The Foreign Archaeology faculty consist of 7 full-time teachers, 6 professors, 1 lecturer. At present, the main research fields are West Asian Archaeology, Eurasian Steppe Archaeology, Korean Peninsula Archaeology, Japanese Archaeology and Russian-Siberian Archaeology.

Excavations at the Almataf ruins in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

Years ago, the Archaeology Department at JLU has established the West Asia Archaeology research direction, and has made outstanding achievements. It has also encouraged research on the Foreign Archaeology History and Foreign Archaeology Theories and Methodology. The faculty is committed to bridge Chinese Archaeology and World Archaeology, through active development of comparative studies between Chinese and foreign cultures. In addition, the faculty has undertaken a number of related projects granted by the Ministry of Education and the National Social Science Fund. Through these efforts, the faculty aims to understand civilizations around the world from the perspective of Archaeology, as well as the differences between various ancient cultures, and how they relate to and influence each other.

Excavations in Bayanhongger Province, Mongolia

The current research focuses on the following aspects: ① Archaeological research on China’s neighboring countries, based on China, northeast Asia and Eurasia steppe, including Russia, Siberia and the Far East, Mongolia, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Central Asia; ② Research on the ancient civilizations and origins of countries and regions besides China, mainly regarding the prehistoric and early nations along the Mesopotamia; ③ Research on foreign archaeological theories and methods.

Archaeological excavations at  No.6 site in Pinchuka, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

The faculty make efforts to train well-learned talents with high quality and solid professional foundation. It has organized multiple foreign field archaeological excavations and investigations, actively conducted academic exchanges and collaboration with Russia, Mongolia, South Korea, Japan and other countries. Postgraduate-level international courses have also been launched. The research results achieved by the foreign archaeology faculty have taken Chinese Archaeology a step further to the world.

Professor Yang Jianhua and Professor Shao Huiqiu was organizing bronzes in the Minusinsk Museum