Beijing hosts regional archaeological exchange as 2026 Public Archaeology Season concludes

At the event, four scholars from the Beijing Archaeological Institute presented new findings from archaeological projects at the Xidaqiao site in Miyun district, the Liulihe site in Fangshan district, ancient shipwrecks discovered in Fengtai district, and the early Great Wall remains at Dalinggou in Changping district.

At the Xidaqiao site in Miyun, archaeologists discovered remains associated with the Xueshan Phase I Neolithic culture, as well as a cluster of tombs dating to the Eastern Zhou period (770-256 BC).

Excavations at the Liulihe site in Fangshan have shed new light on the layout of the ancient city's inner and outer walls, as well as the spatial relationships among groups of high-status tombs.

Three shipwrecks dating to the period from the Han to the Jin dynasties (206 BC-AD 420) were discovered in Fengtai. They are the largest and best-preserved ancient inland-waterway vessels ever found in northern China, according to the findings presented at the event.