Lent by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the bronzes range from a wine vessel depicting a double owl to a celestial horse sculpture, all illustrating how early humans honored ancestors and deities.

During China's Bronze Age (c. 2070 – 771 B.C.), the durable alloy was an indispensable resource, central to the development of early Chinese civilization. Under the Zia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, ...

In a study published in Archaeological Research in Asia, Dr. Haichao Li and a team of researchers analyzed the earliest Bronze Age meteoritic iron artifact from southwestern China, the largest found ...

Chinese archaeology : past, present, and future -- Environment and ecology -- Foragers and collectors in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (24,000-9000 cal. BP) -- Domestication of plants and ...

In a study by Dr. Yinzhi Cui and his colleagues published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, the contents of 42 pottery vessels from the Bronze Age site of Mogou were analyzed. The ...

Bronze Age pottery unearthed in northwest China has revealed the secret to making red rice wine that was ceremonially consumed in the region in the second millennium BC. Previous research has ...

For many years, archaeologists were uncertain about Sanxingdui and its significance.It became known for its massive bronze faces, towering metal trees and gold-sheathed masks, which seemed unlike ...

Part I. De-centering a historicity of the periphery -- History regained in prehistory -- Death and funerary ritual: where multiple time frames converge -- Part II. Bronze Age histories -- Time and ...

The groundbreaking discovery, which would ultimately revolutionize the historians' perspective on ancient China, did not occur in the course of digging through an imperial burial ground or an iconic ...