Chen Tiemei

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Chen Tiemei (Chinese: 陈铁梅; 30 June 1935 – 25 October 2018) was a Chinese physicist and archaeologist, considered a pioneer in scientific archaeology and a founder of quantitative archaeology in China. He was a professor and Director of the Scientific Archaeology Laboratory at Peking University.

Life and career

Chen was born on 30 June 1935 in

Leningrad University in the Soviet Union.[1][2]

Upon graduation in 1959, Chen returned to China to teach at the

Dalian Institute of Technology. In 1961, he became a faculty member of the Department of Technical Physics at Peking University. In 1973, he was transferred to the Department of Archaeology and served as Director of the Scientific Archaeology Laboratory. He became a full professor of archaeology in 1989 and a doctoral advisor in 1994.[1][2] He was proficient in English and Russian, and taught himself German and Japanese. He was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute.[1]

Chen died on 25 October 2018 in Beijing, at the age of 83.[2][3]

Contributions

A pioneer in scientific archaeology, Chen established China's first

Palaeolithic China.[3][4] From the early 1990s, Chen pioneered and developed scientific methods to determine the geographical origins of ancient ceramics and porcelain.[1]

Chen published more than 30 papers in influential journals including Nature and Acta Archaeologica Sinica.[1] He served as an editor of domestic and international journals including Quaternary Science Reviews and Quaternary Geochronology.[1][4]

After retiring from Peking University, Chen dedicated himself to writing. He published the monographs Quantitative Archaeology (定量考古学) in 2005, Scientific Archaeology (科技考古学) in 2008, and Concise Statistics for Archaeology (简明考古统计学) in 2013.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Chen Tiemei". Peking University. Archived from the original on 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. ^ a b c "北京大学考古文博学院教授、著名科技考古学家陈铁梅逝世". The Paper. 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  3. ^ a b "著名科技考古学家陈铁梅逝世 曾提出我国第一个旧石器考古年表". The Beijing News. 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
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