A gilt Asoka tower from the Qinglong Town Site in Shanghai's Qingpu district.(Photo/China News Service)
After a day and a half of discussion, China's Top 10 New Archaeological Discoveries of 2016 list was announced by Wang Wei, head of the China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Institute of Archaeology, at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Known as China's "Oscars in the field of archaeology," the event, led by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) and organized by China's Archaeologist Association and the China Cultural Relics Journal, is the biggest annual gathering for the field. The winners cover a wide range both geographically and chronologically. Three of the selected discoveries were former sites for the production of ceramics. Wang explained that the judges considered a project's methods and use of modern technology, as well as a site's ability to capture the public's imagination as factors when selecting the winners, which were chosen from a shortlist of 25 sites. The panel was made up of 21 experts from institutions including the CASS Institute of Archaeology, the Palace Museum, National Museum of China and Peking University. (Photo/Xinhua)
