The first phase of the Jingyuan Ship Site was officially launched

Author:Guan Weihai Time:2022.08.27

On August 27, the first phase of the underwater archeological survey of the Jingyuan Ship site held a launching ceremony in the lecture hall of Liu Gong Island History Selection Hall, and awarded the flag of the underwater archeological team on the spot.

The underwater archaeological survey project will take 70 days. The next archeological team members jointly team. On the basis of 2020 and 2021, the investigation work will be exposed to the "Jingyuan" ship site in the southern waters of the south of the Tower Pier.

Zhou Chunshui, the leader of the Archaeological Research Center of the State Administration of Cultural Relics: "The entire shipwreck was buried by the mud, it had buried at a depth of about 60 cm to 1 meter. We are now going to intercept this face. There are also some coal that can confirm that its position is here, it needs to be continuously exposed to disclosure to discover more relics. "

It is estimated that this year's sand pumping area is about 300 square meters, and the wreckage of the shipwrell or underwater relics will be carried out in strict accordance with the archeological operating procedures and standards. The area of about 200 square meters of 平 and the Ministry of Puppets is drawn for sand pumping. This project plans to carry out two phases. Through the two consecutive sedimental excavations, information such as the saving status and distribution of the ship will be preliminarized to provide precious archeological information for the study of the history of the Sino -Japanese War and the history of the world naval ships.

Wang Zebing, deputy leader of Shandong Province Water Archeology Research Center: "The significance of Jingyuan Ship, we want to put some of the sinking warships and preservation status of the entire Beiyang Marine Division. We must have a preliminary understanding Provide important archeological basic information for the next step in the protection of underwater cultural relics. "

Source: Weihai News

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