Academic Degree: Doct. of Historical Sc.

Academic Rank:

Position: Professor

Affiliation: Department of History, Renmin University of China

Contact Data:

jwnmg@126.com

Tel: 010-62514667

Address: Wei Jian, Department of History, School of Humanities,

Renmin University of China, #59 Zhong Guan Cun Street, Beijing, China, 100872

General Information:

Education and Training, Previous Employing Institutions

Education and Training:

Jinlin University, Department of History, Bachelor of Archaeology (1978–1982), Doctor of Archaeology (2000–2004)

Employment History:

1982–2004 — Research Institute for Culture Relics and Archaeology (Huh-hoto, Inner Mongolia)

Key Disciplines Taught:

Supervision of postgraduate students of the Department of History, Renmin University of China
 

Research Interests: Archaeology studies of the Great Wall during Qin and Han dynasties, Shangdu.

List of Most Essential Works:

Author of fundamental publications including 10 monographs and more than 100 articles, reports, etc.

Monographs:

Wei Jian. Han Dynasty Graveyards in Central South Inner Mongolia. Beijing, 1998.

Wei Jian. Miaozigou and Dabagou — A Report on two Neolithic sites. 2 vols. Beijing, 2003.

Wei Jian. Survey and Research on Xianbei graveyards in Inner Mongolia. Beijing, 2004.

Wei Jian. Han Dynasty Bamboo Slips in Ejina. Guilin, 2005.

Wei Jian. Yuanshangdu. Science Press, Beijing, April 2008.

Research on the Military Defense System of the Ming Dynasty Wanquanyouwei Fort.  Science Press, Beijing, August 2016.

Articles:

Wei Jian. The Discovery and Study of Prehistoric Cultures in Southern Inner Mongolia. Collection of Inner Mongolian Cultural Relics and Archaeology. 1994. No. 1.

Wei Jian. On the Yongxingdian Culture. Cultural Relics. 2000. No. 9.

Wei Jian. On the Yaozi graveyard of Guo County in Liangcheng. Acta Archaeologica Sinica. 1989. No. 12.

Wei Jian. The Sacrificial Remains of the Flock Temple in Zhenglan Banner. Collection of Inner Mongolia Cultural Relic and Archaeology. 1994. No. 1.

Wei Jian. Exploring Report of the Erliban Site. Collected Papers of Archaeological (11), Science Press, 1998.

Wei Jian. The Ruins of Zhaizita. Collection of Inner Mongolia Cultural Relic and Archaeology 1997. No. 2.

Wei Jian. Research on the Warring States, Qin and Han Military Defences in the Hetao District. Research of China's Frontier Archaeology. 2007. No. 6.

Wei Jian. A Lost Civilization: Prehistoric Settlements of the Miaozigou Culture. Proceedings of the International Academic Conference at the Occasion of Professor Rao Zongyi's 90^th Birthday. Rao Zongyi (Ed.), Vol. 9–10, Hong Kong, 2008.

Wei Jian. The Jinling Graveyard and Frontier Defense System — Preliminary Research on the Northern Wei period site of Zuoyun. Research of China's Frontier Archaeology. 2010. No. 9.

Wei Jian. A Preliminary Discussion on the Origins of Stone Antropomorphic Statues in the Mongolian Highlands — The Nature and Ethnicity of the Yangqunmiao Stone Statues. Cultural Relics. 2011. No. 8.

Wei Jian. Archaeological Research on Early Sites in Mongolia. Historical Studies. 2015. No. 1.

Wei Jian. Research on the Location of the fortified town of L. E. in Loulan. Cultural Relics. 2016. No. 4.

Wei Jian. The Regional Distribution and Typography of Rock Art and its Archaeological Study — The Rock Art in Yinshan and Zhuozishan Mountain. In: The Development and Influence of the Early Culture and Society in the Pilin area in Russia, Mongolia and China: Joint Research and Forum on Rock Art in Central Asia and China. Ulan Bator, 2017.

Ed.-in-chief:

Collection of Inner Mongolian Cultural Relics and Archaeology (1). Encyclopaedia of China Publishing House, 1994.

Collection of Inner Mongolian Cultural Relics and Archaeology (2). Encyclopaedia of China Publishing House, 1997.

The Culture of Grasslands (chief editor). Commercial Press Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996.

Yuanshangdu. Inner Mongolia University Press, 2005.

The Springs and Autumns of the Northern State: An Illustrated Catalogue of Artefacts from the Renmin University Museum. Renmin University Press, Beijing, April 2009.

The Archaeology of Northern Ethnicity. Volume 1 to 6, Science Press, Beijing, 2014 to 2018.