Chinese Archaeological Sites
AnYang
AnYang was the capital of the Shang Dynasty in northern Henan province, China, between 1554 and 1045 BC.
AnYang: Bronze Age Capital in China
Three seasons of excavations at the ancient Chinese city of AnYang have produced a wealth of information at this Bronze Age capital of the Shang Dynasty.
Banpo, China
The archaeological site of Banpo is a Neolithic village and cemetery on the Wei River in Shaanxi Province, China, belonging to the early Yangshao culture, dated 5000-4000 BC.
Bashidang, China
Bashidang is an early walled settlement belonging to the Pengtoushan culture, dated between 5540 and 5100 BC near Wufu village in the Yangtse River basin, Hunan province in China.
Chahai, China
Chahai is the name of an archaeological site in China, near Fuxin in Liaoning Province, Manchuria, and belonging to the early Neolithic Xinglongwa culture.
Chang'an, China
Chang'an is the name of one of the most important ancient capital cities of China.
Chaoxian Cave, China
The Chaoxian cave is an early hominin site located in eastern Anhui province, China.
Chengtoushan (China)
Chengtoushan is a Daxi culture site, located in the Lixian county of Hunan Province, China.
Chengziya (China)
Chengziya is an archaeological site in Licheng county of Shandong Province, China, consisting of a walled village, with occupations primarily dated to the Longshan period (2600-2000 BC).
Chengziya
Chengziya is an archaeological site in Shandong Province, China, consissting of a walled settlement, with occupations primarily dated to the Longshan period (2600-2000 BC).
Cherchen Man, China
Cherchen Man is one of several mummies recovered in China that appear to be members of an Indo-European group of nomads. This is a news blurb by the University of Texas when Elizabeth Barber's book came out.
Cishan
Cishan is the type site for the Cishan culture, an early Neolithic culture in the Yellow River of China, occupied from about 6500-5000 BC.
Dadianzi
Dadianzi is an early Bronze Age site located near Xiajiadian in Chifeng city of Inner Mongolia.
Dadiwan
The Middle Neolithic archaeological site of Dadiwan is located within the upper reaches of the Yellow River near Shaodian in Qi'nan county, Gansu province of China.
Dadong Cave (China)
A news report from EXN Canada on the Panxian Dadong Cave, southern China, on work on the site by Sari Miller-Antonio, Lynne A. Schepartz & Deborah Bakken.
Dali Cranium
The Dali cranium is a Homo erectus skull found in 1978 in Jiefang Village, Dali County of Shaanxi Province, China
Daxi
The Daxi site is a large Neolithic period settlement and cemetery located in Wushan county within Qutang Gorge of the Yangzi River valley, China.
Dinggong
Dinggong is a Longshan village site in Zhouping County of Shandong Province, China, dated to the Late Neolithic period.
Dongshanzui
Dongshanzui is the name of a Hongshan culture site in Kazuo county, Liaoning province, China, occupied between 4700-2920 BC.
Doumenzhen
Doumenzhen was a capital of the Chou (or Zhou) Dynasty, China (1050-256 BC).
Erlitou (China)
Erlitou is a very large Bronze Age (Shang or Xia Dynasty) site located 9 kilometers southwest of Yanshi City in Henan Province of China.
Erlitou
Erlitou is a very large Bronze Age site (probably Xia Dynasty) located 9 kilometers southwest of Yanshi City in Henan Province of China, dated between 1900-1500 BC.
Fanshan
Fanshan (Fan Hill) is the name of an archaeological settlement and cemetery of the Liangzhu culture in China, 3300-2200 BC.
Heilongjiang, China
Two upper Pleistocene sites, excavated by the Cultural Relics Bureau of China and the Provincial Museum of Alberta.
Hemuda
Hemuda is a Neolithic archaeological site and the type site of the culture of the Yangtse River valley in China
Huanbei Shang City, China
Middle Shang period (ca. 1450-1250 B.C) city found recently in Anyang; an article in Archaeology magazine.
Kuahuqiao (Zhejiang Province)
In this project gallery report from September 2005's Antiquity, Leping Jiang and Li Liu report on the Kuahuqiao site, an early Neolithic village occupation with a dugout canoe, radiocarbon dated to 7000 BP, and among the earliest of canoes recovered in China to date.
Longgupo Cave, China
Gigantopithecus site, with evidence for Homo habilis and Homo ergaster; an article in Nature from Russell Ciochon and others.
Mawangdui (China)
Mawangdui is the name of a Han dynasty [206 BC-AD 24] archaeological site situated in China in a suburb of the modern town of Changsha, Hunan Province.
Mojiaoshan
The archaeological site of Mojiaoshan is part of a Liangzhu complex site at Yuhang in Zhejiang Province, China.
Niuheliang
The archaeological site of Niuheliang, is a late Neolithic Hongshan culture site in Liaoning Province.
Peiligang
The Peiligang site is the type site of a Neolithic culture of the Liao basin of southwest Manchuria.
Peking Man
The Homo erectus skull cap known as Peking Man was found in 1927 in the cave known as Zhoukoudian by the Chinese archaeologist W.C. Pei.
Pengtoushan
The Early Neolithic site of Pengtoushan is located in the Yangtze River valley of Lixian County, Hunan Province.
Salawusu
The Salawusu site is an early Homo sapiens site located in Ordos, Neimenggu (Inner Mongolia), China.
Taosi (China)
Taosi is an enormous Longshan culture site, located in Shanxi province of China. It was discovered in 2000.
Shizhaishan
The Shizhaishan site, located in Yunnan Province, is a cemetery site dated between 250 BC-250 AD, and belonging to Dian people of the Warring States and Han periods.
Trivia Quiz: Anyang
What do you know about the archaeological site of Anyang? Try this week's quiz and see.
Sidun
Sidun is an archaeological site in Jiangsu province, China, belonging to the Liangzhu culture and dated between 3300-2200 BC.
Trivia Quiz: Tomb of Shi Huangdi
Who was Shi Huangdi and what did archaeologists find in his tomb?
Dadiwan (China)
Dadiwan is a Paleolithic and Middle Neolithic archaeological site, located within the upper reaches of the Yellow River near Shaodian in Qi'nan county, Gansu province of China.