2024年07月15日

Science reports on Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University's research on the earliest stone needles in western Tibet

Recently, Professor Lv Hongliang's team from the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University published a research paper titled "The world’s earliest ground stone needles: Archaeological evidence from the Early Holocene of the Western Tibetan Plateau" in the international journal Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The article has attracted widespread academic attention after its publication. Among them, the international top academic journal website Science AAAS conducted an online interview with Lv Hongliang and others, and reported it under the title "The world's oldest stone needles discovered on the Tibetan Plateau" (https://www.scien...

2024年07月05日

JGG | Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University - Yuan Huijun, He Guanglin, Wang Mengge, et al. Review of the Latest Advances in Genetic Genealogy in the Reconstruction of Ancient Human Social Structures and Criminal Intelligence打击 Research

In recent years, with the development of DNA sequencing technology, the advancement of computational methods, and the establishment of genome databases (Figure 1), forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG) analysis has gradually matured. FIGG combines modern molecular biology techniques with traditional genealogy methods, providing important clues for identifying unknown individuals in major and difficult cases (Figure 2). The DNA Doe Project (DDP) used FIGG to identify the victim of the "Buckskin Girl" murder case, and the infamous "Golden State Killer" case was also solved through FIGG. By analyzing shared alleles and haplotypes, genealogical techniques...

2024年06月29日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University publishes latest research in Archaeometry: 'New discovery of wrought steel in Han Dynasty city sites in Southwest China: A study of wrought steel remains in Xindu City Site.'

Recently, the archaeometallurgy team of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, published its latest research findings online in Archaeometry, a leading journal in archaeometry, titled 'A New Discovery of Fried Steel in Han Dynasty City Sites in Southwestern China: A Study of Fried Steel Remains at the Xindu City Site.' This research was jointly completed by Professor Li Yingfu and graduate student Qiu Tian of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, and Associate Researcher Yang Yang and Researcher Yang Zhanfeng of the Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. The Chengdu Plain was the most important iron industry production center in the southwestern region during the Qin and Han dynasties. To date, the iron production remains from the Han Dynasty found in the Chengdu Plain are all distributed far from towns...

2024年06月04日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University has made significant progress in the study of ancient landslide dams in Wenchuan.

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University published its latest research findings in the internationally renowned journal Catena, titled "Geoarchaeological evidence of an ancient landslide dam (13–4.7 ka) and consequent outburst flood on the Minjiang River near Wenchuan, China." Through the perspective of studying ancient landslide dams in the Minjiang River within Wenchuan, it provides new insights for exploring the survival and development of ancient populations at sites such as Yingpanshan in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, as well as the spread and formation of Neolithic culture in the Sichuan Basin...

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...