A lipid and proteomic study of ancient carbonized material (foodcrust) on pottery from the Taihu Lake region of eastern China has revealed the presence of rice, seafood consumption, various pottery ...

To the two Chinese tomb robbers who found it beneath a pile of rotting planks in 1934, the ragged piece of silk bearing strange, barely discernible characters and drawings looked like nothing more ...

Part I: Current Issues in Chinese Archaeology. Introduction: Investigating the Development and Nature of Complex Societies in Ancient China / Anne P. Underhill ; "Despoiled of the Garments of Her ...

Have you ever wondered why Chinese visual culture is full of images of dragons, phoenixes and other mythical creatures? Archaeologists certainly have. For centuries, they searched in vain for their ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A tomb dating back 5,000 years, which archaeologists believe may belong an early Chinese king, has been discovered in ...

Chinese archaeology : past, present, and future -- Environment and ecology -- Foragers and collectors in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (24,000-9000 cal. BP) -- Domestication of plants and ...

The middle Yangtze River valley of China was home to 20 or so Neolithic earthen walled towns dated between 6000 and 4200 cal BP, which is very rare in East Asia. Many scholars consider these walled ...

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of "pop-science" reporting reveals topical and regional disparities, including an apparent ...

HENAN, Central China — It was only mid-May, but the sun was beating down as Niu Shishan picked his way across a pockmarked field in the central Chinese city of Anyang. Niu, a tall, bespectacled ...

A recent archaeological excavation in northwest China has uncovered a 3,000-year-old burial site containing deliberately broken bronze weapons, offering a remarkable glimpse into ancient attitudes ...

“Powerful.” “Mysterious.” “Bloody.” Those are the words that tend to come to mind when Chinese are asked about the Shang — an ancient dynasty that ruled China’s Central Plains for over 500 years until ...

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of “pop-science” reporting reveals topical and regional disparities, including an apparent ...