Biographical Profile
Wang Renxiang, Research Fellow, graduated with a degree in Archaeology from the Department of History, Sichuan University in 1977, and then entered the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to study Neolithic archaeology under the supervision of Professor Shi Xingbang, obtaining a Master of Arts degree in History. He has successively served as the leader of the Sichuan Team, Tibet Team and Gansu-Qinghai Team of the Institute of Archaeology, as well as the Deputy Director of the Prehistoric Archaeology Division and the Director of the Frontier Archaeology Research Center.
Major Work
He has participated in and presided over the archaeological surveys and excavations of many important sites, including Dachang in Wushan, Chongqing (in the submerged area of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River); Qugong in Lhasa, Tibet; the Tibetan Royal Mausoleums in Qonggyai; Shifodong in Gengma, Yunnan; Shizhaocun and Xishanping in Tianshui, Gansu; Hulijia and Lajia in Minhe, Gansu; Zhongzipu in Guangyuan, Sichuan; and Suhutu in Alxa, Inner Mongolia. Among these, the excavations of the Qugong Site and the Lajia Site were selected as China's Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries.
His main research interests include Neolithic archaeology, art archaeology and food archaeology. He has served as the chief editor and author of more than 100 works of various types.
Major Achievements
•Wang Renxiang. The Artistic Wave of Prehistoric China. Cultural Relics Press, 2011.
•Wang Renxiang. The Great Yangshao Culture. Bashu Publishing House, 2021.
•Wang Renxiang. Collected Essays on Prehistoric Chinese Archaeology. Science Press, 2003.
•Wang Renxiang. Half-Window Imagery. Cultural Relics Press, 2016.
•Wang Renxiang. The Mortal World and the Divine Realm. Shanghai Classics Publishing House, 2018; reprinted 2023.
•Wang Renxiang. Tibetan Royal Mausoleums. Cultural Relics Press, 2005.
•Wang Renxiang. Diet and Chinese Culture. People's Publishing House, first edition 1994. Later revised and reprinted by Commercial Press (Taiwan), Aochisha Publishing House (Japan), Qingdao Publishing House, and Guangxi Normal University Press.
•Wang Renxiang. Marquis of Haihun: The Lord of the Southern Fiefdom. Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., 2022.
•Wang Renxiang. Girdles and Dignity: Ancient Belt Hooks and Buckles. Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, first edition 2012; reprinted by Cultural Relics Press, 2023.
•Wang Renxiang. The Age of Symbols. Bashu Publishing House, 2024.
