Chen Xingcan (陳星燦) (born December 12, 1964, in Henan Province)[1] is a Chinese archaeologist specializing in the archaeology of China.
Chen earned his doctorate from the same institution in 1991, with the dissertation topic Zhongguo Shiqian Kaoguxueshi Yanjiu (1895–1949) [History of Chinese Archaeology (1895–1949)].
Currently, Chen is Research Fellow and Director of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
[2] He is also an Executive Committee Member of the Tang Center for Ancient China at Columbia University.
[3] For more than a quarter century, Chen has led excavations in the middle Yellow River area.