近代考古学于十九世纪上半叶产生于欧洲,二十世纪初传入中国。它以古代人类活动留下的各种实物资料为研究对象,其目标是复原人类古代历史,探讨人类的过去。本文简要介绍了中国考古学的产生,当今中国考古学研究的特点,以及未来的考古学发展方向。 Modern archeology originated in Europe in the first half of the nineteenth century and was introduced to China in the early twentieth century. It takes the various kinds of physical data left by ancient human activities as the research object, and its goal is to restore the ancient history of mankind and explore the past of mankind. This article briefly introduces the emergence of Chinese archeology, the characteristics of contemporary Chinese archeology and the future direction of archeology.