The National Cultural Relics Bureau of China announced that for the first time, large -scale ancient shipbuilding relics were found in the South China Sea -kilometer -class sea level.
According to China CCTV News, the National Cultural Relics Bureau of China released three new archeological discoveries of three important underwater archeological projects on Thursday (October 19), of which the siteIt is the first large -scale ancient shipbuilding site found in the South China Sea -kilometer -level sea -class underwater underwater underwater.
The above sites are located in the South China Sea, which is about 1500 meters deep between the Hainan Island and the northern reef of the Xisha Islands. It was discovered from October 2022.The Archaeological Research Center of the State Administration of Cultural Relics, the Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the China (Hainan) South China Sea Museum jointly conducted two phases of deep -sea archeological investigations on the two -stage shipping site.
The survey found that the number 1 shipwreck was the age of the Ming and Zhengde (1506 to 1521), consisting of the core area, ring -shaped scattered area and scattered area.Among them, the core area is a pile of the hull and a large amount of orderly, codes of neat ceramics, iron artifacts, etc. The ring -shaped scattered area and the scattered area are composed of loaded items, and there are fewer relics.The upper structure of No. 1 shipwreck is not existed, and most of the remaining hulls are buried and covered, and the compartment panels and bottom plates are only exposed in some positions.
The second shipwreck is the period of the Ming Hongzhi (1488 to 1505), consisting of the core area and the scattered area.The accumulation of logs and ceramics scattered.No hull was found in the second shipwreck, and only a bar wood suspected of ship components were found in the accumulation of the original area of the core area.
After investigation, the distribution range of No. 1 and No. 2 shipwrecks was proved, and 543 water cultural relic specimens (sets) were extracted from No. 1 shipwreck site, 36 of water relics were extracted from No. 2 shipwreck site.Essence
It is reported that the No. 1 shipwreck is full of exported ceramics, and the No. 2 shipwreck is loaded with wood entering from overseas. It is the first time that China has found an ancient commercial ship that sails and returns navigables in the same sea area.The prosperity of trade helps to explore and fully understand the two -way flow of the ancient maritime Silk Road.
The National Cultural Relics Bureau of China said that the preservation of the two shipwreck sites is relatively intact, the number of cultural relics is huge, and the age is relatively clear. It is not only a major discovery of China's deep -sea archeology, but also a major world -class archaeological discovery.
Next, the relevant units will carry out the third -stage archeological survey next year. Focusing on the site of the No. 1 and No. 2 shipwreck in the northwest, it will carry out the key areas of the South China Sea and important routes.Disciplines have further promoted related studies such as the South China Sea Historical route and the Maritime Silk Road.
