistoric Period to the Tang Dynasty

The concept of the "Plateau Silk Road" is an expansion of the narrow definition of the Silk Road, representing a broader concept. Specifically, it refers to the transportation network and its main routes for exchanges between East and West, China and foreign regions, from the Central Plains of China via the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, or starting from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, during different periods. In the past, archaeological work on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau started relatively late, lacking substantial archaeological evidence to discuss this concept. In recent years, archaeological work in Tibet has made great progress, from prehistoric times to the Han and Tang Dynasties (which, for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, roughly corresponds to the era of the early "small kingdoms" and the Tang Dynasty Tubo Dynasty)...

2023年04月20日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with domestic and international teams, published an article revealing the history of dairy consumption among ancient populations on the Tibetan Plateau.

Recently, a collaborative research achievement by Professor Hongliang Lv's team at the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, the Institute of Cultural Relics Protection of Tibet Autonomous Region, and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, among other institutions, has been published. The achievement, titled 'Palaeoproteomic evidence reveals dairying supported prehistoric occupation of the highland Tibetan Plateau', was published in the international comprehensive scientific journal Science Advances. Professor Hongliang Lv at the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University is the co-corresponding author of the paper...

2023年03月17日

Associate Professor Shi Tao published the latest research on the formation of early states, examining the formation of the Chinese Bronze Age trade network from the Shangluo Corridor.

Recently, Associate Professor Shi Tao of the School of Archaeology and Museology, Sichuan University, conducted a comprehensive study of the Neolithic-Early Bronze Age archaeological materials from the Shangluo Corridor. The article, titled "The Shangluo Corridor and the emerging Bronze Age exchange network of early China," was published in the leading international archaeological journal Archaeological Research in Asia. Shi Tao is the sole author of this article. Author Profile: Shi Tao, Associate Professor. Research interests include Pre-Qin archaeology, archaeological theory, archaeobotany, pottery analysis...

2022年05月05日

The metallurgical archaeology team published their latest research on the Jiangkou Ming Dynasty battlefield site in Pengshan, Sichuan in "Historical Archaeology".

Recently, Professor Li Yingfu's archaeometallurgy team from the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, conducted a systematic study and introduction of the Jiangkou Ming Dynasty Battlefield Site in Pengshan, Sichuan Province, China, under the title 'The Battleground Site of Jiangkou in Sichuan Province, China: The Mid-Seventeenth-Century Gold and Silver Objects of Zhang Xianzhong.' The article was published online in the international archaeological journal Historical Archaeology. Doctoral student Liu Zhiyan is the first author of this article, and master's student Qiu Tian is the second author. Archaeolo...