Li Chi Reports
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A2003.10
name: label: Creator
content: Li, Ji, 1896-1979
label: Names
content: Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942
label: Names
content: Li, Ji, 1896-1979
place: label: Place
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Archaeological expeditions
creator: label: Creator
content: Li, Ji, 1896-1979
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content: Li Chi Reports
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Li Chi was born in 1896 in Hubei Province, China. He recieved his Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard in 1923. He was a member of Carl Whiting Bishop's archaeological team during Freer Gallery sponsored expeditions to China from 1926 to 1929. His later activities were funded both by the Freer Gallery and Academia Sinica. His chief contribution to archaeology was the systematic excavation of Anyang, and the establishment of the historical authenticity of the Shang dynasty. After the Japanese invasion and the fall of the Mainland to the Communists, Li fled to Taiwan where he was head of anthropology and archaeology at the National University.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1926-1931
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Library in 2003.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2003.10
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Maps
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into 2 series: Series 1: Report Manuscripts, 1926-1931, Series 2: Rubbings, Photographs and Maps, 1926-1929
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Li Chi was a prominent Chinese archaeologist, trained in the United States and one of the first Chinese archaeologists to conduct and teach scientific archaeology in China. This collection contains the manuscripts of the reports Li Chi prepared for the Freer Gallery when he was a member of the archaeological expeditions in China sponsored by the Freer Gallery of Art and headed by Carl Whiting Bishop during the years 1926 to 1929. The Li Chi Reports describe the expedition's findings at various Chinese archaeological sites, including Hsi-yin-ts'un which details an archaeological dig co-sponsored by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Tsing Hua Research Institute and the 1928-1929 excavation at Yin-Hsu.