Archaeology, founded in 1922, is one of the oldest specialties in Peking University. There is a complete undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral enrollment and teaching and training system, and postdoctoral students are working in the station.

Peking University has established the first major of archaeology in China universities, which has a history of 70 years. On this basis, the establishment, development and expansion of the Institute of Archaeology and Culture is not only a continuation of the archaeological teaching and research activities that Peking University started very early, but also an inevitable requirement for China to urgently cultivate archaeological cultural talents.

Archaeology majors include paleolithic archaeology and paleoanthropology, Neolithic archaeology and Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties archaeology, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties archaeology, Buddhist archaeology, Chinese and foreign cultural exchange archaeology, ceramic archaeology, field archaeology, science and technology archaeology and so on. The system is complete, the categories are complete, and it has a group of experts and academic leaders who enjoy a high reputation in the archaeological community at home and abroad.

The level of archaeological teaching and scientific research is in a leading position in China and has great influence in the world. Archaeology of Peking University ranks first in the country, and undertakes many important scientific research projects such as the national science and technology support project "Chinese Civilization Sourcing Project". It has won 19 teaching and research projects at or above the provincial level, and is known as "the cradle of archaeologists in China" and "the archaeological research center of China in the 20th century".

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The existing Archaeology Department and Cultural Heritage Department (established in 2007), the former has five teaching and research sections: Paleolithic Archaeology, Shang and Zhou Neolithic Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Foreign Archaeology and Science and Technology Archaeology.

The latter has three teaching and research sections: museums and cultural heritage, ancient buildings and cultural relics protection. In addition, Peking University Archaeological Experimental Practice National Teaching Demonstration Center (2009) and Peking University Archaeological Virtual Simulation National Experimental Teaching Center (20 16).

And many teaching and scientific research institutions, such as Institute of Ceramic Archaeology and Art, Sinian Ancient Civilization Research Center, Institute of Religious Archaeology, China Ancient Jade and Jade Culture Research Center, libraries and reference rooms (including Soviet Library, Zhang Library and Library, etc.). ), and teaching specimen room (including stone tools, animal bones, human bones, plants, ceramics, ancient architecture specimens).

There are also archaeological teaching practice bases or workstations in Jinniu Mountain in Yingkou, Liaoning, Dayao in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, shihe town in Tianmen, Hubei, Quwoqu Village in Shaanxi, Liu Lihe in Fangshan, Beijing, Ganjinggou in Zhongxian, Sichuan, Baligang in Nanyang, Henan, Joo Won? in Fufeng, Shaanxi, Pingliangtai in Huaiyang, Henan, Xiacaopu in Anxi, Fujian and Jingdezhen in Jiangxi.