Recent Research on the Settlement Sites of the Dian Culture of Yunnan: excavations at Xueshan and Shangxihe Sites

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This is an abstract from the "Recent Research on Early Chinese Borderland Cultures and Archaeological Materials" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Dian culture of Yunnan is known for production and use of bronze artifacts exhibiting remarkable artistic and technical features. However, for most of the 20th century our understanding of Dian culture was based mainly on materials from burials around Lake Dian. Meanwhile, little was known about the settlement areas relevant to these mortuary materials. The lack of Bronze Age settlement data in the Dian basin and in other areas in Yunnan have impeded progress of archeological research on this culture until recent decades. At the end of the 20th century, the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Yunnan province began to investigate issues on the habitation sites of the culture; research projects have been established on topics regarding the origin of the culture. Following the discovery of settlement sites at Citongguan (Yuxi district) in 1990 and Tianzimiao (Xishan district, Kunming city) in 2005, recent excavation of the Xueshan site (Chengjiang county) and Shangxihe site (Jinning county) have now added a new chapter to Dian culture settlement studies. This work will present the results of recent research on these two new sites.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Recent Research on Early Chinese Borderland Cultures and Archaeological Materials   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23362