2025年06月04日

Science | Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University and Collaborating Institutions Publish Paleogenomic Research: Revealing the "Ghost Ancestor" of the Tibetan Plateau and the Genetic Origins of Austroasiatic-speaking Populations

Recently, our Center, in collaboration with the team led by Fu Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IVPP, CAS), and other institutions, systematically studied 127 ancient human genomes from 17 sites in Yunnan Province, dating back over the past 7,100 years. This research fills a gap in the prehistoric human genetic data for th...

2025年05月26日

J. Archaeol. Sci.: Rep.｜Latest Findings from Phytolith Analysis at the Qugong Site, Central Tibetan Plateau

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Tibet Autonomous Region Institute of Cultural Relics Protection, published the latest results of phytolith analysis from the Qugong site in the international archaeological journal *Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports*. This research investigates the possibility of local cultivation of foxtail...

2025年05月26日

J. Archaeol. Sci.: Rep.｜Pottery Production and Exchange between the Majiayao and Zongri Cultures on the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

近日，四川大学考古科学中心与青海省文物考古研究院联合在国际考古学期刊 Journalof Archaeological Science: Reports 发 表 题 为 Interregional interaction between the Majiayaoculture and the Zongri culture on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: New evidence from the potteryproduction and exchange（青藏高原东北缘马家窑文化与宗日文化的跨区域互动：陶器生产与交换的新证据）的论文。第一作者为考古科学中心博士...

2025年05月23日

Antiquity | 青藏高原高海拔区古代牧业遗址调查方法的研究

近日，考古科学中心在国际知名考古学期刊Antiquity发表题为Exploratory surveys of prehistoric highland herding facilities in Tibet（西藏史前高地牧业遗存的实验性调查）的论文。第一作者为考古科学中心助理研究员陈心舟，合作作者包括考古科学中心徐海伦博士、圣路易斯华盛顿大学人类学系刘歆益教授，通讯作者为考古科学中心吕红亮教授。从考古资料的空间分布来看，青藏高原的已知史前遗址多分布在河谷、阶地等地形中。这...

2025年05月22日

Antiquity | Human Bone Isotope Study Provides New Evidence for Reconstructing Interaction Networks of Silk Road Oasis Populations

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University, in collaboration with several research institutions, published their latest research findings titled “Illuminating interaction networks along the Silk Roads: a multi-isotopic analysis of the Zaghunluq Cemetery, southern Xinjiang, China” in the international archaeological journal *Antiquity*. The first author of the paper i...

2025年04月29日

New progress in the study of livelihood and migration patterns of the Central Plains population 5,000 years ago

Recently, the Center for Archaeological Science of Sichuan University, in collaboration with the Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology and other institutions, published research findings titled “Multi-isotope analysis reveals human millet-based diets and limited mobility in the Central Plains of China ca. 5000 Years Ago” in the international journal *International...

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...