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Xinhua - Official and Archaeologists Visit Tombs Discovered in Shaanxi

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-06/07/content_1512849.htm

A team composed of officials and archaeologists arrives in northwest China's Shaanxi Province to inspect the protection of the tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 1100 BC-771 BC) discovered at the Zhougong Temple in Qishan County.

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Well Preserved Ancient Female Corpse Found in East China

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-11/05/content_1161484.htm

From Xinhuanet, archaeologists have found awell preserved ancient female corpse, which was believed to be some 1,000 years old, in Gaochun county of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

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Tomb Depicting Murals Found in Southwest China

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-11/13/content_628256.htm

From Xinhuanet, Chinese archaeologists have found colorful murals on walls inside six cliff tombs dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 C.E.

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The Products of Minds as Well as of Hands

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v042/42.1liu.pdf

Asian Perspectives, 42(1). Article examines the production of prestige goods in the Neolithic and early Bronze Age of China, focusing on procurement of raw material, and on manufacture, redistribution, and consumption of ritual objects made of jade, white pottery, and bronze. [subscription required]

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The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Finds from The People's Republic of China

http://www.nga.gov/education/chinatp_splash.htm

Online teaching program for this exhibition. Includes: descriptions of twenty artifacts, maps, teaching activities, pronunciation guide.

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The Earliest Use of Iron in China

http://staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/EARFE/EARFE.html

Over the centuries there have been numerous studies of when iron was first used in China, but until recently the only basis for a discussion of the question was in written texts.

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Temple Gets New Overhaul

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-04/09/content_1410694.htm

From Xinhuanet, an investment of nearly 300 million yuan, the repair project of the Successive Emperors Temple in Beijing was completed.

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Spiral Ring Reveals Ancient Complex Machines

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn5103

From New Scientist, distinctive spiral patterns carved into a small jade ring show that China was using complex machines more than 2500 years ago.

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Scientist Challenges Interpretation of New Find, the Oldest Primate fossil Ever Discovered

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-12/fm-sci122903.php

From EurekaAlert, a skull and jawbones recently found in China is the oldest well-preserved primate fossil ever discovered and the best evidence of the presence of early primates in Asia.

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Role of Sogdian Colonies in the Diffusion of Pearl Roundels Patterns

http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/Eran/Articles/compareti.html

Article by Matteo Comparetti. The archaeological objects discovered in the desert territory situated in the Xinjiang Uighurs' Autonomous Province; include a large quantity of textiles and other organic materials preserved thanks to the particular climatic conditions of the zone.

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Prehistoric Chinese City Brought to Light

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-07/29/content_502251.htm

From Xinhua, archeologists excavate ruins of an ancient city from 3500 BCE, China's earliest.

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People's Daily - Archaeological Find May Change Chinese History

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200008/04/eng20000804_47270.html

A report on archaeologists uncovering an ancient city site that thrived over 4,000 years ago in Taosi Village, Shanxi Province.

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Palace or Castle of Dreams

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/05/content_311903.htm

From China Daily, recent archaeological finds have raised a shocking question: did the palace ever exist, or are both it and the fire a 2,200-year-old lie.

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Niya Yields Buried Secrets

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/12/content_314240.htm

From China Daily, in 1901, a British explorer named Marc Aurel Stein trekked into the ruins of the kingdom far out in the desert, and the world then heard for the first time the name of Niya, as dreamlike as the Uygur legend about it.

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New discoveries in Xihetan Ruins in NW China

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-10/09/content_1115054.htm

From Xinhuanet, household items, including stone and bone vessels, dating back 4,000 years have been unearthed at the Xihetan Ruins, in Gansu Province.

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Neolithic Oral Health

http://qcpages.qc.edu/ANTHRO/pechenkina/Chinaoralhealth.html

Photo gallery on dental wear and oral health in the Neolithic of northern China (Shaanxi and Henan).

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Mysterious Mummies of China

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/chinamum/

Articles at NOVA Online giving further information on the 3000 year old Tarum Mummies.

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Multiplication Tables Exist in China 2,200 Years Ago

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-06/26/content_458723.htm

From Xinhua, Chinese archaeologists have unearthed proof that the times tables were being drummed into the heads of pupils more than 2,000 years ago.

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Huge Ancient Pottery Drum Unearthed

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-07/26/content_498708.htm

From Xinhua, archaeologists believe that a pottery drum unearthed recently in Qianyang County, northwest China's Shannxi Province, is probably the largest one ever found.

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Genetic testing reveals awkward truth about Xinjiangs famous mummies

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/todaysfeatures/2005/April/todaysfeatures_April37.xml&section=todaysfeatures

From Khaleej Times, after years of controversy and political intrigue, archaeologists using genetic testing have proven that Caucasians roamed the Tarim Basin 1,000 years before East Asian people arrived.

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Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China

http://chineseprehistory.com/

Introduces the fossil evidence for human evolution in China. Papers and images.

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