Discover China's Past and Present at the Archaeological Field School at Yangguanzhai, China

This is a summer opportunity from June 17, 2012 to July 21, 2012, spanning 5 weeks!

 

Sunday, June 17, 2012
12:00 AM - 11:45 PM

 

Location:

Yangguanzhai is located in the Jing River Valley, near Xi’an, in northwestern China. This site has been designated as one of China's "Most Important Archaeology Finds of 2008." Located in the central area of the Yangshao Culture’s Miaodigou Phase, Yangguanzhai will provide essential information to our knowledge of Neolithic settlement, social organization, economic, and perhaps ritual

Instructors:

This field school is a collaborative project between the Institute for Field Research, the Shaanxi Archaeological Academy and Xibei University in Xi’an, China, and California State University Northridge.

Dr. Ye Wa, UCLA, Field School Director

Dr. Zhouyong Sun, Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology, Xi'an, Co-Director

Professor Lothar von Falkenhausen, UCLA, Co-Director

Anke Hein, UCLA, Teaching Assistant

 

Published: Friday, March 02, 2012

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