Zhejiang University established a major in archaeology and began enrolling students this year

Hangzhou, May 5 (Zhongxin Net) -- On May 28, the inaugural meeting of the archaeology major of Zhejiang University was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It is reported that this year Zhejiang University will enroll the first batch of undergraduate archaeology students, a total of 5 people.

Zhejiang has a long and profound cultural vein, and is an empirical place for millions of years of human history, 2021,<> years of cultural history, and more than <>,<> years of Chinese civilization history, but in terms of talent training, it does not match the identity of "cultural relics province". In <>, Zhejiang's first Department of Archaeology was established in Zhejiang City College. After two years, Zhejiang University (hereinafter referred to as "Zhejiang University") also ushered in its own archaeology major.

The discipline of archaeology at Zhejiang University did not start late. In 1978, Zhejiang University prepared to establish a major in cultural relics and museology, and in 2008, the university's first-level doctoral program in archaeology was approved by the Ministry of Education. Over the years, the archaeology of Zhejiang University has initially built a disciplinary framework of Chinese archaeology, foreign archaeology, scientific and technological archaeology, cultural relics protection, cultural heritage and museums.

Liu Bin, director of the Museum of Art and Archaeology of Zhejiang University and professor of the School of Art and Archaeology, said that the establishment of the discipline of archaeology marks that Zhejiang University has built a whole chain of archaeological talent training from undergraduate, master, doctoral to postdoctoral level.

Compared with other universities, what are the highlights of the archaeology department of Zhejiang University?

Guo Yi, Deputy Director of the Research and Engineering Department of the Party Committee of Zhejiang University and Professor of the School of Arts and Archaeology, said that the newly established archaeology major will focus on the research process of civilization in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, practical countermeasures for the protection of China's great ruins, key technologies for the digital protection of cave temples, key technologies for smart museums and cultural heritage development strategies.

The award ceremony of the letter of appointment of an external tutor Courtesy of Zhejiang University

The planned courses include Paleolithic Archaeology, Neolithic Archaeology, Xia Shangzhou Archaeology, Han and Tang Archaeology, Song, Yuan, and Ming Archaeology, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Scientific and Technological Archaeology, Introduction to Archaeological Management, Botanical Archaeology, Archaeological Anthropology, Chinese Paleography, Buddhist Archaeology, Field Archaeology (including teaching practice), etc.

Among them, the teaching practice of field archaeology will be closely linked to cooperative units such as the Zhejiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. At the same time, it will actively cooperate with cultural and museum units in various provinces and cities, expand cooperation projects, and carry out in-depth exchanges in archaeological investigation, excavation, data collation and academic research.

At the scene, the reporter saw that Xiang Ming, director of the Zhejiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Zhou Yang, deputy director of the China National Silk Museum, Sun Guoping, excavator of the Jingtou Mountain site in Yuyao, Zhejiang, and Jiang Leping, the main discoverer and excavator of the Shangshan site in Zhejiang, were hired as external tutors.

Guan Qiang, deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, expressed the hope that the archaeology major of Zhejiang University will clarify the direction of discipline development, take the archaeology of the Yangtze River Basin, cave temple archaeology, scientific and technological archaeology, world archaeology, etc. as the focus of efforts, and gradually form the disciplinary characteristics and academic specialties of Zhejiang University archaeology. At the same time, strengthen cooperation with archaeological institutions in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places, strengthen exchanges with foreign scientific research institutions, universities and international organizations, and cultivate compound archaeological talents. (End)