Archaeological Research on the Societies of Late Prehistoric Xinjiang, Vol 2

Wu Guo is a leading young scholar in the archaeology of Xinjiang, archaeology of the Eurasian Steppe and archaeological studies of cultural exchanges between China and the West. He has served as vice director of the Xinjiang archaeological team and vice director of the Borderland Archaeological Research Office at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He has been a Harvard-Yenching visiting scholar and served on the Turpan expert committee. He has also coordinated two major national-level field projects in Xinjiang.  The author of five books, one archaeological report and more than 70 papers, his monograph Archaeological Study of the Late Prehistoric Society in Xinjiang has been selected by both the prestigious “National Philosophy and Social Sciences Library” and the “Three One-hundred” Original Book Publishing Project by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. He was awarded thetop prize by the Institute and received an award for excellence from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Introduction.- Site Characteristics and Chronology of the Archaeological Remains in the Eastern Tianshan Mountain Region.- Site Characteristics and Chronology of the Archaeological Remains in the Tarim Basin Region.- Site Characteristics and Chronology of the Archaeological Remains in the Junggar Basin Region.- The Origin and Formation of the Archaeological Cultures in Bronze Age Xinjiang.