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American-Mongolian Team Finds Tombs Near Birthplace Of Genghis Khan __ "An American-Mongolian research team has discovered an enclave of tombs, apparently associated with persons of high status, on a hill near Genghis Khan’s probable birthplace and near the site where he was proclaimed emperor of all the Mongols in 1206,..." You can read about the find of these unopened tombs and the history of the expedition. - From Science Daily - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/08/010818004646.htm

Ancient Chinese Rice Archaeology Project __ Archaeological study of rice in ancient China - photos and other illustrations - By Canadian Museum of Civilization - http://www.carleton.ca/~bgordon/Rice   

Ancient Culture of the Lower Yangtze River and Ancient Japan __ Learn how the agriculture of China's Yangtze River effected the life of Japan. - illustrated - By Canadian Museum of Civilization - http://www.carleton.ca/~bgordon/Rice/papers/zhimin90.htm  

Ancient Jade Artifacts Found in Inner Mongolia __ "In north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region archeologists have excavated jade artifacts dating back more than 8,000 years, the earliest discovered in China." A brief article loaded with information. - From China Internet Information Center - http://www.china.org.cn/english/27272.htm 

The Anyang Project __ "The modern city of An Yang, China, lies in the northern province of Henan. For centuries, its secret past lay hidden beneath the city streets, but in 1899, hundreds of oracle bones, ornately carved tortoise shells and ox scapulas, were found, according to legend, by a doctor in search of "dragon bones" for an ill city administrator." Read about the later excavation of a capital city of the Shang dynasty, about 1500 BCE. - From About.com - http://archaeology.about.com/library/weekly/aa053099.htm 

APM - A New View of Prehistoric Japan __ Sannai Maruyama is called one of the most important sites ever excavated in Japan. - From Australian National University - http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/APM/TXT/hudson-m-02-96.html  

Archaeological Sites - Sub-titled Fukui Cave __ archaeology of a 15,000 year old cave in Japan - By Minnesota State University - http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/archaeology/sites/asia/fukuicave.html

Archeological Wonders of Punjab __ "Thanks to its rigorous past the best part of Punjab's historical treasure seems to lie under-ground. Thus, any enquiry into the culture of Punjab tends to begin with archaeological excavations which have been made throughout the State." - illustrated - From - Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago - http://www.pcschicago.org/Punjab/archeological.htm
 
Around the Indus in 90 Slides... __ Lots of graphics and photos of ancient India - Harappa - illustrated - From University of Wisconsin & Harvard University - http://www.harappa.com/indus2

Banawali Mound - District Fatehbad or Fatehabad - Haryana - Archaeological Site __ "Banawali Mound previously called Vanawali, lies 14 kms, north-west of Fatehbad on the right bank of the Rangoi Nala, 29° 37" 5' north latitude and 75° 23",6' cast longitude. This ancient mound spread over an area of one sq. kms., rose to a height of about 10 meters due to successive settlements on the earlier rubble." Learn about the site and the archaeological research - From Haryana Online - http://haryana-online.com/banawali.htm

Ban Chiang Home Page __ Archaeology of prehistoric site in South East Asia - high culture - illustrated - From University of Pennsylvania - http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Research/banchiang.html

Cambodia Tales __ About the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project - illustrated - http://www.btinternet.com/~andy.brouwer/aborei.htm

China's First Remote Sensing Archaeology Lab Launched __ A news article. - illustrated - From Peoples Daily - http://english.people.com.cn/200111/30/eng20011130_85664.shtml 

City Planning System of the Ancient Bohai (Parhae) State... __ About satellite photos and their uses in archaeology. In this particular example, satellite photos have been used to aid in the study of city planning in the ancient Chinese region of Bohai - illustrated - From Kyoto University - http://www.users.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~p51987/Bohai/summary-E.html

Cultural Relics Protection __ Articles about archaeological research in China and artifact preservation - illustrated - From People's Daily - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/zhuanti/Zhuanti_36.html

Early - Homo Erectus - Tools in China __ Possible stone tools found in China which date from 2.5 million years ago - photos - From Archaeological Institute of America - http://www.archaeology.org/0001/newsbriefs/china.html

