Archeology in china

The Archeology in China as a science was established in the early 20th century.

history

In the 1920s, the spiritual and political reformers began to question the historicity of legendary figures in Chinese culture such as Shennongs , the "Divine Farmer", and Huangdis , the "Yellow Emperor". At the same time, Western archaeologists and paleoanthropologists began to promote scientific research into prehistoric times in China. The establishment of the Academia Sinica (Chinese Academy of Sciences) in 1928 enabled the study of Chinese archeology and preparations were made for large-scale excavations .

Significant excavations were carried out by Li Ji near Anyang ( Yinxu ) in Henan Province, but these were ended when the Second World War broke out in 1937. The civil war of the late 1940s and subsequent social unrest delayed the resumption of systematic archaeological excavations and publications. When the Cultural Revolution weakened in the mid-1970s, work was resumed and the Chinese Archaeological Society ( 中国 考古学 会 ) was founded in 1979 .

Sites

→ Main articles : List of Paleolithic sites in China , List of Neolithic sites in China,  and List of Bronze Age sites in China

Banpo Cishan Dadiwan Dawenkou Dingcun Erlitou Hemudu Jiahu Lantian Liangzhu Machang Majiabang Majiayao Qianshanyang Qijiaping Songze Xianrendong Xujiayao Yinxu Yuanjun- miao Zengpiyan Zhoukoudian

Important sites in China black = Paleolithic, yellow = Neolithic, red = Bronze Age

See also

• Top ten archaeological discoveries in China

literature

• Carl Hentze : Finds in ancient China: the world experience in the oldest China. Musterschmidt, Göttingen 1967.
• Ancient China. 5000 years of history and archeology. Herder Verlag, 1990, ISBN 978-3451205606 .
• Danielle Elisseeff , Vadime Elisseeff : New finds in China. Archeology changes history. (from the French), Hirmer Verlag, 1993, ISBN 978-3777435503 .
• Xiaoneng Yang: A History of Modern Chinese Archeology . In: The Golden Age of Chinese Archeology . Exhibition catalog. Yale University Press, New Haven, London 1999, ISBN 0-300-08132-4 , pp. 25–45 ( scan [PDF; 122.9 MB ]).
• Mayke Wagner : Neolithic and early Bronze Age in northern China 8000 to 3500 years ago: the northeastern lowlands (southern part) . Von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 978-3805336680 .
• Li Liu, Xingcan Chen: The Archeology of China: From The Late Paleolithic To The Early Bronze Age. (Cambridge World Archeology), Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0521644327 .
• Gideon Shelach-Lavi: The Archeology of Early China: From Prehistory to the Han Dynasty. Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0521145251 .

Web links

Commons : Archeology in China  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Homepage of the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Chinese, English)
• Beijing branch of the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} David N. Keightley: China - Prehistory. In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved August 2, 2017 .