Weekly snapshot of China's archaeological news

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BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are highlights of China's archaeological news from the past week:

-- Colored pottery figurines, horses excavated in central China

Archaeologists have discovered some ancient colored pottery figurines and pottery horses in central China's Henan Province.

The relics include more than 10 female pottery figurines and pottery horses belonging to the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 25). They were found in some ancient tombs in the city of Luoyang, said Zhao Xiaojun, head of the Luoyang City Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute.

-- Study reveals genetic links between human groups from Chinese mainland, Taiwan

An analysis of sequenced genomes of ancient East Asians and present-day groups showed strong genetic links between ancient Taiwan groups and Tai-Kadai speakers in the Chinese mainland's southern areas and Hainan Island.

The finding was published in the journal Nature on Tuesday. A group of international researchers reported genome-wide data from 166 East Asians dating back 8,000 to 1,000 years from sites across the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, Mongolia, Russia, and Japan, and from 383 samples of 46 present-day groups from the Chinese mainland and Nepal.

They found people from Taiwan 3,300 to 1,200 years ago derived about 75 percent ancestry from a lineage also common in modern Austronesian and Tai-Kadai speakers, suggesting Austronesians, including modern indigenous Taiwan groups, share the same ancestry with Tai-Kadai people in the mainland's southern areas and Hainan Island.

-- Ancient walls discovered in east China

Archaeologists have found some ancient walls in the city of Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province.

The walls, found in Yuanzhou District, are believed to be built during the late Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the Five Dynasties period (907-960), according to the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute. Enditem

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