Early Man and the Rise of Civilisation in Sri Lanka: the Archaeological Evidence __ "The Himalayan foothills of the Indian sub-continent have yielded evidence humans having lived there around two million years ago. Although the earliest known dates for hominids in peninsular India are ca. 600,000 years before the present (BP), it is very likely that future research will indicate an age comparable to that of the Himalayan foothills, since there do not appear to have been any physical barriers to prevent humans from being present in southern India contemporaneously with their occurrence in the northern part of the sub-continent. Meanwhile, it is apparent that Sri Lanka was, more often than not, linked to southern India by a land bridge during this period." - By S. U. Deraniyagala, Director-General of Archaeology, Sri Lanka - http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/dera2.html

Excavations at Arikamedu, India __ Archaeological research at Arikamedu establishes that the city existed before the Roman settlement - By TheBeadSite.com - http://www.thebeadsite.com/UNI-ARK.html

Exploring Ancient Salt Production Sites in China __ "There is extensive textual documentation on salt manufacture in ancient China, with reliable records going back to the fourth century bc. At that time, the salt industry was already well developed, and its origins certainly go back to much earlier times." Learn the full story here. - illustrated - From UCLA - http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/Fall99/salt.html
 
Finds and Morphological Study of Carbonized Rice in... __ Archaeological paper dealing with the relationship of rice to the development of civilization in China. The field of study is agricultural archaeology. - From Carleton University - http://www.carleton.ca/~bgordon/Rice/papers/chenbz95.htm

Fukui Cave __ You will find a brief overview of the cave and the Jomon Period - From Minnesota State University - http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/asia/fukuicave.html 

The Gallery of Archaeological Collections __ Gallery of archaeological artifacts from Siberia - photos - From Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography - http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/siberia/arch.html

A Good Hair Week in Mongolia __ About archaeologists collecting hair samples in Mongolia - photos - From Outside Online Magazine - http://www.outsidemag.com/magazine/0496/9604fmon.html

Han Dynasty Ruins Unearthed in East China __ Article about the excavation of Han dynasty ruins in China. Settlement in the area dates back to about 500 BCE. - From Xinhua News Service - http://202.84.17.11/english/htm/20001207/255222.htm

Harvard Gazette: Ancient Script Rewrites History __ Discovery of the Chinese version of "The Dead Sea Scrolls." "With the discovery of these texts, I think you can say that the history of Confucianism itself will have to be rewritten" - From Harvard University - http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2001/02.22/07-ancientscript.html
 
India's Buddhist Heritage: Monuments - Stupas, Monasteries __ Learn about Buddhist archaeological sites in India. You will find descriptions of the location and brief histories. - illustrated - From Image India - http://members.tripod.com/~IMAGE_INDIA/buddhist.html

Indigenous Cambodian Archaeology __ Paper about the history and future of archaeology in Cambodia - By The Southeast Asian Studies Student Association - http://www2.hawaii.edu/~seassa/explorations/v1n2/art1/v1n2-art1.html

Island of the Spirits | Origins of the Ainu __ Learn about an archaeological technique called "flotation" and how this method of research is narrowing the search for the origins of the Ainu. - illustrated - From NOVA - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hokkaido/ainu.html 

Japanese Archaeology Jomon Dreaming __ A discovery that strongly suggests that 500,000 years ago Homo Erectus constructed buildings - photos - From Mitsubo Archaeological Workshop - http://www2.inforyoma.or.jp/~mitsubo/english.html

Jaya Varma __ "In early May 1992 workers digging a trench for the foundation of a house in Ma-liga-on stumbled across the most important art historical discovery in the Kathmandu Valley for many years." - photos - From Asian Arts - http://www.asianart.com/articles/jaya/index.html

The Jomon Period in Japan __ website about prehistoric Jomon archaeology and history - photos - From Niigata Prefectural Museum of History - http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/prehistoric.htm

Kazakstan Archaeological Research Project __ Pages covering the excavations at a late-Iron Age settlement in southeast Kazakstan - photos - From Sweet Briar College - http://talgar.sbc.edu

