LI, Yuniu, male, born in July 1985, from Chongqing, Canadian nationality. Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor. Main research interests: Metallurgical Archaeology, Archaeological Science, Experimental Archaeology, Digital Applications in Archaeology, and the Protection and Utilization of Industrial Heritage.
*Although this supervisor is a foreign national, he speaks fluent Mandarin and Chongqing dialect.
I. Resume
2009: Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Toronto, Canada. 2012: Master's degree in Archaeology and Museology from Sichuan University. 2014: Received a full scholarship from the University of Exeter, UK, to pursue a doctoral degree under the supervision of Professor Gillian Juleff. 2018: Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Exeter, UK. In September of the same year, joined Sichuan University as a full-time postdoctoral researcher. 2019: Promoted to Associate Research Fellow ahead of schedule in September. 2020: Selected as a Class B talent in the Chengdu High-tech Zone's Golden Panda program; added as a Master's Supervisor. 2021: Selected for Sichuan University's "Double Hundred Talent Program"; added as a Doctoral Supervisor.
Received several awards, including the university-level "Inquiry-based Small Class" Excellent Teaching Quality Award, the "Li Jingmei Teaching Award" for Advanced Teaching Individual, "Outstanding Young Scientific Research Talent," and the "Mount Everest Teaching Award."
II. Talent Development
Courses Taught: Metallurgical Archaeology Practice (Undergraduate, Master's), Basics of International Perspectives in Archaeological Science (Bilingual, Master's), Special Topics in Archaeology (All English, Undergraduate), Overview of Foreign Archaeology (Undergraduate), Introduction to Field Archaeology (Undergraduate), Field Excavation Internship (Undergraduate), Field Survey Internship (Undergraduate), Archaeological Science (Undergraduate), Special Topics in Metallurgical Archaeology (Doctoral), Academic English Writing for Archaeology (Doctoral).
Recent Research Focus:
- Research on smelting residues, comprehensively using archaeological typology and modern scientific analysis methods to fully reveal the component system and microstructure characteristics of smelting residues.
- Experimental archaeology (smelting-related experiments)
- Archaeological surveying and mapping and cultural relic digitization
- Inorganic cultural relic conservation (metals, ceramics).
Recruiting Master's/Doctoral students interested in metallurgical archaeology, experimental archaeology, and related fields. Doctoral students should contact via email first.
*Although the research group involves scientific analysis methods, there are no restrictions on individual learning background and foundation, as long as one is diligent and hardworking.
*The upper limit depends on talent, and the lower limit depends on effort.
III. Partial Fieldwork
1. December 2020 - February 2021, excavation of sacrificial pit No. 5, 6, and 7 in the sacrificial area of the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan.
2. October 2019 - January 2020, the seventh excavation of the Haimenkou site in Yunnan (leading undergraduate internship).
3. 2018, 2019, Han Dynasty iron smelting experimental archaeology in Qionglai, Sichuan.
4. December 2018, archaeological survey of the Mantai site in Sri Lanka, China-Sri Lanka.
5. October-December 2018, Han Dynasty iron smelting experimental archaeology in Qionglai City, Sichuan Province.
6. September 2018, ancient Tamahagane iron smelting experimental archaeology in Niimi City, Japan.
7. July 2018, investigation and excavation of the Longbohe smelting site in Jinping County, Yunnan Province.
8. 2010 - 2017, survey work on ancient iron smelting sites in the Chengdu Plain.
9. November-December 2015, survey of copper smelting sites in southern Laos.
10. October 2014 to September 2015, indoor sorting work for the Exmoor Iron project, University of Exeter and English Heritage.
11. September 2012, excavation of the Hailongtun Ming Dynasty Tusi site in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province.
