An ancient metal urge
2 years, 4 months ago

An ancient metal urge

China Daily  

Chen Guoke, head of Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, introduces a jade mine site in the Mazongshan area to students in 2016. Twenty-two years ago, a young man from Jingning county, Gansu province, was choosing his major, and the university at which he would study it, after gaining good grades in the college entrance exam. The east and west flanks of the Liupan Mountain in Gansu are important areas in the birth and development of Chinese civilization, as proved by excavations at the Nanzuo site in Qingyang city. When Chen became engaged in a project to study the ancient metallurgical sites in the Hexi Corridor in 2007, he developed an interest in archaeometallurgy, which he found "could further answer archaeological questions in a laboratory".

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An ancient metal urge
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An ancient metal urge

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Chen introduces cultural relics to visitors. In recent years, some of Chen's most important work has been the protective excavation of a number of tombs belonging to the royal family of Tuyuhun khanate, a contemporary of the Tang Dynasty, especially that of Murong Zhi, a son of the last Tuyuhun monarch, who is also a grandson of Tang emperor Li …

An ancient metal urge
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An ancient metal urge

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Chen and his colleagues have lunch near a jade mine site in the Mazongshan area. Some of the earliest metallurgical sites in China, like Xichengyi metallurgy site, were found in the Hexi Corridor, making it a core area to study early metallurgy in China, according to Chen. Since 2011, Chen has been engaged with two excavations concurrently, Xichengyi metallurgy site …

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2 years, 4 months ago

An ancient metal urge

China Daily  

Chen Guoke, head of Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, introduces a jade mine site in the Mazongshan area to students in 2016. Twenty-two years ago, a young man from Jingning county, Gansu province, was choosing his major, and the university at which he would study it, after gaining good grades in the college entrance exam. The east …

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An ancient metal urge

China Daily  

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An ancient metal urge

China Daily  

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