The Institute of Archaeology (IA; Chinese: 中国社会科学院考古研究所) is a constituent institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), based in Beijing, China.
It was founded on 1 August 1950, as part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
[1][2] In addition, the Research Center for Ancient Civilizations and the Conservation and Research Center of Cultural Heritage are also affiliated with IA CASS.
The institute is also responsible for the Department of Archaeology of the Graduate School of CASS.
[3] The institute publishes several academic journals in Chinese:[2] It also publishes China's only English-language archaeological journal, Chinese Archaeology.