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9,000-Year-Old Flutes From Jiahu, Henan Province, China - http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/1999/bnlpr092299.html
A press release from Brookhaven National Laboratory detailing a set of very early Chinese flutes. |
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The Earliest Use of Iron in China - http://staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/EARFE/EARFE.html
Over the centuries there have been numerous studies of when iron was first used in China, but until recently the only basis for a discussion of the question was in written texts. |
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Exploring Ancient Salt Production Sites in China - http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/Fall99/salt.html
From Backdirt, Joint Project by UCLA and Peking University traces the origins of this early commodity. |
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The Products of Minds as Well as of Hands - http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v042/42.1liu.pdf
Asian Perspectives, 42(1). Article examines the production of prestige goods in the Neolithic and early Bronze Age of China, focusing on procurement of raw material, and on manufacture, redistribution, and consumption of ritual objects made of jade, white pottery, and bronze. [subscription required] |
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A Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis) Cultivation Experiment in the Middle Yellow River Valley and Some Related Issues - http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.1lu.pdf
Asian Perspectives 41(1). Green foxtail, the progenitor of foxtail millet, was domesticated in the Yellow River Valley by 8000 B.P. However, the domestication process is not known. Hence a cultivation experiment was conducted in 1999 and 2000. [subscription required] |
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Building the Chronology of Early Chinese History - http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.1lee.pdf
Asian Perspectives 41(1). This paper discusses the main debates stimulated by the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project and critically evaluates the methodology it employed. [subscription required] |
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Role of Sogdian Colonies in the Diffusion of Pearl Roundels Patterns - http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/Eran/Articles/compareti.html
Article by Matteo Comparetti. The archaeological objects discovered in the desert territory situated in the Xinjiang Uighurs' Autonomous Province; include a large quantity of textiles and other organic materials preserved thanks to the particular climatic conditions of the zone. |
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Chinese Made First Use of Diamond - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4555235.stm
From the BBC, Stone Age craftsmen in China were polishing objects using diamond 2,000 years before anyone else had the same idea. |
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From Portraiture of Power to Gold Coin of Kaghan - http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/0106/lin-ying_turks_solidus.html
Article in Transoxiana 6. Western Turks and Byzantine gold coins found in China. |
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China Imposes Great Wall Ban - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3109109.stm
From BBC, China says it is closing off vast sections of the Great Wall to tourists in an effort to protect it. |
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Scientist Challenges Interpretation of New Find, the Oldest Primate fossil Ever Discovered - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-12/fm-sci122903.php
From EurekaAlert, a skull and jawbones recently found in China is the oldest well-preserved primate fossil ever discovered and the best evidence of the presence of early primates in Asia. |
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Pyramids of China - http://www.trilobia.com/pyramids.htm
Descriptions and images of several Chinese pyramids. |
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Earliest Presence of Humans in East Asia - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1564421.stm
From BBC, man entered northern China as long as 1.36 million years ago, according to new research. |
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Cultures and Ethnic Groups West of China - http://www.silk-road.com/artl/westchina.shtml
Examines neolithic cultures, historical influences, and use of metals going back to the 3rd millennium B.C. |
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Ancient European Remains Found in Qinghai - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/06/content_1576929.htm
From Xinhuanet, archeologists confirmed that the human skeletons discovered this May in northwest China's Qinghai Province belonged to three Europeans who lived in China over 1,900 years ago. |
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Few Tourists Will Gaze On Pyramid Nest in China - http://www.lauralee.com/chi_art.htm
A report in Rocky Mountain News on Chinese pyramids. |
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Experts Hail 'Major Archaeological Discovery' in China - http://english.people.com.cn/200301/30/eng20030130_110963.shtml
Brief news article in People's Daily describes the excavation of bronze ware in a Shanxi Province village. |
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Niya Yields Buried Secrets - http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/12/content_314240.htm
From China Daily, in 1901, a British explorer named Marc Aurel Stein trekked into the ruins of the kingdom far out in the desert, and the world then heard for the first time the name of Niya, as dreamlike as the Uygur legend about it. |
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Byzantine Gold Coin Unearthed in Qinghai - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-07/03/content_468165.htm
From Xinhua News, a Byzantine gold coin recently unearthed in Dulan in northwest China's Qinghai Province, may shed new light on the history of East-West trade routes. |
