Introduction
Li Yingfu studied archaeology at the Department of History, Sichuan University from 1980 to 1984, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. In 1988, he pursued a Master's degree in archaeology at Sichuan University while working and obtained a Master's degree (1992). In 2000, he pursued a doctoral degree in archaeology at Sichuan University while working and obtained a doctoral degree (2006). Since July 1984, he has been working at the School of History and Culture (School of Archaeology and Museology), Sichuan University, and has served as an assistant teacher, lecturer, associate professor, and professor, mainly engaged in teaching and research in archaeology, cultural relics and museology.
I. Teaching
(I) Research Direction
Archaeology of Southwest China, Metallurgical Archaeology, Neolithic Archaeology of China.
(II) Courses Offered
Has successively offered courses such as "Chinese Archaeology-1", "Southwest Archaeology", "Special Topics in Archaeology", "Readings in Prehistoric Archaeological Literature", "Introduction to Archaeology", "Special Topics in Metallurgical Archaeology", "Introduction to Field Archaeology", and "Field Archaeological Techniques and Methods".
II. Scientific Research
(I) Monographs and Research Reports
1. Li Yingfu: *Archaeological Research on Early Towns in the Three Gorges Area*, Bashu Publishing House, 2010.
2. Li Yingfu, Lin Bizhong, He Yuanhong, Bai Jiujiang: *Qingyuan, Youyang*, Science Press, 2009.
3. Cai Zhongmin, Gao Dalun, Li Yingfu (Eds.): *Dictionary of Chinese Cultural Relics Appreciation*, Lijiang Publishing House, 1999.
4. Li Yingfu, Ma Chunyan: *History of Ancient Chinese Material Culture: Ironware*, Kaiming Publishing House, 2019.
5. Yang Zhanfeng, Li Yingfu: *The Boluo Village Site in Pixian County*, Science Press, 2019.
6. Luo Erhu, Li Yingfu (Eds.): *Archaeology of Southwest China - From the Neolithic Age to the Western Han Dynasty*, Science Press, 2020.
7. Huo Wei, Li Yingfu (Eds.): *Sichuan University History: Archaeology Volume*, Sichuan University Press, September 2016.
8. Li Yingfu, Liu Fang: *History of Chinese Foundry Development* (Volume 1), Chapters 9 and 10, National Open University Press, 2017.
9. Li Yingfu: *Archaeological Research on Ironware of the Qin and Han Dynasties in the Bashu Area*, Research Report of the National Social Science Fund General Project, 2015.
10. Li Yingfu: *Investigation Report on Metallurgical Sites in Southwest China during the Pre-Qin and Two Han Periods*, Research Report of the National Social Science Fund Major Project, 2023.
11. Li Yingfu: *Metallurgical Technology in Southwest China during the Pre-Qin and Two Han Periods*, Research Report of the National Social Science Fund Major Project, 2023.
12. Li Yingfu: *Melting and Integration: Ironware and Social Changes in Southwest China during the Warring States, Qin and Han Periods*, Research Report of the National Social Science Fund Major Project, 2023.
(II) Papers and Brief Reports
1. Li Yingfu, Gao Dalun: *New Achievements in Sociological Research*, *Theory and Modernization* 2, 1991.
2. Gao Dalun, Li Yingfu: *Preliminary Study on Jade Artifacts Unearthed from the Guanghan Sanxingdui Site*, *Archaeology and Cultural Relics* 2, 1994.
3. Li Yingfu: *The Spread of Liangzhu Culture Jade Congs to the Outside World*, *Commemorative Collection for the 35th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Archaeology Department of Sichuan University*, Sichuan University Press, 1998.
4. Li Yingfu: *Brief Report on the Trial Excavation of the Jiuxianping Site in Sichuan*, *Commemorative Collection for the 35th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Archaeology Department of Sichuan University*, Sichuan University Press, 1998.
5. Jiang Zhanghua, Zhang Qing, Wang Yi, Jiang Cheng, Lu Ding, Li Yingfu: *Brief Excavation Report of the Baodun Site in Xinjin, Sichuan*, *Archaeology* 1, 1998.
6. Li Yingfu: *Migration of Neolithic Cultural Groups in the Yangtze River Delta and its Impact on Jomon Culture*, *Research Bulletin*, Yamanashi Prefectural Archaeological Museum, 1999.
