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China's Oldest Grotto Grave Unearthed in SW China
From the People's Daily, Neolithic grotto grave is found on the Nongshan Mountain of southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, unveiling the burial secrets of the Luoyue People.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200307/24/print20030724_120920.html
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From Portraiture of Power to Gold Coin of Kaghan
Article in Transoxiana 6. Western Turks and Byzantine gold coins found in China.
http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/0106/lin-ying_turks_solidus.html
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Building the Chronology of Early Chinese History
Asian Perspectives 41(1). This paper discusses the main debates stimulated by the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project and critically evaluates the methodology it employed. [subscription required]
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.1lee.pdf
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A Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis) Cultivation Experiment in the Middle Yellow River Valley and Some Related Issues
Asian Perspectives 41(1). Green foxtail, the progenitor of foxtail millet, was domesticated in the Yellow River Valley by 8000 B.P. However, the domestication process is not known. Hence a cultivation experiment was conducted in 1999 and 2000. [subscript
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.1lu.pdf
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The Products of Minds as Well as of Hands
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, whit
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v042/42.1liu.pdf
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The Earliest Use of Iron in China
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.
http://staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/EARFE/EARFE.html
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Street Renovation "wakes up" Ancient Warrior in Sichuan
From People's Daily, an ancient warrior "sleeping" underground for more than 2,000 years has been "woken up" by the noise from a road renovation site in downtown Chengdu City.
http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/08/content_269968.htm
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New discoveries in Xihetan Ruins in NW China
From Xinhuanet, household items, including stone and bone vessels, dating back 4,000 years have been unearthed at the Xihetan Ruins, in Gansu Province.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-10/09/content_1115054.htm
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Role of Sogdian Colonies in the Diffusion of Pearl Roundels Patterns
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 climati
http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/Eran/Articles/compareti.html
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Ancient Distillery Expected to Unveil Mystery of Origin of China's Spirit Making
From China Daily, archaeologists believe, after a year's research, that an ancient distillery unearthed in Jiangxi Province can help unveil the mystery of the origin of China's spirit-making history.
http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/20/content_273693.htm
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