Visualising the Development of Archaeological Education in Mainland China

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract As a crucial part of knowledge production in academia, trends in topic choices for master’s theses and PhD dissertations not only provide a window onto research paradigms and key issues of a given discipline but also offer a lens through which to view the development of professional education. The rapid development of Chinese archaeology in recent decades has been underpinned by the expansion of professional archaeological education in China. However, there has been little research on the overall development of Chinese archaeological education. In this study, we collected 2,263 pre-Qin archaeology PhD dissertations and master’s theses published between 1980 and 2019 from 14 key archaeological education institutions in the mainland China. Through statistical analyses of regions of interest and the thematic distribution of these theses and dissertations in three time periods (1980–1999, 2000–2009, 2010–2019), this study visualise changes in archaeological education. Its findings are threefold: 1) The scale of publication of master’s theses and PhD dissertations grew significantly during the 2000s and the 2010s. 2) Central China consistently remained the focal area, while ‘frontier archaeology’ has become increasingly popular since the 2000s. 3) ‘Cultural history’, ‘craft production’, and ‘death and burial’ have constituted a significant portion of graduate programs over the past four decades. The application of scientific methods has become a key focus in graduate theses and dissertations since the 2000s. The use of social or anthropological theory increased in the 2010s but remains relatively limited.
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Authors Jeff Sun, YI Hailin, S Y Tao
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197800324.013.0019
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197800324.013.0019
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