2024年03月05日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University published in top forensic science journal FSIG, reporting that global population non-CODIS STR profiles provide new ideas for forensic complex DNA analysis

Short tandem repeats (STRs) account for approximately 6% of the genome and are a class of highly polymorphic genetic markers. Since their first application in forensic DNA analysis in the 1990s, STRs have played an important role in population genetics research, personal identification, biogeographic ancestry inference, parentage testing, and kinship analysis. Currently, mainstream STR detection kits generally contain only 20-30 STR markers, including the core loci of the FBI Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), which are difficult to meet the increasingly complex needs of forensic DNA analysis. High-throughput next-generation sequencing technology...

2024年02月03日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University publishes article in international journal revealing the pattern of cultural exchange in the Bronze to Iron Age on the Tibetan Plateau and its geographical drivers.

The Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University Publishes Article in International Journal Revealing the Pattern of Cultural Exchange and its Geographical Drivers in the Bronze to Iron Age on the Tibetan Plateau. Recently, the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis, jointly completed a research paper on the pattern of prehistoric cultural exchange on the Tibetan Plateau, titled "Geospatial modelling of farmer–herder interactions maps cultural geography of Bronze and Iron Age Tibet, 3600–2200 BP"...

2023年11月22日

The archaeometallurgy team published an article in Archaeological Research in Asia titled 'The earliest iron bomb unearthed from the Baidicheng site in Chongqing.'

Recently, Professor Li Yingfu's archaeometallurgy team at the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Chongqing Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, conducted a study titled 'The earliest loaded iron bomb excavated from the Baidicheng fort site Chongqing, China,' focusing on the production technology and historical background of the iron bomb unearthed from the Baidicheng site in Fengjie, Chongqing. The article was published in Archaeological Research in Asia. Zou Houxi, of Chongqing Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Chongqing Normal University, is the first author of this article, and Professor Li Yuniu, of the Center for Archaeological Science, is the corresponding author. Chongqing...

2023年10月26日

Hu Yue: "Recent Advances and Problems in the Study of Paleolithic and Paleoanthropology in Southwest China during the Middle to Late Pleistocene"

Abstract: The Middle and Late Pleistocene is a crucial period for studying the evolution, migration, and activities of ancient humans. During this period, modern humans began to emerge and migrate in all directions, flourishing in Africa and western Eurasia. During the same period, the Paleolithic and ancient humans in China and even East Asia had very distinct regional characteristics. The latest archaeological discoveries in Southwest China provide some new clues for studying ancient humans and Paleolithic culture in East Asia. However, there are still many problems in the archaeological research in Southwest China, such as who made these stone tools, what are the characteristics and context of local cultural development, and whether the archaeological sites have reliable...

2023年10月24日

Current Biology: Ancient genomes confirm that Neolithic to Bronze Age ancestors in Sichuan and Yunnan mainly came from the Yellow River Basin | Cell Press Dialogue with Scientists

Editor's Note: The Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with multiple institutions, used ancient DNA to reveal the origins and history of the prehistoric inhabitants of Sichuan and Yunnan from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. The following article is sourced from CellPress, authored by Cell Press on October 17, 2023. Supported by the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, and the Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, Xiamen University, a joint research team composed of Xiamen University, Sichuan University, Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and other institutions published a paper titled "Ancient genomes reveal millet f..." in the Cell Press journal Current Biology.

2023年10月17日

The environmental archaeology team published "The earliest Neolithic settlement and marine adaptation on the western Pacific coast" in an international journal.

Recently, Dr. He Keyang, Specially Appointed Associate Researcher at the Geoarchaeology Laboratory of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, published an article entitled "Earliest Neolithic occupation and maritime adaptation on the West Pacific coast" in the international journal *Journal of Archaeological Science*. Dr. He Keyang of the Center for Archaeological Science is the first author and corresponding author, Researcher Lu Houyuan of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences is the co-corresponding author, and Researcher Sun Guoping and Curator Wang Yonglei of the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology are the co-first authors. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation...

2023年10月17日

The archaeometallurgy team published their latest academic achievement in an international journal: "Iron Industry Production in Western Chongqing during the Late Ming Dynasty: Centered on Metallurgical Remains"

Recently, the archaeometallurgy team of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, published their latest research findings online in the international archaeological journal 'Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific', titled 'Iron Industrial Production in Western Chongqing during the Late Ming Dynasty: Centered on Metallurgical Remains.' LI, Yuniu, Associate Professor at the Center for Archaeological Science, is the first author of this article, QIU, Tian, a master's student, is the third author, and HUANG, Wan, a doctoral student, is the corresponding author. SUN, Zhigang, Associate Researcher, and BAI, Jiujiang, Researcher, from the Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology are...

2023年10月12日

The archaeometry team publishes the latest academic achievements in international journals.

Recently, Associate Researcher Hu Yue from the Archaeological Chronometry Laboratory of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, published an article titled 'New chronology of the deposits from the inner chambers of the Guanyindong cave, southwestern China' in the international journal 'Journal of Archaeological Science'. The Guanyindong site is located in Qianxi City, Guizhou Province. It is a famous Paleolithic site in China and enjoys the reputation in academia of 'Zhoukoudian in the north, Guanyindong in the south'. The article published in 'Nature' magazine in 2019 used optically stimulated luminescence dating...

2023年10月09日

New achievements in archaeometallurgy published in Industrial Archaeology Review

Professor Li Yingfu's team from the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, while conducting the major National Social Science Fund project "Investigation and Research on Metallurgical Sites in the Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties in Southwest China", collaborated with the Guizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology to conduct a special investigation and trial excavation of the Wanshan Mercury Mine site. Relevant results were published in Jianghan Archaeology, Issue 6, 2015. To cooperate with the application of the Wanshan Mercury Mine Industrial Site as a World Cultural Heritage site, the research team further carried out research on the protection and utilization of the Wanshan Mercury Mine industrial heritage. The latest achievement, "Archaeological Investigation and Industrial Heritage Study of the Wanshan Mercury Mining...

2023年09月18日

Qianqian Li: 'A Preliminary Discussion on the Formation of Western Sichuan Rural Settlement Pattern Based on Han Dynasty Stone Carvings from the Zengjiabao Tomb in the Western Suburbs of Chengdu'

Abstract: This article uses the images on the rear wall of the east rear chamber of Tomb No. 1 at Zengjiabao as image data for studying the early formation of the West Sichuan forest-enclosed settlement pattern. It attempts to trace the initial formation of the "field-forest-house" forest-enclosed settlement mode in the Chengdu Plain by tracing the Han Dynasty Sichuan manor pattern visible in archaeological images. Since the 21st century, traditional forest-enclosed settlement landscapes have been disappearing on a large scale, and the land use patterns and farming and settlement modes in the rural areas of the Chengdu Plain are also undergoing major changes. Direct records of the ancient Sichuan landscape are relatively scarce, which is one of the reasons why the historical research on forest-enclosed settlements cannot be deepened. Combining cultural relics, literature, and field investigations, the author starts with the Han Dynasty images from the Zengjiabao tomb, supplemented by contemporary Sichuan...