Chinese Culture History and Archaeology
Archaeology of China in Pictures
China Archaeology - the Archaeology of China in Pictures
A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
A tour de force by Patricia Buckley Ebrey, with lots of great photos and discussions of Chinese culture and its various elements, funded by the American and Chinese governments.
Archaeology in China
From China.org, a great repository of English language information about Chinese culture and archaeology.
Beixin Culture
A Chinese culture group which is precursor to Dawenkou Culture, the Beixin Culture has recently re-dated between 4300-4100 BC.
Buddhist Monasteries in Tibet
An article briefly describing the ancient monasteries of Tibet, in the Athena Review.
Chifeng Archaeological Research Project
A collaborative research project studying socio-political change in Chinese culture in the Chifeng region of northeast China from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Beijing; The Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Inner Mongolia Institute of Archaeology, Hohhot; Jilin University, Changchun; and Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh.
China and East Asia Chronology
From Northpark University, what looks to be the start of an excellent source of historical information about Asian culture, with special emphasis on Chinese cultures.
China Before China
The book China before China describes the history of the archaeological investigations of Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson and Ding Wenjiang, intellectual and scholar of the newly established Chinese republic between 1914 and 1925. An intriguing look into the way Swedish and Chinese cultures can work together, sometimes.
China Online
Everything you wanted to know about Chinese culture, from Jun Shan at About.
China: Portals to the World
Chinese culture, politics, and geography from the US Library of Congress.
China: the Historical Setting
From Nemy Gill, a succinct timeline of Chinese culture history.
Chinese Archaeology in the 20th Century and Beyond
A paper by Cao Bingwu on the history of archaeology in China, from the Ancient East Asia website.
Chinese Geography
Chinese cultural, topographic, and political maps from Matt Rosenberg.
History of China
From Leon Poon at the University of Maryland, a vast and amazing resource on the history of China and Chinese culture.
Daoism - Taoism
Daoism is a belief system and essential part of Chinese culture that arose in China during the Han dynasty, developing from the primitive shamanism of the Ba culture into a formal Daoist religion during the second century BC.
Emperor Qin's Terracotta Army
The exquisite terracotta army of the first Qin Dynasty ruler Shihuangdi represents the birth of Chinese imperial culture, with the emperor’s ability to control the resources of the newly unified China, and his attempt to recreate and maintain that empire in the afterlife.
Exploring the Archaeology of Shandong China: Live From the Field - Sha
For the 11th year, archaeologist Anne Underhill of Chicago's Field Museum and colleagues return to Shandong China to continue their regional survey of the Chinese province. Part of the Field's Live from the Field program, the Shandong Project allows subscribers a day-to-day description of how the work is continuing.
Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Most modern archaeological research completed in China is overseen by the Institute of Archaeology at CASS, and their website contains substantial information in English about recent work.
Li Chi [1896-1979]
Chinese archaeologist Li Chi is considered the father of modern Chinese archaeology.
Jia Lanpo [1908-2001]
Chinese paleontologist Jia Lanpo was one of the founders of scientific archaeology in China and was instrumental in the founding of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Academia Sinica.
Lost Treasures of Tibet
Website in support of a new Public Broadcasting special on the restoration of some ancient Buddhist murals in Tibet.
New Perspectives on China's Past in the Twentieth Century
This enormous, stunningly beautiful two-volume set on Chinese culture as discovered by archaeology was edited by Xiaoneng Yang and published by Yale University Press in 2004. It is a book I've sorely needed for years and well worth the price.
Pei Wenzhong [1904-1982]
W.C. Pei (in Chinese, Pei Wenzhong) was the founding father of Chinese Paleolithic archaeology, who excavated at Zhoukoudian in the mid 1930s.
Shen Kua [1031-1095]
The 11th century Chinese scholar, engineer, mathematician, astonomer, cartographer, politician, writer, and Go player Shen Kua was a phenomenal character.
Teaching Chinese Archaeology
Teaching materials on Chinese culture gathered in conjunction with the American National Gallery of Art, this site includes information from the late prehistoric through early imperial periods.
Timeline of Chinese Maritime History
A timeline and brief history of the history of Chinese sailing, from Non-Han Nan Ban on the Chinese History forum.