2021 National Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries Shortlisted Final Evaluation Project List (Network Screenshot)
On February 26, the preliminary evaluation results of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in China in 2021 were announced! According to the voting results, the top 20 projects with the number of votes were shortlisted for the final evaluation of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in The country in 2021. The site of Acheng Jinshangjing in Heilongjiang Province was successfully shortlisted for the final evaluation.
2021 JinShangjing Site Excavation Area Aerial Photograph (West-East)
In this preliminary evaluation, the Selection Activity Office issued a total of 227 ballots, including 91 group votes and 136 directors votes. All groups and directors actively voted, and a total of 209 valid votes were recovered, and the participation rate of the judges was 92.1%.
Tao Jia Ling Pin jia excavated from Jin Shangjing
2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of modern Chinese archaeology. There are many important archaeological achievements participating in the preliminary evaluation. Some archaeological findings have been unanimously recognized by the judges, the project with the first number of votes was shortlisted for the final evaluation with 209 votes, the top ten projects received more than 149 votes, and many projects received the same number of votes, and the competition was very fierce.
Dragon pattern dripping water unearthed by Jin Shangjing
According to reports, the shortlisted archaeological excavation projects present several major characteristics: covering a wide area, a variety of ruins, rich connotations of sites, archaeological exploration, seeing China, and new discoveries of "old sites". The shortlisted projects, such as the Baoji Zhouyuan Ruins in Shaanxi, the Jiangcun Tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi, the Jinshangjing Ruins in Acheng, Heilongjiang, and the Mingzhongdu Ruins in Fengyang, Anhui, are all archaeological projects that have lasted for several years. These sites continue to carry out archaeological investigation and excavation work for many years, emphasizing the combination of multiple disciplines, which is not only the need for the development of archaeology itself, but also the need for research and protection, which further reflects the depth of archaeological work and is an important principle of the selection of "Top Ten Archaeology". In addition, for a long time, the field archaeological work of the Jinshangjingjing site has been limited, and the "Archaeological Work Plan for the Jinshangjing Site" launched since 2013 is not only a planned project archaeology carried out to cooperate with the protection of the Jinshangjing site, but also further promotes the scientific understanding and academic research of the Jinshangjing site, as well as the effective overall protection of the Jinshangjing site.
Reporter: Dong Yunping
Trainee Editor: Bo Xun
Review: Jiang Ming
Co-ordination: Wheels