100 Years of Archaeological Research in China (1921-2021): A Space-Based Perspective

Dear Colleagues,

In 1921, China’s first official archaeological excavation campaign was carried out at Yangshao village of today’s Sanmenxia city, in the Henan Province, marking the birth of modern Chinese Archaeology. The discovery of Yangshao has confirmed that there was a very developed painted-pottery culture in Neolithic China. Forty years later, the first remote sensing-based archaeological survey in China was conducted in Sanmenxia too. In this pioneering survey, Chinese archaeologists and remote sensing experts used aerial photographs to detect and map the distribution of ancient sites and tombs around the areas planned for the construction of the Sanmenxia Reservior. After that, spatial information technologies, such as  remote sensing and GIS, have played an important role in discovering, monitoring, mapping and protecting many important archaeological sites and cultural heritages in China.

Over the past 100 years, we have witnessed the rapid development of science and technology and the continuous expansion of the applications of spatial information techniques to address a wide range of archaeological issues. We would like to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chinese Archaeology by publishing this Special Issue to provide overviews and achievements of archaeological research in China from a space-based perspective. This Special Issue will consist of a large set of domestic contributions for the major fields in Chinese Archaeology as pertinent to space-based solutions to archaeological purposes. We welcome contributions that can synthesize the current state of knowledge, summarize existing issues and challenges, and provide new insights for future research and development in a certain field of archaeology in China using space information technologies. Submissions covering a wide range of space and time are mostly encouraged.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Land.

Dr. Lei Luo
Dr. Lijun Yu
Prof. Jianguo Liu
Prof. Dr. Hui Wang
Prof. Hui Fang
Prof. Dr. Gang Li
Dr. Hai Zhang
Dr. Jie He
Dr. Shaohua Wang
Dr. Ruixia Yang
Dr. Peng Lu
Dr. Zhe Li
Guest Editors

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