Small glass beads seem to be very common today, but around 2,000 years ago, the Indo-Pacific (Indo-Pacific) glass beads used for trade were extraordinary. They were the interaction between people and economic trade between different regions in ancient times. important credentials for development.
The team of Professor Yang Yimin from the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences recently conducted in-depth research on more than 30 Indo-Pacific glass beads unearthed in the Central Plains and Xinjiang during the Han and Tang Dynasties. Emergence, development, prosperity provide important physical evidence.
On the eve of the "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" on June 11, 2022, Xu Siwen, a doctoral student at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who completed these two research results, was interviewed by a reporter from China News Agency in Beijing. Interpretation of the archaeological research results of Indo-Pacific glass beads unearthed in these two places.
(Reporter Sun Zifa produced Le Xiaomin)
Responsible editor: [Li Yuxin]