Chang, Kwang-chih

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The archaeology of ancient China
Book 1986

Summary: Kwang-chih Chang, commonly known as K. C. Chang, was a Taiwanese-American archaeologist and sinologist. He was the John E. Hudson Professor of archaeology at Harvard University, Vice-President of the Academia Sinica, and a curator at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. He helped to bring modern, western methods of archaeology to the study of ancient Chinese history. He also introduced new discoveries in Chinese archaeology to western audiences by translating works from Chinese to English. He pioneered the study of Taiwanese archaeology, encouraged multi-disciplinal anthropological archaeological research, and urged archaeologists to conceive of East Asian prehistory as a pluralistic whole. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][4][5]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1931 [2]; 1931-04-15 [5]
Birth Place: Beijing [5]
Died: 2001 [2]; 2001-01-03 [5]
Death Place: Boston [5]
Country: China [2]; United States [2]
Language: Chinese [3]
Occupation: archaeologist [5]; anthropologist [5]; sinologist [5]; curator [5]; university teacher [5]
Profession: Archäologe [2]
Employer: Harvard University [5]; Yale University [5]; National Academy of Sciences [5]; Academia Sinica [5]
Educated at: National Taiwan University [5]; Harvard University [5]; Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School [5]
Country of Education: United States [5]; Taiwan [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata

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