Research Projects in the Department of Archaeology

The project aims to get comprehensive information on stress distribution, internal fissure and defect distribution of iron artefacts,  assess the overall risk situation of iron artefacts, the distribution of risk sites and the assessment of the degree of risk, and make an early warning of the occurrence and development of the disease by combining the data of metal magnetic memory, CT and finite element analysis.

This project presents a comparative study of two major Neolithic painted pottery traditions situated at opposite ends of Eurasia: the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture in southeastern Europe and the Yangshao-Majiayao cultural sequence in northwest China. While their remarkably similar decorative repertoires have long been noted, this research moves beyond typological comparison to interrogate the technological practices and organisational structures underlying their production systems.