The present report publishes the chronological data of specimens tested by the ^14C Laboratory of the Archaeological Science and Techniques Experiment and Research Center, IA, CASS, in cooperation with the Institute of Biophysics, CAS, from 1998 to 2001.
The Jianghai site lies in the southwest of Shanghai City and is a newly discovered ancient cultural site.The cultural deposits consist mainly of Western Jin ash-pits,a Maqiao culture pottery-making kiln and Liangzhu culture tombs.The kiln-site shows rathe
The Shuanghe site lies at Mangcheng Village of Shangyuan Township in Yuantong Town,Chongzhou City,Sichuan Province.It is a prehistoric cit-site roughly rectangular in plan.The city wall consists of two circles in the shape of the character “回”,of which th
A bronze yue battle-axe was picked up in Area Ⅲ of the Erlitou site in June 2000.It has a rectangular plan and seems to come from a tomb.Judging from the shape and the style of decoration,it must be of the late Erlitou culture.This is the earliest among t