This book initiatively and systematically presents the latest discoveries in the context of shipwreck archaeology in China, telling the exciting story of the wrecks’ distribution, connotation and the research advances and empirically reconstructing the development of overseas trade and maritime cultures along the Maritime Silk Road, which flourished for more than 2000 years. The book features numerous high-quality images and comprehensively describes and reviews the development of the methodologies and technologies used in China’s underwater archaeology and underwater cultural heritage administration in recent decades.
Introduction: Archaeological Discovery and Research of Ancient
Shipwrecks in China in last thirties Years.- Chapter 1 Shipwreck of the Yuan
Dynasty investigated at Sandaogang, Suizhong, Liaoning.- Chapter 2 Shipwrecks
of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties discovered at Penglai , Yantai,
Shandong.- Chapter 3 Ancient Shipwrecks Excavated in Ningbo, Zhejiang
Province.- Chapter 4 Dinghai Bay Shipwrecks of Yuan and Ming dynasties in
Lianjiang of Fujian.- Chapter 5 Ancient Shipwrecks Investigated off the
Pingtan Island and Nanri Islands, Fujian Province.- Chapter 6 Song Dynasty
Shipwreck excavated in Quanzhou Bay of Fujian.- Chapter 7 Ancient Shipwrecks
Off the Coast of Zhangzhou, Fujian.- Chapter 8 Nanhai No 1 Shipwreck off
Yangjiang coast of Guangdong.- Chapter 9 Ming Dynasty Shipwrecks Discovered
in Nanao and Shantou, Guangdong.- Chapter 10 Ancient Shipwrecks Discovered
in the Waters of the Xisha Islands.- Chapter 11 The Shipwreck Archaeology in
the Waters of Taiwan, Penghu and Dongsha Island.
Jianzhong Song is currently the deputy director general of Chinas National Centre for Archaeology. After graduating from Peking Universitys Department of Archaeology in 1985, he worked at Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology for several years as an assistant, associate and research fellow, deputy director and then the director of the institute. Since 2013, he has worked for the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage in Beijing, and was appointed director of the Technology and Equipment Department at the National Center of Underwater Cultural Heritage in the same year, and deputy director general of the National Center of Underwater Cultural Heritage in 2015.In recent years, under Mr. Song Jianzhongs leadership, a series of important underwater archaeology projects are organized and conducted, including the South China Sea Investigation, Three Sino-Japanese War Cruiser Wrecks Investigation, etc. He organized the construction of Chinese Archaeology No.1 Ship, the first vessel specially used for Chinas underwater archaeology work. He organized the 2018 Deep Sea Archaeology Investigation in South China Sea project, during which he took the bathyscaph Deep Sea Warrior for the first diving. The project is a remarkable starting of the deep sea archaeology in China, laying a foundation for its subsequent development. Currently, he serves as the chief expert for the Research on Ceramics Found in the Paracel Islands Waters and Maritime Silk Road project, a major project of The National Social Science Fund of China. As a senior archaeologist and main leader of underwater cultural heritage administration of China, he has published a series of works on archaeology, historical cultural heritage and underwater archaeology in northern China. His recent publications include: Riding Wind through the WavesChina Archaeology No.1 Ships Birth (New Technology, New Method, New Concept, Beijing: Science Press, 2015), Underwater Archaeology and Maritime Silk Road (China Cultural Relics News, 2017, June 2nd), History, Archaeology and Underwater ArchaeologyA Discussion on the Discovery of Chih Yuen Cruiser Wreck (Underwater Archaeology No.1, 2017), Shipwreck: Time Capsules of Human History (Museum, 2018, No.2), and History Hidden in the Sea (Peoples Daily, 2018, April 11th).
