2025年04月28日

Sichuan University's Center for Archaeological Science, in collaboration with multiple institutions, publishes new findings on the origin of cinnabar at Sanxingdui

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Science of Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute and other institutions, published a paper titled "Research on the source of cinnabar excavated from Sanxingdui site in China based on sulphur and mercury isotope analyses" in the international journal *Archaeological and Anthropol...

2025年04月28日

The Geoarchaeology Team of the Center for Archaeological Science published "Sea-level changes over the past 20,000 years and human activities in the coastal zone of eastern China" in "Prehistoric Archaeology".

Recently, Associate Research Fellow He Keyang from the Geoarchaeology Laboratory of the Archaeological Science Center at Sichuan University published a paper titled "Sea Level Changes and Human Activities in the Eastern Coastal Zone of China over the Past 20,000 Years" in the journal *Prehistoric Archaeology*. Associate Research Fellow He Keyang from our institute is the first author and corres...

2025年03月07日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Ningbo Municipal Institute of Cultural Heritage Management, etc., jointly published new findings and research on the late Hemudu Culture settlement in the southeast coast.

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, Ningbo Institute of Cultural Heritage Management, and the Archaeological Research Center of the National Cultural Heritage Administration jointly published an article in the internationally renowned archaeological journal Archaeological Research in Asia titled "Residents of stilted houses and their burials in eastern China, 5500 BP: Excavation of the Gujiazhuang site on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay" (Archaeological discoveries at the Gujiazhuang site on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay: Prehistoric people living in stilted houses and their burials in eastern China, 5500 years ago). Ningbo Institute of Cultural Heritage...

2025年01月22日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with Academician Chao Liu's team, unveils the genetic and evolutionary secrets of Silk Road populations.

Recently, Science China Life Sciences published online a research paper titled "Pilot work of the 10K Chinese People Genomic Diversity Project along the Silk Road suggests a complex east-west admixture landscape and biological adaptations" by Professor Liu Chao, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Associate Research Fellow He Guanglin of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University / West China Institute of Rare Diseases, Sichuan University, and Associate Professor Wang Mengge of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Basic Medical College, Chongqing Medical University, and others. This research delves into...

2025年01月22日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University publishes new evidence of tropical rainforest adaptation in South Asia from the Late Pleistocene to the mid-Holocene

In recent years, the adaptation to extreme environments during the dispersal of modern humans has attracted much attention. For example, when and how modern humans expanded to high-altitude, permafrost, desert, and tropical rainforest environments is at the forefront of archaeological debate. Archaeological evidence from Sri Lanka, located in the Indian Ocean, shows that evidence of modern human fossils, microliths, bone tools, and symbolic ornaments appeared around 40,000 years ago, which fully demonstrates that the tropical rainforests of Sri Lanka have special significance for early human foraging patterns. To further understand the continuation and change of the tropical rainforest foraging tradition represented by microliths from the end of the Pleistocene to the early and middle Holocene...

2025年01月14日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University publishes new evidence of continuous occupation of Paleolithic cave sites in Southwest China.

Since Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3), significant changes in global climate, population dynamics, and human behavioral patterns have occurred in many regions of the world. With the increasing amount of archaeological evidence, our understanding of human species and technological trajectories in the Late Paleolithic of East Asia has become increasingly complex, while in southwestern China, many key questions remain unclear. Recently, the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University published an article titled "New Evidence of Human Occupation in Southwest China Since 44,800 Years ago" in the international journal Lithic Technology.

2025年01月01日

The Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, in collaboration with multiple international institutions, is constructing a strontium isotope map of Africa to trace the geographical origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade.

Population migration has played a significant role in the development of human civilization, shaping global ethnic and cultural patterns. The transatlantic slave trade from the 15th to the 19th centuries was the largest forced migration event in global history, transporting at least 15 million Africans to the Americas and Europe, profoundly altering the ethnic structure and political landscape of Africa, the Americas, and Europe today. Although extensive historical documents record the scale of transportation and port information of the slave trade, the geographical origins and life experiences of enslaved individuals have been difficult to ascertain, which has long been a concern for global archaeologists and historians. Strontium isotope analysis technology (87Sr/86Sr...

2024年12月20日

Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University publishes research on Fayence beads, revealing cultural interactions in the Yanyuan area.

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, together with Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutions, published a research paper in the international journal Archaeometry titled "Faience beads excavated from Laolongtou cemetery, Yanyuan: new evidence of the cultural exchange between the south-western and north-western parts of China." This study explores the faience beads unearthed from the Laolongtou cemetery in Yanyuan, Sichuan, from the perspectives of technology and cultural exchange. Professor Hai-chao Li from the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, is the corresponding author, and a master's student from the School of Archaeology and Museology, Sichuan University...

2024年12月18日

The Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University published findings revealing the production model of bronze arrowheads in the State of Chu.

Recently, Professor Li Haichao's team at the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, published an article titled "The production of bronze weapons in the Chu state: a case study of bronze arrowheads excavated from the Yuwan cemetery in Hubei, China," focusing on the manufacturing process, alloy ratios, and mineral sources of bronze arrowheads unearthed from the Yuwan cemetery in Hubei. Based on this research, they preliminarily discussed the production model of bronze weapons in the Chu state. The article was published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. The Yuwan cemetery is located on a slope in Leidou Village, Zengji Town, Shayang County, Jingmen City, Hubei Province...

2024年11月26日

The Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University was invited to present research progress and prospects on reconstructing ancient and modern human population genetic genealogy based on ancestral recombination graphs.

On August 30, 2024, the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, and the Yuan Huijun/He Guanglin research team of the Rare Disease Research Institute of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Liu Chao院士 research team of the Guangdong Provincial Drug Experiment Technology Center (Guangdong Branch of the National Drug Laboratory), published a review article in the journal *Hereditas* entitled "Research progress and prospects of reconstructing ancient and modern human population genetic genealogy based on ancestral recombination graph". This review introduces the theoretical basis of ARG reconstruction, summarizes the early applications of genetic genealogy and the methods and progress of constructing ARG, and further discusses the application potential of ARG and the challenges and future prospects of reconstructing ARG, aiming to...