7. Li Yingfu: *Lijiaba Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Ming, and Qing Site in Yunyang County, Chongqing*, *China Archaeological Yearbook - 2000*, Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2001.
8. Li Yingfu: *Mingyueba Site in Yunyang County*, *Important Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2000*, Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2001.
9. Li Yingfu: *The Periodization of Liangzhu Culture Jade Congs*, *Commemorative Collection for the 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Archaeology Department of Sichuan University and the Centenary of Professor Feng Hanji's Birth*, Sichuan University Press, 2002.
10. Li Yingfu: *Mingyueba Shang-Zhou Period and Tang, Ming, and Qing Sites in Yunyang County*, *China Archaeological Yearbook - 2001*, Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2002.
11. Li Yingfu: *Mingyueba Shang-Zhou and Tang-Song Period Sites in Yunyang County*, *China Archaeological Yearbook - 2002*, Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2003.
12. Li Yingfu: *Preliminary Study on the Tang Dynasty Town Site of Mingyueba in the Three Gorges Dam Inundation Area*, *Archaeology in the New Century - A Collection of Papers in Commemoration of Professor Hatsushige Otsuka's 77th Birthday*, Tokyo Zanshuudo, 2003.
13. Li Yingfu: *The Appearance of the Tang Dynasty Town Site of Mingyueba in Yunyang County is Gradually Becoming Clear*, *China Cultural Relics News* February 5, 2003.
14. Li Yingfu: *The Discovery and Preliminary Study of the Tang Dynasty Town Site of Mingyueba*, *Proceedings of the Chongqing 2001' Three Gorges Cultural Relics Protection Academic Symposium*, Science Press, 2003.
15. Li Yingfu: *Mingyueba Tang Dynasty Town*, *Cultural Relics World* June 2003, China Cultural Relics News Agency.
16. Li Yingfu: *Mingyue Shines on the Ancient Town for Thousands of Years*, *Civilization That Never Fades Away - A True Record of the Rescue of Cultural Relics in the Three Gorges*, Shandong Pictorial Publishing House, 2003.
17. Li Yingfu: *Cliff Stone Carvings in Dongcun, Yunyang County, Chongqing*, *Sichuan Cultural Relics* 1, 2004.
18. Li Yingfu: *Tang Dynasty Town Site of Mingyueba in Yunyang County, Chongqing*, *China Archaeological Yearbook 2003*, Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2004.
19. Li Yingfu: *The Significance of the Excavation of the Jiuxianping Site in Yunyang County, Chongqing*, *China Cultural Relics News* December 15, 2004.
20. Li Yingfu, Tang Guangxiao: *Testing Report on Lacquerware Unearthed from the No. 1 and No. 2 Western Han Wooden Coffin Tombs in Shuangbaoshan, Mianyang*, *Sichuan Cultural Relics* 3, 2005.
21. Li Yingfu: *Han to Ming and Qing Dynasty Tombs in the Peng(shui) You(yang) Section of the Wupeng Hydropower Station Project*, *China Archaeological Yearbook 2006*, Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2007.
22. Li Yingfu: *Tang-Song to Ming-Qing Sites and Tombs in the Tongliang Section of the Yuzui Expressway*, *China Archaeological Yearbook - 2006*, Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2007.
23. Li Yingfu, Yao Jun, Yu Mengzhou: *Brief Excavation Report of the Tang-Song Temple in Mingyueba, Yunyang County, Chongqing*, *Cultural Relics* 1, 2006.
24. Li Yingfu: *Brief Excavation Report of the Changqiu, Qinggangpu, and Xiaba Cemeteries in Chongqing*, *Sichuan Cultural Relics* 3, 2006.
25. Li Yingfu: *Brief Report on the Rescue Archaeological Excavation of the Tongliang Section of the Yuzui Highway*, *Sichuan Cultural Relics* Supplement, August 2006.
26. Li Yingfu: *A View of the Transformation of Economic Forms from the Hunting Tools of the Neolithic Age in the Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River*, *Sichuan Cultural Relics* 4, 2007.
27. Li Yingfu: *Types and Times of Tang and Song Dynasty Waffle Patterns Unearthed in the Three Gorges Area*, *Cultural Relics* 3, 2009.
28. Yu Mengzhou, Li Yingfu: *Brief Excavation Report of the Shang and Zhou Remains at the Mingyueba Site in Yunyang County, Chongqing*, *Sichuan Cultural Relics* 2, 2009.
29. Li Yingfu, Chen Fang: *Archaeological Culture of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties in the Wujiang River Basin from the Qingyuan Site*, *Archaeology* 5, 2010.
30. Li Yingfu: *Chengdu Iron Smelting Industry in the Qin and Han Dynasties*, *Chengdu History* 2, 2013.
31. Ma Chunyan, Li Yingfu: *New Achievements in Metallurgical Archaeology in Southwest China*, *China Cultural Relics News* February 1, 2013.
32. Li Yingfu: *Research on the Jialazong Iron Smelting Furnace in Luhuo County, Sichuan*, *Journal of Sichuan University* 1, 2014.
33. Li Yingfu, Zhou Bisu, Wei Liguo: *Investigation Report on the Wanshan Mercury Mine Site in Guizhou*, *Jianghan Archaeology* 2, 2014.
34. Li Yingfu, Wang Wei, He Yuanhong: *Brief Excavation Report of the Han and Tang Remains in Area II of the Boluo Village Site in Pixian County, Chengdu*, *Sichuan Cultural Relics* 2, 2014.
35. Li Yingfu, Wang Wei, Yu Xiaohong: *Brief Excavation Report of the Shang and Zhou Remains in Area II of the Boluo Village Site in Pixian County, Chengdu*, *Jianghan Archaeology* 3, 2014.
36. Li Yingfu: *The 'Bowl-Shaped' Smelting Furnace in Pingnan, Guangxi and the Origin of the Chinese 'Bowl-Shaped' Smelting Furnace*, *Archaeology* 6, 2014.
37. Li Yingfu, Zhou Lei: *Research on Ironware Unearthed from the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau*, *Jianghan Archaeology* 6, 2014.
38. Li Yingfu, Habib: *Discovery and Preliminary Study of Smelting Remains at the Gachong Village Site in Duilongdeqing County, Tibet*, *Tibetan Studies Journal* Volume 10, Sichuan University Press, 2014.
39. Li Yingfu: *Archaeological Observation on the Subsistence Economy of the Neolithic Age to the Early Iron Age in the Western Sichuan Plateau Area of the 'Tibetan-Yi Corridor'*, *Journal of Southwest Minzu University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition)* 11, 2014.
40. Li Yingfu: *Tang and Song Dynasty Pottery Animal Face Building Materials Unearthed in the Three Gorges Area*, *Sichuan Cultural Relics* 6, 2014.
41. Li Yingfu, Yan Bin: *Water Conservancy Disputes and Handling Mechanisms in the Qing Dynasty Dujiangyan Irrigation Area Recorded on the Xinjin Guo Zhixin Cemetery*, *Museum Journal* Volume 4, Science Press, 2014.
42. Li Yingfu: *Metallurgical Achievements of the Qin, Han, Tang, and Song Dynasties in the Chengdu Plain*, *Zhuge Liang and the Three Kingdoms* Volume 7, Sichuan Science and Technology Press, 2014.
43. Li Yingfu, Yang Sheng, Ma Chunyan, Yu Jian: *Research on Issues Related to the Han Dynasty Iron Bridge Piers in Shitingjiang, Guanghan, Sichuan*, *Archaeology* 9, 2015.
44. Zeng Yu, Li Yingfu: *Research on Stone Inkstones Unearthed from Tombs of the Six Dynasties in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River and Related Issues*, *Jianghan Archaeology* 6, 2021.
45. Zeng Yu, Li Yingfu: *Re-Discussion on the Openwork Plaque-Shaped Sword Heads of the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties*, *Southern Ethnic Archaeology* Volume 24, Science Press, 2021.
46. Hu Changcheng, Fu Jie, Li Yingfu: *Brief Report on the Survey and Trial Excavation of the Longbohe Site in Jinping, Yunnan*, *Southern Ethnic Archaeology* Volume 25, Science Press, 2023.
47. Li Yuniu, Yuan Haibing, Zhang Mengyi, Li Yingfu: *Preliminary Study on Ironware Unearthed from the Qiaogoutou Site in Yibin, Sichuan*, Volume 20, Science Press, 2020.
