Abstract
Ancient Ningbo located at the southern end of the Grand Canal and its estuary to the sea, and was an important seaport city for maritime transportation and foreign trade. As an important foreign trade seaport, starting from Ningbo there are Northeast Asia sea route to Japan and Korea, and the southward Southeast Asia routes. Ningbo Port has possessed a superior location in the history of marine navigation in the East Asia. There are three main shipwreck sites in Ningbo, including the Dongmen Kou shipwreck, Xiangshan shipwreck of Ming Dynasty and Xiaobai Jiao No. 1 shipwreck. They belonged to three different dynasties, both their hull structures and cargoes reflected the typical characteristics in the different time.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
Abbreviations
- NBMCRAC:
-
Ningbo Cultural Relics Administration Committee, 宁波市文物管理委员会
- NBMICRA:
-
Ningbo Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, 宁波市文物考古研究所
- NCUCH:
-
National Center of Underwater Cultural Heritage, 国家文物局水下文化遗产保护中心
- XSCCMC:
-
Xiangshan County Cultural Management Committee, 象山县文物管理委员会办公室(象山县文物管理委员会,象山县文管会
References
Lin, S. M. 林士民. (2005). Waterfront excavations at Dongmenkou, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, PRC. In Unveiling the Historical Civilization—Archaeological studies on Ningbo the Greatest Harbor in East China (pp. 172–211). Shanghai: SDX Joint Publishing Company (Ningbo Dongmenkou Matou Yizhi Fajue Baogao《宁波东门口码头遗址发掘报告》, Zaixian Xiri de Wenming—Dongfang Dagang Ningbo Kaogu Yanjiu《再现昔日的文明—东方大港宁波考古研究》, Shanghai Sanlian Shudian上海三联书店).
NBMICRA, XSCCMC. (1998). The excavation of Ming Dynasty Sea Vessel in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province. Archaeology, 3, 33–40 (Zhejiang Xiangshanxian Mingdai Haichuan de Qingli《浙江象山县明代海船的清理》, Kaogu《考古》).
NBMICRA, NCUCH, XSCCMC. (2019). “Xiaobaijiao I”—The underwater archaeological excavation report of the Qing Dynasty Shipwreck. Beijing: Science Press (Xiaobaijiao Yihao——Qingdai Chenchuan Yizhi Shuixia Kaogu Fajue Bagao《“小白礁 I 号”——清代沉船遗址水下考古发掘报告》, Kexue Chubanshe科学出版社).
Xi, L. F. 席龙飞, & He, G. W. 何国卫. (1981). A study on Ningbo Junk of Song Dynasty. Journal of Wuhan Institute of Water Transportation Engineering, 23–32 (Dui Ningbo Guchuan de Yanjiu《对宁波古船的研究》, Wuhan Shuiyun Gongcheng Xeuyuan Xuebao《武汉水运工程学院学报》).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Xin, G. (2022). Ancient Shipwrecks Excavated in Ningbo, Zhejiang 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_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8675-7_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-16-8674-0
Online ISBN: 978-981-16-8675-7
eBook Packages: HistoryHistory (R0)