CHANG achieved this not only through his teaching and extensive publications, but also by encouraging students to obtain field experience, and he was at the vanguard of collaborative research projects in China once this became possible in 1991. Many of the current leaders of East Asian archaeology, including scholars of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian archaeology, were taught by CHANG either as students or visiting scholars. Many of the visiting scholars were sponsored by various programs administered by the Harvard-Yenching Institute. In the past ten years alone, over 20 archaeologists from East Asia have spent time at Harvard through sponsorship by Harvard-Yenching, and other visitors have been sponsored by the Luce Foundation and the Chinese National Department of Education. As these scholars have returned to their home institutions, they have had an important impact on the development of the field.

Since the departure of CHANG more than a decade ago, Chinese archaeology has continued to thrive at Harvard. A number of scholars have received Ph.D.s with a focus on Chinese archaeology in the past decade, and currently several students are focused on archaeological approaches to ancient China. In addition, Harvard scholars have active archaeological field projects and research programs that are conducted in collaborations with scholars in China. This website serves as a portal for the vibrant and dynamic field of Chinese archaeology at Harvard University.