I participated in the excavation of the Qifengshan Han tomb 起凤山汉墓. This is a salvage excavation of an elite tomb. In August, we excavated the passage and main chamber, where funerary goods such as pottery, bronze vessels, lacquerware, wooden objects, silver vessels, and glass were found. We learned to use the RTK to pinpoint the site on maps, the drones to take photos, and the Photoscan software to create a 3D model of a site or a building.

 (I am in orange clothes)

This is the field excavation training course offered for undergraduates at Nanjing University. We excavated Datongpu site 大同铺遗址 which dates back to 3000-4000 BP (Shang and Zhou period), including remains like stoves, wells, pits, and possible living dwellings. We learned the whole process of an archaeological excavation, from investigating a site, arranging the trenches, doing the excavation, to cataloguing daily recordings and all the relics.

(I am on the right)

We excavated a tomb and a horse pit related to a Scythian. We Visited museums about indigenous people, local geology and history, visited some rock arts, and attended lectures given by scholars from the Altai State University and other research institutes, covering topics such as local archaeological findings, the long tradition of nomadism, paleobotany, and the origin of modern horses. I wrote a project report of more than 20,000 words.