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Goguryeo Tomb Paintings in China Stolen - http://www.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200110/200110030281.html
An article from Digital Chosun reporting the theft of Korean burial tomb wall paintings from the Goguryeo-era in Jillin Province. |
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Ancient musical instruments unearthed in E. China - http://english.people.com.cn/200504/11/eng20050411_180482.html
From People's Daily, after nearly two years'excavation, archeologists have found a huge underground storeroom for musical instruments at a tomb of state of Yue in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. |
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Huge Ancient Pottery Drum Unearthed - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-07/26/content_498708.htm
From Xinhua, archaeologists believe that a pottery drum unearthed recently in Qianyang County, northwest China's Shannxi Province, is probably the largest one ever found. |
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China Had Express Post in 221 BCE - http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/08/02/china.archaeology/index.html
From CNN, China had an express postal service as long ago as 221 BCE, according to archaeologists studying recently discovered Imperial documents. |
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Chinese Archaic Jade - http://www.archaic-jade.com/history.htm
Jade best exemplifies the essential aspects of Chinese culture and aesthetic appreciation. |
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Tomb Depicting Murals Found in Southwest China - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-11/13/content_628256.htm
From Xinhuanet, Chinese archaeologists have found colorful murals on walls inside six cliff tombs dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 C.E. |
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Ancient Graves Discovered in Central China - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-08/10/content_519198.htm
From Xinhua, Chinese aristocrats were building hundreds of tombs in this ancient capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. |
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Palace or Castle of Dreams - http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/05/content_311903.htm
From China Daily, recent archaeological finds have raised a shocking question: did the palace ever exist, or are both it and the fire a 2,200-year-old lie. |
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Spiral Ring Reveals Ancient Complex Machines - http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn5103
From New Scientist, distinctive spiral patterns carved into a small jade ring show that China was using complex machines more than 2500 years ago. |
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Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China - http://chineseprehistory.com
Introduces the fossil evidence for human evolution in China. Papers and images. |
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Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan - http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/sichuan/
An exhibit of ancient Sichuan art and artifacts at the Seattle Art Museum. Includes: exhibition information, multimedia interactives exploring art work from Ancient China, and discussion boards. |
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World's Oldest Bricks Discovered - http://www.crisscross.com/jp/news/151352
An article from Japan Today reporting the discovery by a joint Sino-Japanese archaeological team of 5000 year old fired bricks on the Yangze River in Hunan Provance. |
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Multiplication Tables Exist in China 2,200 Years Ago - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-06/26/content_458723.htm
From Xinhua, Chinese archaeologists have unearthed proof that the times tables were being drummed into the heads of pupils more than 2,000 years ago. |
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Neolithic Oral Health - http://qcpages.qc.edu/ANTHRO/pechenkina/Chinaoralhealth.html
Photo gallery on dental wear and oral health in the Neolithic of northern China (Shaanxi and Henan). |
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Ancient Civilization Existed in South China: Findings - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200205/04/eng20020504_95124.shtml
From the People's Daily, archaeological findings prove that civilization existed in Shenzhen, now a coastal boomtown in south China's Guangdong Province, as early as 3,500 years ago. |
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Genetic testing reveals awkward truth about Xinjiang’s famous mummies - http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/todaysfeatures/2005/April/todaysfeatures_April37.xml§ion=todaysfeatures
From Khaleej Times, after years of controversy and political intrigue, archaeologists using genetic testing have proven that Caucasians roamed the Tarim Basin 1,000 years before East Asian people arrived. |
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First intensive investigation of early agriculture in Liangchengzhen suggests rice was prevalent - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-04/uocp-fii040605.php
Several thousand crop and weed seeds were recovered by the team at the 4000 year-old Liangchengzhen site, a regional political center in Shandong. |
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China Finds Oldest Environmental Protection Rule - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-04/24/content_370980.htm
A report from Xinhua that China was taking legal measures to protect the natural environment as early as West Han Dynasty (206 BCE to 24 CE), in Gansu Province. |
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Finds Confirm China's Ancient Trade Route Port - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200210/10/eng20021010_104815.shtml
From the People's Daily, Chinese archaeologists say they have found more evidence to prove Hepu, at Beihai City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was the oldest departure point on the country's ancient maritime trading route. |
