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This project will produce a report on the excavation of the secondary pits associated with the tomb of Marquis Yi, ruler of the state of Zeng, who died in 433 BCE. The tomb is located at...

The Liulihe site, the capital of the Yan state in the Western Zhou period (ca.1050-770 BC), is located at Beijing Fangshan, not far from the northern end of the Huabei Plain in east China. The site was first found and excavated in 1962 by the archaeology department of Peking University. From 1995 to 1997, we excavated the site again and turned our attention from the city's cemetery to the history of the settlement. Three seasons of excavation has accumulated a vast amount of important data. The publication of the volume will greatly benefit not only the study of Yan culture, the Western...

On the west bank of a tributary to the Yellow river, Didong site (N34°34′03.75”, E110°27′10.55”, 360 meters above sea level) has a total area of 100,000 square meters or so and is one of the sites which has been relatively well-protected in the area of western Henan province. The site has been excavated in an area of 800 square meters and has provided abundant remains of the Yangshao Culture, including over 60 house ruins, tombs , and caves, as well as a great number of vessels made from pottery, stones and bones, etc. The new discoveries found here have changed the understanding of the...

On the west bank of a tributary to the Yellow river, Didong site (N34°34′03.75”, E110°27′10.55”, 360 meters above sea level) has a total area of 100,000 square meters or so and is one of the sites which has been relatively well-protected in the area of western Henan province. The site has been excavated in an area of 800 square meters and has provided abundant remains of the Yangshao Culture, including over 60 house ruins, tombs , and caves, as well as a great number of vessels made from pottery, stones and bones, etc. The new discoveries found here have changed the understanding of the...

The project supported by the White-Levy Program is the Chengdu Plain Archaeological Survey (CPAS), an international collaborative archaeological project that took place from 2005...