2024年05月30日

Focus | Sichuan University Metallurgical Archaeology Team Publishes New Results in Antiquity - The Southern Transmission of Metallurgy: New Archaeological Discoveries at the Jicha Site in the Hengduan Mountains of Yunnan

Recently, the archaeometallurgy team of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, together with the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutions, published their latest research findings in the internationally renowned archaeological journal Antiquity, titled 'Southbound transmission of metallurgy: new excavations at Jicha in the Hengduan Mountains, Yunnan'. Based on the Jicha site in Yunnan and newly discovered metallurgical remains, the article proposes a new understanding of the origin and development of metallurgy and the metallurgical technology system in the mountainous areas of Southwest China and mainland Southeast Asia. The Jicha site is located in Gongle Village, Baijixun Township, Weixi Lisu Autonomous County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. 2022...

2024年04月25日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University Reveals Technological Adaptations of Hunter-Gatherers in Arid Desert Areas of Northwest China from the Last Glacial Termination to the Younger Dryas Event

Recently, Dr. Fang Han from Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University published an article entitled 'Adaptions of hunter-gatherers before Younger Dryas in Gobi Desert, northwest China: Flexible technological strategies in Pigeon Mountain Locality 10' in the international journal *Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports*. Dr. Fang Han is the first author, and Associate Professor Fei Peng from Minzu University of China is the corresponding author. Researcher Xing Gao from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Researchers Jialong Guo and Huimin Wang from the Ningxia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology are co-authors...

2024年03月20日

The Geoarchaeology Team at the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University reveals evidence of rice farming integrated with marine adaptation in the early Holocene coastal zone of the lower Yangtze River.

Recently, He Keyang, a specially appointed associate researcher at the Geoarchaeology Laboratory of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, published an article titled "Early Holocene rice cultivation integrated into marine adaptation in eastern China" in the international journal "Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports". He Keyang, a specially appointed associate researcher from our institute, is the first author and corresponding author, and Wang Yonglei, curator of the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, is the co-corresponding author. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Key Project "Microfossil research on the relationship between the origin of rice agriculture and environmental changes in the Yangtze River Basin" (4183032...

2024年03月19日

The Archaeological Material Team at the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University reveals evidence of metal exchange in early Iron Age Southeast Asia.

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Department of Heritage under the Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, and Peking University, jointly completed a study on the Iron Age bronze smelting tradition in the Vilabouly region of Savannakhet Province, Laos. Titled "New evidence of metal exchange in Southeast Asia during the Iron Age: scientific analysis of excavated bronze in Vilabouly, Laos", it was published in the comprehensive journal Archae...

2024年03月19日

The geoarchaeology team from the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, reveals the geographically embedded phenomenon of rice domestication in the lower Yangtze River.

Recently, He Keyang, a tenured associate research fellow at the Geoarchaeology Laboratory of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, published an article entitled "Geographic mosaics of rice domestication in the lower Yangtze River indicated by morphological characteristics of rice bulliform phytoliths" in the international journal *Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences*. He Keyang is the first author and corresponding author, and Lu Houyuan, a researcher at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is the co-corresponding author. This research was supported by the National Natural Science...

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.