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Digital Archives of Chinese Archaeological Data - http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~metadata/project/project-homepage/m1-3-archaeologyE.html
Artifacts housed in Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica are mainly from the archaeological excavation conducted in Mainland China and Taiwan. |
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People's Daily - Archaeological Find May Change Chinese History - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200008/04/eng20000804_47270.html
A report on archaeologists uncovering an ancient city site that thrived over 4,000 years ago in Taosi Village, Shanxi Province. |
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Prehistoric Chinese City Brought to Light - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-07/29/content_502251.htm
From Xinhua, archeologists excavate ruins of an ancient city from 3500 BCE, China's earliest. |
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China's Boat-building Dates Back 7,500 Years - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200211/21/eng20021121_107216.shtml
From the people's Daily, Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a wooden boat dating back at least 7,500 years in Xiaoshan City of east China's Zhejiang Province. |
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1,700-year-old Legal Document Found in NW Province - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200212/10/eng20021210_108225.shtml
From the Peoples daily, a incomplete document dating back 1,700 years just has been unearthed in Gansu Province, providing a valuable clue for archaeologists on the long-lost Criminal Law of the imperial Jin Dynasty, 265-420BCE. |
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China's Oldest Grotto Grave Unearthed in SW China - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200307/24/print20030724_120920.html
From the People's Daily, Neolithic grotto grave is found on the Nongshan Mountain of southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, unveiling the burial secrets of the Luoyue People. |
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Temple Gets New Overhaul - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-04/09/content_1410694.htm
From Xinhuanet, an investment of nearly 300 million yuan, the repair project of the Successive Emperors Temple in Beijing was completed. |
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3000-year-old Tomb Found By Accident - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-05/19/content_1478022.htm
From Xinhuanet, Chinese archaeologists accidentally discovered a cemetery that may include the oldest tomb ever discovered of the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century to 771 BCE). |
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Street Renovation "wakes up" Ancient Warrior in Sichuan - http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/08/content_269968.htm
From People's Daily, an ancient warrior "sleeping" underground for more than 2,000 years has been "woken up" by the noise from a road renovation site in downtown Chengdu City. |
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New discoveries in Xihetan Ruins in NW China - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-10/09/content_1115054.htm
From Xinhuanet, household items, including stone and bone vessels, dating back 4,000 years have been unearthed at the Xihetan Ruins, in Gansu Province. |
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Experts Claim Discovery of Oldest Great Wall Section - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200210/31/eng20021031_106023.shtml
From the People's Daily, oldest section of the Great Wall was built during ancient China's Chu Kingdom, during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 B.C.). |
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Ancient Distillery Expected to Unveil Mystery of Origin of China's Spirit Making - http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/20/content_273693.htm
From China Daily, archaeologists believe, after a year's research, that an ancient distillery unearthed in Jiangxi Province can help unveil the mystery of the origin of China's spirit-making history. |
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Well Preserved Ancient Female Corpse Found in East China - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-11/05/content_1161484.htm
From Xinhuanet, archaeologists have found awell preserved ancient female corpse, which was believed to be some 1,000 years old, in Gaochun county of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. |
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Xinhua - Official and Archaeologists Visit Tombs Discovered in Shaanxi - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-06/07/content_1512849.htm
A team composed of officials and archaeologists arrives in northwest China's Shaanxi Province to inspect the protection of the tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 1100 BC-771 BC) discovered at the Zhougong Temple in Qishan County. |
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Clue Found to Uncover Mystery of Gunpowder Invention - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-12/10/content_1224110.htm
From Xinhuanet, Chinese archeologists have found alarge ancient saltpeter manufacturing base which they believe was used to manufacture gunpowder over 1,000 years ago. |
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Cliff Inscriptions: Messages from the Past - http://china.org.cn/english/2003/Dec/81433.htm
Many cliff inscriptions of 1,700 years old have been found in the Three Gorges area on the Yangtze River. |
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Historian Touts Bells as Proof of Ancient King's Tomb - http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200401/200401130026.html
From the Chosunilbo Ilbo, a bronze bell has been discovered that proves that a tomb located in Ji'an, Jilin Province, China, is actually the resting place of King Kwanggaeto the Great. |