Today, the results of the selection of "New Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2023" sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and hosted by the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Archaeological Magazine were announced in Beijing.
Selected projects
Mengxi River Paleolithic Site in Ziyang City, Sichuan
Keqiutou Neolithic Site Group, Pingtan County, Fujian
Qujialing Neolithic Site in Jingmen City, Hubei Province
Shang Dynasty ruins in Zhaigou, Qingjian County, Shaanxi Province
Nestorian temple ruins from the Tang and Song Dynasties in the west of Turpan City, Xinjiang
Architectural ruins in the southern part of Liao Shangjing Imperial City, Balinzuo Banner, Inner Mongolia
Shortlisted projects
1. Yuzhuang Longshan Cultural Site in Ye County, Henan Province (Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology, Pingdingshan City Cultural Relics Bureau, Ye County Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau)
2. Neolithic Stone City Site in Houchengzui, Qingshuihe County, Inner Mongolia (Qingshuihe County Cultural Relics Protection Center of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute)
3. Cemetery of Shang Dynasty Nobles on Shuyuan Street, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province (Zhengzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology)
4. The Bronze Age Site of Shirya Makob in Dulan County, Qinghai Province (Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Northwest University)
5. Qin Dynasty ritual architectural ruins at Sijiaoping, Li County, Gansu Province (Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Fudan University and Peking University)
6. The ruins of the Mor Temple during the Han and Tang Dynasties in Kashgar, Xinjiang (Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Minzu University of China)
7. Porcelain kiln site from Jin to Qing Dynasties in Chencun, Huozhou City, Shanxi (Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology, Peking University and Fudan University)
New archaeological discoveries abroad
Lake Bogoria Paleolithic Site in the Republic of Kenya (National Museum of Kenya, Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology, Luoyang Institute of Archeology)
(CCTV reporter Tian Yunhua)