New Archaeological Discoveries in the Kongque River Basin of Xinjiang

"Feng Hanji Academic Lecture" No. 101: New Archaeological Discoveries in the Kongque River Basin, Xinjiang

Time: November 28, 2023, Tuesday, 19:00

Location: 704, Block II, Liberal Arts Building, Jiang'an Campus, Sichuan University

Speaker

Hu Xingjun, Research Fellow

Hu Xingjun is a research fellow at the Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. He has participated in or presided over field archaeological work at sites such as the "Xiaohe Cemetery" and "Bizeli Cemetery." He is the principal investigator of the National Social Science Fund key project "Sorting and Research on Wooden Slips Unearthed from the Keyakkuduk Beacon Tower Site in Yuli County, Xinjiang," and the principal investigator of the major "Archaeological China" project - the archaeological excavation of the Keyakkuduk Beacon Tower Site in Yuli County, Xinjiang. He was awarded the "New Archaeological Discovery in China in 2020" and "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2021".

Lecture Introduction

The Kongque River is an important river in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, with numerous ancient cultural remains of different eras and natures distributed along its banks. In recent years, archaeological workers in Xinjiang have conducted archaeological surveys and excavations of sites such as the Xiaohe Cemetery, the Xianshuiquan Ancient City, and the Keyakkuduk Beacon Tower in the Kongque River Basin, achieving a series of important gains that have greatly promoted the breadth and depth of archaeological research in the Loulan area and the entire Tarim Basin.

Host

Wang Yu, Professor, School of Archaeology and Museology, Sichuan University

Organizer

School of Archaeology and Museology, Sichuan University

Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology