page_title: China's 100 major archaeological discoveries in the 20th century
section_title: List by chronology
hierarchical_section_title: China's 100 major archaeological discoveries in the 20th century / List by chronology
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of the excavated city wall of the Chengziya Archaeological Site.
context_page_description: In 2001, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences organized a poll for China's 100 major archaeological discoveries in the 20th century. The participants included eight national-level institutions for archaeology and cultural relics, provincial-level archaeological institutes from 28 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, as well as from Hong Kong, the archaeological departments of 11 major national universities, and many other scholars in Beijing. After three months and three rounds of voting, the results were announced on 29 March 2001 and were published in the journal Kaogu. In 2002, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Press published the book China's 100 Major Archaeological Discoveries in the 20th Century, with more than 500 pages and 1,512 pictures.
  Among all the candidates, the late-Shang dynasty capital Yinxu received the highest number of votes.
context_section_description: The 100 major archaeological discoveries selected include 7 discoveries from the Palaeolithic Age, 30 from the Neolithic Age, 23 from the Xia–Shang–Zhou era, 24 from the Qin and Han to the Northern and Southern dynasties, and 16 from the Sui–Tang and later dynasties. The list below is ordered chronologically, from the oldest to the most recent.
  Palaeolithic Age
  1. Zhoukoudian, the Peking Man, and the Upper Cave Man in Beijing
  2. Yuanmou Man in Yunnan
  3. Lantian Man in Shaanxi
  4. Jinniushan and the Jinniushan Man in Yingkou, Liaoning
  5. Maba Man, Qujiang, Guangdong
  6. Nihewan site cluster in Yangyuan, Hebei
  7. Dingcun in Xiangfen, Shanxi
  Neolithic Age
  8. Xianren Cave and Diaotonghuan in Wannian, Jiangxi
  9. Yuchanyan in Dao County, Hunan
  10. Peiligang in Xinzheng, Henan
  11. Jiahu in Wuyang County, Henan
  12. Dadiwan in Qin'an, Gansu
  13. Chengtoushan in Li County, Hunan
  14. Xinglongwa in Chifeng, Liaoning
  15. Yangshao in Mianchi, Henan
  16. Banpo in Xi'an, Shaanxi
  17. Jiangzhai in Lintong, Shaanxi
  18. Hemudu in Yuyao, Zhejiang
  19. Dawenkou in Tai'an, Shandong
  20. Daxi in Wushan County, Chongqing
  21. Qujialing in Jingshan County, Hubei
  22. Hougang in Anyang, Henan
  23. Miaodigou in Shanzhou, Henan
  24. Wangchenggang Longshan culture site in Dengfeng, Henan
  25. Songze in Shanghai
  26. Chengziya Longshan culture site in Zhangqiu, Shandong
  27. Liangzhu culture sites in Yuhang, Zhejiang
  28. Shijiahe culture sites in Tianmen, Hubei
  29. Majiayao culture sites in Lintao, Gansu
  30. Liuwan cemeteries (Neolithic to Bronze Age) in Ledu, Qinghai
  31. Hongshan culture sites in Lingyuan and Jianping County, Liaoning
  32. Karuo culture sites in Chamdo, Tibet
  33. Shixia culture sites in Qujiang, Guangdong
  34. Taosi Longshan culture site in Xiangfen, Shanxi
  35. Tung Wan Tsai North in Ma Wan, Hong Kong
  36. Yuanshan in Taipei, Taiwan
  Xia, Shang, and Zhou
  37. Qijiaping Qijia culture site in Guanghe County, Gansu
  38. Erlitou site in Yanshi, Henan
  39. Dongxiafeng Erlitou culture site in Xia County, Shanxi
  40. Xiajiadian early Bronze Age site in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
  41. Dadianzi Lower Xiajiadian culture site in Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia
  42. Yanshi Shang City in Yanshi, Henan
  43. Zhengzhou Shang City in Zhengzhou, Henan
  44. Panlongcheng, Shang dynasty city in Huangpi, Hubei
  45. Yinxu, late-Shang dynasty capital in Anyang, Henan
  46. Wucheng culture site in Zhangshu, Jiangxi
  47. Xingan late-Shang tomb in Xingan, Jiangxi
  48. Sanxingdui in Guanghan, Sichuan
  49. Zhouyuan Western Zhou site in Shaanxi
  50. Fenghao, capital of Western Zhou in Shaanxi
  51. Liulihe site, Yan state capital and cemetery in Beijing
  52. Jin state cemetery in Quwo, Shanxi
  53. Shangyang city, capital of Guo and cemetery in Sanmenxia, Henan
  54. Jin state capital in Houma, Shanxi
  55. Zheng–Han City in Xinzheng, Henan
  56. Lower Capital of Yan in Yi County, Hebei
  57. Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, Sui County, Hubei
  58. Jinancheng, capital of Chu in Jiangling County, Hubei
  59. Tomb of King Cuo of Zhongshan in Pingshan County, Hebei
  60. Tonglüshan mining site, Hubei
  Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties
  61. Qin capital Xianyang and palaces, Shaanxi
  62. Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Army, Lintong, Shaanxi
  63. Shuihudi and Longgang Qin tombs, Yunmeng, Hubei
  64. Chang'an of Han dynasty, Xi'an, Shaanxi
  65. Western Han imperial mausoleums, Shaanxi
  66. Mancheng Han tombs, Hebei
  67. Mausoleums of Han dynasty Kings of Chu, Xuzhou, Jiangsu
  68. Mawangdui Han tombs, Hunan
  69. Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Guangzhou, Guangdong
  70. Yinqueshan Han tombs, Linyi, Shandong
  71. Shaogou Han tombs, Luoyang, Henan
  72. Shizhaishan cemetery for the kings and nobles of Dian, Jinning, Yunnan
  73. Juyan Han ruins and slips, Inner Mongolia
  74. Han–Wei Luoyang, Luoyang, Henan
  75. Capital of the Loulan Kingdom, Xinjiang
  76. Niya in Minfeng County, Xinjiang
  77. Yecheng, Linzhang, Hebei
  78. Zoumalou bamboo slips, Changsha, Hunan
  79. Southern dynasties tombs in Nanjing, Jiangsu
  80. Yungang Grottoes, Datong, Shanxi
  81. Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang, Henan
  82. Koguryo tombs in Ji'an, Jilin
caption: Neolithic city wall at Chengziya
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