Kusado Sengen __ Kusado Sengen has been excavated for more than thirty years and made a significant contribution to medieval archaeology in Japan. - photos - English or Japanese - By Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History - http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~suzuki-y/index_e.html

Memory of the Jomon Period __ Online book about the archaeology and history of the Jomon Period of prehistoric Japan - photos - By Tokyo University - http://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/dm2k-umdb/publish_db/books/dm2000/english/02/02-01.html

Mogamigawa River Project __ Archaeological research on a Paleolithic age river basin in Northeast Japan. - photos and reports - English or Japanese - From Keio University, Tokyo - http://www.flet.keio.ac.jp/~abeto/mrp/index_e.html 

Origins of Angkor Archaeological Project __ Covers the search for the social, cultural, and technological development in the Mun River valley of Northeast Thailand - illustrated - From the University of Otago - http://www.otago.ac.nz/Anthropology/Angkor/index.html

A Page for Philippine Prehistory __ "Archaeology is a new science to the Philippines and here you can get in on the beginning. There are archaeological articles, photos, history, and links." - photos - From Ateneo de Manila University - http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/5727/index.html

Pallemalala Discovery __ "A major archaeological breakthrough that could shed new light on the physical type and lifestyle of the island's pre-historic population has been accomplished by a team of Sri Lankan Archaeologists." - By Asiff Hussein - http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/palle1.html 

Photos of Angkor & the Khmer Civilization __ An online gallery of Angkor and other Khmer sites. - illustrated - From archaeologyphotos.com - http://www.archaeologyphotos.com/Angkor/index.htm 

Salt Range Temples, Pakistan __ Explore the temples that were built from the 6th to the early 11th century along the Indus River - photos and other illustrations - From the University of Pennsylvania - http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu:80/arth/meister/pakistan.html

Shiga Excavation May Be Ancient Parliament __ About the possibility that this archaeological site is the location of an eighth century government building. - good report - From The Japan Times - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20001123a9.htm 

Sisupalgarh Project Page __ This website is about a multiseasonal archaeological research project at the ancient city of Sisupalgarh in eastern India. You will also find the Kaundinyapura link on the same page. - illustrated - From Monica L. Smith/UCLA - http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/smith/index.html

 
Southwest Pacific Cultural Heritage Training Program __ Learn about a program designed to train people in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu in cultural heritage management, which is heavily archaeological in nature. - illustrated - From Australian National University - http://arts.anu.edu.au/swp/

Study of Skeletons of Eastern Han Convict Laborers __ Combine archaeology and forensics and you have the basis for this website. - illustrated - From the Ancient East Asia Website - http://www.ancienteastasia.org/special/luoyanggraves.htm

Temple Pura at Vijayanagara: Study of Specialized Urban... __ "Vijayanagara, or "City of Victory," was the capital of an empire of the same name which flourished in South India from the 14th to the 16th centuries." - photos, research article - From Arizona State University - http://archaeology.asu.edu/vm/old_world/vij/default.htm 

Thirty-five thousand years in New Ireland __ "During the mid 1980's archaeological research in New Ireland revealed that people had been living there for at least 35,000 years. A recent archaeological expedition to Buang Merabak, a central New Ireland cave site, by the author has unearthed more evidence of human occupation going back into the depths of time." You will learn results of the research, find out about some of their methodology and plans for the future. - photos - From Australian National University - http://arts.anu.edu.au/swp/paradise%20story.htm

The Treasures of Lake Hamun __ Archaeological survey work and excavations very near the Afghan border at a site which has Zoroastrian associations and demonstrates the blend of styles leading from Zoroastrian into Islamic civilization. - illustrated - http://www.iranian.com/Feb97/History/Hamun/Hamun.shtml

Visions of China __ Gallery of objects found in various Chinese archaeological excavations which were exhibited in the National Gallery of Art. - illustrated - From CNN/U.S. National Gallery of Art - http://www.cnn.com/interactive/specials/9908/china.excavations.gallery/index.html

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