12. October-February 2010, excavation of the Boluo Village site in Pixian County, Chengdu.
13. December 2009, CPAS survey of prehistoric sites in the Chengdu Plain.
IV. Academic Research (as of August 31, 2023)
English Papers:
1. LI, Yuniu (First Author) et al., Microstructural and elemental analyses of the slags excavated from the Xuxiebian iron smelting site, Sichuan, China,Archaeometry, 2019, 61(6), 1353-1365. (SCI、A&HCI)https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12484
2. LI, Yuniu (First Author) et al., Salt Production of Late Imperial China in the Upper Three Gorges Region: A Case Study of the Zhongjingba Site in Chongqing,Industrial Archaeology Review. 2019, 41(1), 2-12. (A&HCI)https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2019.1575047
3. LI, Yuniu (First Author) et al., Cast iron smelting and fining: An iron smelting site of the Eastern Han dynasty at Xuxiebian, Sichuan, China,Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies. 2019, 19(1), 91-111. (A&HCI)https://doi.org/10.21866/esjeas.2019.19.1.005
4. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al., Early iron objects of southwest China: a case study of iron objects excavated from Qiaogoutou cemetery site, Sichuan Province,Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 2019, 11(4), 1187-1198.(SCI、SSCI、A&HCI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-017-0595-1
5. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al., Iron production and trading in Lingnan during the Qin and Han Empires,Antiquity. 2020, 94(373), e4. (SCI、SSCI、A&HCI)https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2020.1
6. LI, Yuniu (First Author) et al., Ancient Zinc Smelting in the Upper and Middle Yangtze River,Antiquity. 2020, 94(375), e17. (SCI、SSCI、A&HCI)https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2020.83
7. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al. Metallographic analysis of the recent excavated domestic iron objects from Muyi, Yunnan Province, China.Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2020, 12(7), 144. (SCI、SSCI、A&HCI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01106-1
8. LI, Yuniu (Co-corresponding Author) et al. Forging or casting: new evidence of iron production in the Chengdu Plain in the Han dynasty,Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021, 13(7), (SCI、SSCI、A&HCI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01349-6
9. LI, Yuniu (First Author) et al,Evidence of early iron smelting on the Tibetan plateau,Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences,2022, vol.14. (SCI、SSCI、A&HCI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01528-z
10. LI, Yuniu (First Author) et al,Early iron production technology of Lingnan, China: A case study of the Yinshanling cemetery site,Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports, 2022, vol.43. (A&HCI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103484
11. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al., A Metal Production Center on the Southwest Frontier of the Han Empire: An Archaeometallurgical Study of the Heimajing Cemetery Site in Gejiu, Yunnan Province, China,Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, 2023, vol.62(1), pp.77-96.https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2023.0004
12. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al., The Battleground Site of Jiangkou in Sichuan Province, China: the mid-17th Century Gold and Silver Objects of Zhang Xianzhong,Historical Archaeology, [2023]https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-023-00386-3
13. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al., Zinc-Smelting Technology of China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties: The Smelting Furnaces,Industrial Archaeology Review,https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2022.2143096
14. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al., New discoveries at the Sanxingdui Bronze Age site in southwest China,Antiquity,https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2022.150
15. LI, Yuniu (First Author) et al, Iron Production Industry in Western Chongqing in the Late Ming Dynasty: A Perspective from the Smelting Related Materials,Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific,2023, vol.62(2), pp.184-201.https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2023.0011
16. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al., Chadiping: A Pig iron production site of Ming Dynasty in Southeast Chongqing, China,Archaeological Research in Asia, 2023, vol.35.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2023.100464
17. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al., Scientific Analysis ofBronze Objects of the First millennium to the second century BCE Excavated from the Jiangkou Site, Pengshan, Sichuan,Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2023, vol.15(10). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01846-w
18. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al., Archaeological Investigation and Industrial Heritage Study of the Wanshan Mercury Mining Site in Guizhou Province, China,Industrial Archaeology Review, 2023, vol.45(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2023.2257579
19. LI, Yuniu (Corresponding Author) et al., The Earliest Loaded Iron Bomb Excavated from the Baidicheng Fort Site, Chongqing, China,Archaeological Research in Asia. [2023] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2023.100485
English Briefs:
1. LI, Yuniu, Iron Smelting in the Chengdu Plain, Sichuan Province, China.The Crucible, 2019, Issue 101.
2. The Lost Treasury of the Yellow Tiger , Archaeology, November/December 2023.
Chinese Papers:
1. LI, Yuniu, ZHANG Mengyi, ZHOU Kehua, YUAN Haibing, LI Yingfu: "Preliminary Research on Ironware Unearthed from the Qiaogoutou Site in Yibin, Sichuan", Southern Ethnological Archaeology, Vol. 20, 2020.
2. G. Juleff (Author), LI, Yuniu (Translator): "Ancient Natural Draft Ironmaking in Sri Lanka", Southern Ethnological Archaeology, Vol. 17, 2019.
3. LI, Yuniu, HUANG Wan: "Application of 3D Surveying and Mapping in Field Archaeology in Architectural Site Remains - Taking the Hailongtun Ming Dynasty Tusi Site in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province as an Example", Chinese Cultural Relics Science Research, No. 6, 2015.
4. KIM Kyung-ho (Author), LI, Yuniu (Translator): "Research on the Restoration of Ancient Korean Iron Furnaces and Ironmaking Technology", Southern Ethnological Archaeology, Vol. 10, 2014.
5. Richard C. Rudolph (Author), LI, Yuniu (Translator): "A Preliminary Exploration of Song Dynasty Archaeology", Southern Ethnological Archaeology, Vol. 9, 2013.
6. CHEN Cheng, LI, Yuniu: "Application Exploration of 3D Surveying and Mapping in Field Archaeology - Taking the Excavation of the Boluo Village Site in Pixian County, Sichuan as an Example", Sichuan Cultural Relics, No. 6, 2012.
7. LI, Yuniu, SUN Tianqiang, ZHANG Mengyi, LI Shuai, YANG Feng: "Early Ironware and Ironmaking Technology in Ali Prefecture, Tibet: Research on Metallurgical Relics Unearthed from the Kaji Cemetery", Tibetan Studies Journal, 2024.
Translated Works:
Hua Daoan (Author), LI, Yuniu (Translator): Iron and Steel of Ancient China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, December 2018.
V. Research Projects
Presided over 1 National Natural Science Foundation project, 1 National Key R&D Program project, 1 Postdoctoral General Project, and several provincial and ministerial-level scientific research projects such as the Tibet Autonomous Region Science and Technology Major Special Project; participated in several major bidding projects of the National Social Science Fund, Sino-foreign joint projects of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, and key projects of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture.