Shengqian Chen is a professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Archaeology and Museum at the School of History, Renmin University of China. Born in Jiayu, Hubei in 1972. In 1993, he graduated from the School of Archaeology, Jilin University with a bachelor's degree. In 1996, he graduated from the Department of Archaeology of Peking University with a master's degree. In 1998, he went to the Southern Methodist University of the United States to study for a doctor's degree under Dr. Fred Wendorf, former president of Society for American Archaeology , and Dr. Lewis R. Binford, the leader of "New Archaeology". In 2004, he received a doctor's degree. His main research fields include archaeological theory, prehistoric archaeology, stone tools analysis, etc. His works include Prehistoric Modernization, Thinking Archaeology, Learning Archaeology, Human Questioning, etc., and his translations include In Pursuit of the Past: Decoding the Archaeological Record , Archaeology: Key Concepts, Thinking Small: Global Perspectives on Microlithization, etc.