48. Li Yingfu: "Decline of Forest Resources in the Central Plains and Southward Migration of Ancient Steel Industry" Kyushu University International Symposium "Pioneering the World from Asia and Oceania" 2018
49. Li Yingfu, Yang Sheng, Ma Chunyan and Yu Jian Translated by Donald B Wanger
A cast-iron bridge pier dated 96 BCE found in Sichuan, Historical Metallurgy. Translated by Donald B Wagner
50. Li Yingfu, Yuan Haibing, Gillian Juleff, Zhang Mengyi, Li Yuniu (Corresponding author) 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
51. Li Yingfu, Li Yuniu (Corresponding author) 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
52. Y. Li, C. Ma, G.Juleff, Y.Murakami, Z.Zhou, Y.Li 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
53. Mengyi Zhang, Yingfu Li, Zhaoming Xiong, Shijia Li and Yuniu Li 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
54. Mengyi Zhang, Yang Wan, Yingfu Li, Fan Yang, Yuniu Li (Corresponding author) 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
55. Yuniu Li, Mengyi Zhang, Wan Huang, Shijia Li Yingfu (Corresponding author) 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
56. Li Yingfu, Yang Sheng, Han Dong, Huang Lei, Yang Ge, Li Yuniu (Corresponding author)
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
57. Zhiyan Liu, Tian Qiu, Yingfu Li, Fei Tang, Yuniu Li (Corresponding author) 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
58. Yingfu Li, Tian Qiu, Jianbo Guo, Yuniu Li (Corresponding author) New discoveries at the Sanxingdui Bronze Age site in southwest China, Antiquity, https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2022.150
59. Li Yingfu, Murakami Yasuto: "Casting Ironware and its Production in Shu during the Han Dynasty" "Archaeological Quarterly 162" Yuzankaku March 2023.
60. Li Yingfu: "The Formation and Development of Iron Smelting Industry in Bashu", "Chengdu Cultural Relics" No. 3, 2022.
61. Yingfu Li, Chunyan Ma, Fang Liu, Wan Huang, Yuniu Li, Archaeological Investigation and Industrial Heritage Study of the Wanshan Mercury Mining Site in Guizhou Province China, Industrial Archaeology Review ISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/yiar20
62. Yingfu Li, Wan Huang, Wei Huang, Tianqiang Sun, Gillian Juleff, Yingbin Niu,
Yuniu Li, Chadiping: A pig iron production site of the Ming Dynasty in Southeast Chongqing, China, Archaeological Research in Asia 35 (2023) 10046
63. Li Yingfu, Yang Sheng, Han Dong, Huang Lei, Yang Ge, Li Yuniu, 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, Volume 62, Number 1, 2023, pp. 77-96 (Article)
64. Tian Qiu1, Zhiyan Liu, Yingfu Li, Xue Yan, Yuniu Li, Scientific analysis of bronze objects of the first millennium to the second century BCE excavated from the Jiangkou Site, Pengshan, Sichuan Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences(2023) 15:151 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01846-w
III. Main Research Projects
1. Investigation and Research on Metallurgical Sites in Southwest China during the Pre-Qin and Two Han Periods (Major Bidding Project of the National Social Science Fund 2015-2022)
2. Archaeological Research on Ironware of the Qin and Han Dynasties in the Bashu Area (General Project of the National Social Science Fund 2012-2015)
3. Metallurgical Archaeology Curriculum System and High-Level International Team Construction Project for Metallurgical Archaeology, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (Ministry of Education 2017-2020)
4. Compilation of Chinese and English Textbooks on Metallurgical Archaeology and High-Level Comparative Research Team Construction Project on Metallurgical Civilization in Eurasia (Ministry of Science and Technology 2020-2023)
5. Comprehensive Investigation of Metallurgical Sites in China during the Pre-Qin and Two Han Periods - Sub-project (Ministry of Science and Technology Basic Resources Survey Special Project 2023-2027)
6. Sichuan University Philosophy and Social Sciences National Leading Talent Cultivation Project (2018-2021)
7. Sichuan University Cultural Relics and Museology Professional Master's Education Practice Base Construction Project (Sichuan Provincial Department of Education 2014)
8. Archaeological Research on Ironware of the Qin and Han Dynasties in Southwest China (Major Project of Discipline Frontier and Interdisciplinary Innovation Research of Sichuan University 2012-2014)
9. Early Iron Smelting and Ancient Society in the Chengdu Plain (China-Japan Cooperation Project of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage 2006-2011)
10. Tibetan Culture Inheritance and Protection - Key Technology Research on the Protection and Restoration of Inorganic Cultural Relics on the Plateau (Tibet Science and Technology Department 2022-2025)