Largest exhibition of ancient American artifacts opens in Shanghai

Ge Yun, a member of the curatorial team, highlighted the growing role of Chinese scholarship in Mesoamerican studies. While European and Japanese institutions entered the field earlier, Chinese archaeologists have been catching up since 2015, when researchers from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences participated in excavations in Honduras.

"Participating in fieldwork in Mesoamerica signals a shift," Ge observed. "China is moving from being a recipient of knowledge to becoming a producer of global archaeological narratives—narratives that are shaped not only by research, but by how we present, structure, and share them with the public."