2025年11月25日

Lithic Technol. | Technological Strategies and Environmental Adaptation of Ancient Humans in the Chengdu Plain During the Transition from the Middle to Late Paleolithic

The transition from the Middle to the Late Paleolithic was a critical period for human technological evolution and environmental adaptation. Increasing archaeological discoveries indicate that ancient human behavioral diversity and lithic technological development during this period exhibited distinct regional characteristics. The Chengdu Plain, located in the western Sichuan Basin of Southwest...

2025年11月24日

npj Herit. Sci. | The Relationship Between Ceramic Manufacturing and the Development of Social Complexity in the Linfen Basin during China's Late Neolithic Period

China's cultural landscape underwent significant transformations during the Late Neolithic period. Around 2300 BCE, following the collapse of Neolithic societies in the Yangtze River valley, the Yellow River valley emerged as a new center for political experimentation, with Taosi, located in the Linfen Basin of southern Shanxi Province, becoming a prominent political hotspot. The Taosi site has...

2025年10月28日

npj Heritage Science | The Modern Disaster Prevention Potential of Traditional Temple Spaces

IntroductionRecently, the team of Professor Di Baofeng from the Geoarchaeology Laboratory at the Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University, published their latest research in the top-tier international heritage science journal *npj Heritage Science*, titled "Exploring Disaster Resilience Strategies for Temple Spaces: Evidence from Longmen Mountain Area in Sichuan." This study focus...

2025年10月21日

Sci. Adv. | Huijun Yuan's Team at the Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University, Constructs Genetic Map of STRs in Highland Populations, Revealing Their Key Role in High-Altitude Adaptation

The diversity of the human genome is a profound imprint of our long evolutionary history, recording the survival wisdom and genetic trade-offs of our ancestors during migration, admixture, and adaptation. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the most extreme environments on the planet, provides a natural dynamic laboratory for exploring the triangular relationship between evolution, genetics, and ...

2025年08月31日

J. Archaeol. Sci.: Reports | New discovery of iron smelting in central Xizang: Analysis of metallurgical remains excavated from the Sermatang site in Shannan, Xizang, China

Recently, the archaeometallurgy team led by Professor Li Yingfu from the Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Tibet Autonomous Region Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and Tibet University, published their latest research findings online in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, titled "New discovery of iron smelting in central Xizang:...

2025年08月29日

Archaeol. Res. Asia | Dental Caries in Prehistoric Populations and Agricultural Development in the Foothill Zones of Northern and Southern China

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, Chengdu Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Jilin University, and other research institutions, published a research paper titled "Dental caries as indicators of agricultural practices in the...

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...