2005: a year of archaeological harvest
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BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese archaeologists have reaped a huge harvest in 2005, with a large number of significant discoveries reported over the past year.
At the "Archaeology Forum" which opened here Tuesday, Liu Qingzhu, director of the Institute of Archaeology under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), said that the new discoveries ranging from the paleolithic age to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
The discoveries have not only helped resolve many academic questions, but also pointed toward new directions of future research, said Liu.
Archaeologists showed their recent findings at the forum, including a prehistoric site in Mentougou District in Beijing, a neolithic site in Hongjiang City in Central China's Hunan Province,and an ancient tomb dated back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (1100 BC-771 BC) in North China's Shanxi Province.
A kind of mysterious mound grave excavated in East China's Jiangsu Province, a tomb dated back to the bronze age in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and a gate of the 2,000-year-old Daming Palace in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province were also introduced by their discoverers at the forum.
Bai Yunxiang, deputy director of the Institute of Archaeology, said Chinese archaeologists have clearer academic goals in their excavation and research, and archaeological methods have been improved greatly.
More modern technologies have been applied in archaeological research, and the protection of cultural relics was highlighted during excavation, Bai said.
The annual forum, sponsored by the CASS, was launched in 2001 to offer a stage for Chinese archaeologists to exchange their new discoveries and promote archaeological development.
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