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A little bit of background: In the summer of 2001, I participated in the Sino-American Field School of Archaeology. I spent 4 weeks in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xi'an, and Beijing, China, learning about Chinese art and history and taking part in excavations of Han dynasty relics.

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The view of Shanghai from my hotel room	Bai Lu Yuan, site of our second dig site in Xi'an	Sitting in a 30 foot deep pit at Bai Lu Yuan
Kids playing in the tomb passageways at Bai Lu Yuan	Me. On a camel.	All decked out for the farewell banquet
The Forbidden City in Beijing	The Great Wall at Badaling in Beijing	Han Yang Mausoleum, burial ground of the fourth Han emperor
Han Yang Village, our first dig site in Xi'an	Huaqing Hot Springs in Xi'an	Sunrise atop Mount Hua
At the foot of the Cloud Ladder to the eastern peak of Mt. Hua	Eating some crickets...	A jade factory worker in Shanghai
Restoring terra cotta figures in the Archaeological Institute lab	Stone Buddha carvings at Lin Yin Temple	The Six Harmony Pagoda in Hangzhou
The Temple of Heaven in Beijing	In the Terra Cotta Warriors Museum in Xi'an	The banks of the West Lake in Hangzhou
The Venice of China: the water town of Wuzhen	The ruins of Yuan Ming Garden	SAFSA 2001 at the Six Harmony Pagoda