Chang, Kwang-chih

The archaeology of ancient China
Book 1986

Summary: Kwang-chih Chang, commonly known as K. C. Chang, was a Taiwanese anthropologist, archaeologist, and sinologist who was the John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology at Harvard University. He also served as the vice-president of Academia Sinica and as 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][6]; 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: United States [2]; China [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]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata; 6. Library of Congress

Last updated Dec 16, 2025