Abstract
Dinghai Bay is located on the north bank of Minjiang estuary in Xiaochen Town, Liangjiang County of Fuzhou, where is an important sea passage from Minjiang estuary to the eastward and northward sea routes, and a bridge between the mainland and the open sea. It is also the sea area distributes a series of visible and submerged islands and reefs causing a lot of ship wrecking in the ancient and modern times. Since underwater archaeologists carried out a series of underwater investigations and excavations in Fujian sea area in 1989, they have found 40 underwater cultural heritage sites with rich contents. Among the shipwrecks were merchant ships and warships. The artifacts were mainly ceramics, metal wares, lacquer wares and so on. The underwater archaeological discoveries in Dinghai provided important material evidence for the exploration of the role of this sea area on the Maritime Silk Road.
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Abbreviations
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Dinghai Investigation and Excavation Team of Sino-Australian Cooperation Underwater Archaeology Professional Training Course, 中澳合作水下考古专业人员培训班定海调查发掘队
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Sun, J. (2022). Dinghai Bay Shipwrecks of Yuan and Ming Dynasties in Lianjiang of Fujian Province. In: Song, J. (eds) Shipwreck Archaeology in China Sea. The Archaeology of Asia-Pacific Navigation, vol 5. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8675-7_5
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