Shipwreck Archaeology in China Sea

Jianzhong Song is currently the deputy director general of China’s National Centre for Archaeology. After graduating from Peking University’s 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 Jianzhong’s 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 China’s 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 Waves—China Archaeology No.1 Ship’s 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 Archaeology—A 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 (People’s Daily, 2018, April 11th).

• 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 Nan’ao 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.