Yan Wenming Explained

Yan Wenming
Native Name:	严文明
Native Name Lang:	zh
Birth Date:	October 1932
Birth Place:	Huarong County, Hunan, China
Death Place:	Beijing, China
Occupation:	Archaeologist
Alma Mater:	Peking University
Discipline:	Archaeology
Sub Discipline:	Neolithic
Module:	Child: yes P: Yán Wénmíng

Yan Wenming (; October 1932 – 14 April 2024) was a Chinese archaeologist who was a professor at Peking University.^[1] He was vice president of the .

Biography

Yan was born in Huarong County, Hunan, in October 1932.^[2] After graduating from the History Department of Peking University in 1958, he stayed for teaching.^[2] He was promoted to full professor in December 1986 and to doctoral supervisor in 1990.^[2]

On 14 April 2024, he died in Beijing, at the age of 91.^{[2] [3]}

Publications

• Book: zh:仰韶文化研究 . Research on Yangshao Culture . 2009 . Cultural Relics Publishing House . Beijing . 9787501026944 . zh.
• Book: zh:足迹 考古随感录 . Footprints: Archaeological Essays . 2011 . Cultural Relics Publishing House . Beijing . 9787501032266 . zh.
• Book: zh:中国新石器时代 . The Neolithic Age in China . 2017 . Cultural Relics Publishing House . Beijing . 9787501052325 . zh.
• Book: zh:长江文明的曙光 . The Dawn of the Yangtze River Civilization . 2020 . Cultural Relics Publishing House . Beijing . 9787501066995 . zh.
• Book: zh:丹霞集—考古学拾零 . Collections of Danxia . 2020 . Cultural Relics Publishing House . Beijing . 9787501062393 . zh.
• Book: zh:耕耘记——流水年华 . Record of Cultivation: Flowing Years . 2021 . Cultural Relics Publishing House . Beijing . 9787501072293 . zh.
• Book: zh:中国史前艺术 . Prehistoric Art of China . 2022 . Cultural Relics Publishing House . Beijing . 9787501077731 . zh.

Notes and References

1. News: https://www.bjsk.org.cn/expertdetail-1488-1489-11286.html . zh:严文明 . bjsk.org.cn . 2002 . 16 April 2024 . zh.
2. News: Gao Kai (Chinese: 高凯) . https://www.chinanews.com.cn/cul/2024/04-15/10198951.shtml . zh:著名考古学家严文明逝世 享年92岁 . chinanews.com.cn . 15 April 2024 . 16 April 2024 . zh.
3. News: Yang Pupu (Chinese: 杨民仆) . https://sghexport.shobserver.com/html/baijiahao/2024/04/15/1297359.html . zh:中国考古学泰斗严文明教授去世，他在江苏曾留下“崧泽王”等题字 . shobserver.com . 15 April 2024 . 16 April 2024 . zh.