The annual list of “Oscars of Chinese Archaeology” was issued on Friday in Beijing.
China’s Top 10 Archaeological New Discoveries in 2018 was announced after months of selection and appraisal by 21 top-tier experts from academic institutions, universities, and museums all over China. It is the country’s most widely recognized award in archaeological studies.
The first edition of such awards was bestowed in 1990. The final winning 10 was chosen from 20 candidates of the last round of competition.
This year’s winners include (in chronological order)
1. Qingtang relic site in Yingde, Guangdong Province, 25,000 years to 10,000 years ago
2. Chenghe Neolithic relic site, Shayang County, Hubei Province, 5,000 years ago
3. Lushanmao relic site in Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, about 4,500 years ago
4. Jirentai relic sites in Nilka County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 2600-2400 BC
5. Jiuwutou relic site, Wenxi County, Shanxi Province, from Shang Dynasty (16th -11th century BC)
6. Liujiawa relic site, Dengcheng County, Shaanxi Province, from Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 -256 BC)
7. Huangsipu relic site, Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, from Tang (618-907) to Song (960-1279) Dynasties
8. A crown prince’s city relic, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, from Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
9. Fanjiayan relic site, Hechuan district, Chongqing, from Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
10. Underwater wreckage of Jingyuan, a Chinese warship sunken during the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), in Zhuanghe, Liaoning Province
