News
- 2024/09/02
- International workshop for young researcher development “Scientific Analyses of Archaeological Remains: From Starch Residue Analysis and Isotope Analysis” was held from Aug 27 to Sep 1.NEW
- 2024/08/03
- The 5th Project Symposium “Cities and Civilization” will be held on August 24 (Sat.).NEW
- 2024/07/05
- The 36th seminar, named “Archaeological Frontiers of Southwest Silk Road.” , will be held on July 20, 2024 (Sat.).
- 2024/06/15
- The 35th seminar, the 14th seminar of developing young scholars was held on June 12 and 13.NEW
- 2024/06/13
- The 34th seminar, the 13th seminar of developing young scholars named was held on June 9 and 10.NEW
- 2024/06/05
- The Opening lecture named “Ancient Diets Explored through Bones – The Latest Results Revealed by Archaeology” will be held on June 29 (Sat.).
- 2024/05/28
- Special exhibition of The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, named “都市－アーケオロジー” will be held on May 31, 2024 (Fri.)
- 2024/04/23
- Research achievements have been updated.
- 2024/03/18
- Reports, Proceedings, and Newsletters have been published.
- 2024/03/08
- The 32th seminar, the 12th seminar of developing young scholars will be held on March 25.
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The purpose of this project is to elucidate the process by which the various local civilizations that emerged in China during the late Neolithic period (late 3rd millennium BC) eventually converged in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and blossomed as “Chinese Civilization” during the early Bronze Age (early 2nd millennium BC). In order to achieve this goal, archaeology, which reconstructs history from visible objects, and archaeological science, which extracts invisible information from those objects, must work together on an equal footing. Rather than being satisfied with fundamental works such as radiocarbon dating and ecofacts identification, we can extract the maximum amount of information from archaeological sites and remains by applying the most advanced analytical methods in geochemistry and biochemistry, and even reconstruct history at the individual level, which has been considered impossible in traditional archaeology. The “New Archaeology Initiative” will transform archaeological research into a higher-dimensional and comprehensive historical science that is qualitatively different from the past.
Human and Social Science Hall 4, Kanazawa University Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, 9201192, Japan E-mail：chugokubunmei@gmail.com