本书是考古学系列丛书之第七版，该书全面反映了中国考古学研究、考古文物发现、文物展览的情况，此外还对出土的文物进行介绍，是一本集资料与实用于一身的工具书。该书可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

Feature

 The Present Status and Prospect of the Researches on the Origins of Chinese Civilizations: Focus on the First Stage (2004-05) of the Exploration on the Origin of Chinese Civilization Project

Report

 Preliminary Report on the Excavation at the Nanhebang Site in Jiaxing

 Palatial Garden Pond at the Shang City in Yanshi, Henan

 2000-01 Excavation of the Shang Bronze Foundry Site at Xiaomintun Southeast in Anyang

 A Western Zhou Cemetery at Hengshui in Jiangxian, Shanxi

 Kuleqian Cemetery of the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age in Nehe City, Heilongjiang

 Excavation of Chu Tomb M7 at Changtaiguan in Xinyang, Henan

 Discovery of Well No. 7 at Dongpailou, Changsha

 Results of the Drill Surveys and Test Excavations of the Kunming Pond of the Han and Tang Dynasties

 The Kang Family Tombs in the Burial Ground West of the Old Jiaohe City in Turfan, Xinjiang

 The Danfeng Gate of the Daming Palace of Tang Capital City of Chang' an

Research

 The Foundation of Chinese Prehistoric Cultures: Rethinking a Trajectory of Cultural Development in the Central Plains

 The Xiliang Site and Its Related Issues

 The Dating of the Wangchenggang Walled-site in Dengfeng County and Related Issues

 Palatial Garden Pond of the Early Shang

 Sea-salt Production during the Shang and Zhou Periods in Northern Shandong

 The Evolutionary Path from the Shang-Zhou "Centralized Royal Cemetery System" to the Qin-Han "Independent Mausoleum System"

 Shuihudi's Bamboo Strips of Qin Dynasty and Mathematics in Pre-Qin Period

 The Layout of Ancient Chinese Capital Sites and How They Shed Light on Changes in Society

 Archaeological Observation on the Exploration of Chu Capitals

 The Evolution of Funerary Ritual from the Pre-Qin to the Han Era

 Discovery and Study of the Han Period Mirror-molds from the Site of the Qi State Capital Linzi in Shandong

 Discovery and Preliminary Study of the Western Han Changle Palace

 A Study on Wang Mang's Jade Tablet for the Feng-Shan Ceremony of the Xin Dynasty

 Funerary Perception and Ritual Institution of Imperial Tang

 Settlement Pattern Study and the Search of the Origin of Chinese Civilization

 The Use of Wiggle-matching Method in the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project and Some Related Questions

 Analyses of 13C and 15N and the New Perspectives on Ancient Diet

Information

 The Archaeological Finds of the Yangtze River Three Gorges Project