1. Personal profile
Li Haichao, male, born in June 1988, native of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. He obtained a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the Department of Archaeology of Wuhan University, a doctorate from the School of Archaeology and Arts of Peking University, a doctorate jointly trained by Oxford University, and a visiting scholar at Harvard University. In 2016, he obtained a doctorate degree and joined Sichuan University. He was promoted to associate researcher in 2018 and promoted to professor in 2020. He is currently the director of the Cultural Relics Analysis Laboratory of the National Archaeology Experimental Teaching Center of Sichuan University. The courses offered include: Chinese Archaeology II (Shang and Zhou Archaeology), Chinese Bronze Artifacts, Introduction to Cultural Relics Analysis, Experimental of Cultural Relics, Science and Technology Archaeology, Introduction to Field Archaeology, Field Excavation Internship, Field Survey Internship, etc.
He has rich experience in field archaeology. In addition to Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Anhui, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places, he also traveled overseas to carry out archaeological work in Sri Lanka, Laos and Japan. He serves as the person in charge of excavation of sacrificial pits No. 5, 6 and 7 in Sanxingdui.
The research directions are mainly Shang and Zhou archaeology and scientific and technological archaeology. They are committed to comprehensive archaeology and scientific and technological methods, and discuss the production and circulation of various resources from the perspective of resources and society, center and surroundings, trade and exchange. Currently, we are trying to introduce various technical means such as pottery technology analysis, metallurgical archaeology, ancient DNA analysis, isotope analysis, plant archaeology, etc. based on archaeological analysis to build all-round information of archaeological culture and explore new paths to interpret archaeological culture.
So far, he has published more than 30 papers in important domestic and international academic journals, published two monographs, and presided over major projects of the National Social Science Fund, key projects, excellent doctoral thesis publishing project, Ministry of Education projects, China Postdoctoral Research Fund special funding, comprehensive funding, and many other cooperative projects. In 2021, he was selected as the "Double Hundred Talent Project" of Sichuan University, and in 2019 he was qualified as the "Architecture Excavation Project Leader" and also won the top ten news figures of "Touching Sichuan University" in 2021, the Sichuan University Youth May Fourth Medal, the Sichuan University Youth Social Science Star Award, the Peking University Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, and the Li Ji Archaeology Award. The "Sichuan University Sanxingdui Site Archaeology Team" led by him won the 25th "Sichuan Youth May Fourth Medal". He serves as a director of the Sichuan Archaeology Society and a member of the Frontier Archaeology Professional Committee of the Chinese Archaeology Society. Reviewers of international journals "Archaeometry" and "Heritage Science".
2. Main academic achievements
1. Monopoly
Li Haichao: "Resources and Society: Centered on the circulation of bronze ware during the Shang and Zhou dynasties", Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2020.
Li Haichao: "Jindao Porcelain Tour-Research on Seal Hard Pottery and Primitive Porcelain in Northern Regions during the Shang and Zhou dynasties", Shanghai: Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 2018.
2. Papers
Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Sichuan University School of Archaeology and Arts, Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology: "Golden Mask Unearthed from Pit No. 5 in the Sanxingdui Site Sacrifice Area", "Sichuan Cultural Relics" No. 2, 2022.
Li Haichao, Cui Jianfeng, Zhou Zhiqing, Zuo Zhiqiang: "Observation of the phenomenon of "different races and common customs" from the perspective of science and technology - Taking Bashu Bronzeware as an example", "Archaeology" No. 12, 2021.
Li Haichao, Cui Jianfeng, Wang Rong, Ren Zhoufang: "On the Production of Local Style Bronzeware in (Bowyu) Country", "Archaeology" No. 1, 2020.
Li Haichao, Cui Jianfeng, Sheng Wei: "Analysis of lead isotopes and related issues of copper unearthed from Tanheli and Wangcheng Gaosha Ridge in Ningxiang, Hunan", "Archaeology" No. 2, 2019.
Li Haichao, Cui Jianfeng, Zhou Zhiqing, Wang Yi, Wang Zhankui: "Production Issues of Copper Weapons in Eastern Zhou Tombs at Xinghe Road, Jinsha Site in Chengdu", "Archaeology" No. 7, 2018.
Li Haichao: "Research on Mining Sites in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties of the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River", "Archaeology" No. 10, 2016.
Li Haichao: "Calachite Bottle Collection in the Archaeological Data Showroom of Wuhan University", "Archaeology" No. 9, 2009.
Li Haichao, Cui Jianfeng, Zhou Zhiqing, Wang Yi, Wang Zhankui: "Research on the Production Issues of Unearthing of Bronzeware in the "Sacrificial Area" of the Jinsha Site", "Border Archaeology Research", Volume 25, Beijing: Science Press, 2019.
Li Haichao, Cui Jianfeng, Chen Jianfeng, Xu Tianjin: "Verification and Application of the "Tractical Element Grouping Method", "Jianghan Archaeology" No. 2, 2020.
Li Haichao: "A Discussion on the Relationship between the Copper Jue Casting Tradition and the Evolution of Shapes in Shang and Zhou Dynasties", "Jianghan Archaeology" No. 2, 2018.
Li Haichao and Geng Qinggang: "Research on the Origin of Seal Hard Pottery and Primitive Porcelain in the Shang Dynasty of the Yellow River Basin", "Jianghan Archaeology" No. 5, 2017.
Li Haichao and Fang Ling: "Brief Introduction to the Excavation of Xiajiadun and Shendun Sites in Tongling, Anhui", "Jianghan Archaeology" No. 6, 2015.
Li Haichao and Cui Jianfeng: "About the circulation of copper materials between Jin and Chu", "Archaeology and Cultural Relics" No. 2, 2018.
Li Haichao: "On the production partition of primitive porcelain during the Western Zhou Dynasty in the southern region and its relationship with primitive porcelain in the north", "Archaeology and Cultural Relics" No. 5, 2017.
Li Haichao: "Research on Seal Hard Pottery and Primitive Porcelain in the Shang Dynasty of the Yellow River Basin", "Archaeology and Cultural Relics" No. 3, 2014.
Li Haichao: "Research on Primitive Porcelain of Zhou Dynasty in Northern Regions", "Archaeology Journal", Volume 20, 2017.
Li Haichao: "A Discussion on the Regional Characteristics of Panlong City Ruins", "Southern Cultural Relics" No. 1, 2016.
Li Haichao "The circulation of utensils and the dissemination of rituals - A brief discussion on hard pottery and primitive porcelain in the Shang Dynasty", "Ceramic Archaeological Communication" Volume 4, 2015.
Li Haichao: "A Trial on the Changes in the Etiquette System in the Wuding Period", "Young Archaeologist" No. 26, 2014.
Li Haichao: "A Brief Analysis of the Sexual Ethnic Group", "Young Archaeologist" No. 25, 2013.
Li Shuai, Zhao Deyun, Li Haichao, Min Rui: "Brief Report on the 2017 Tomb Excavation of Haimenkou Site in Jianchuan County, Yunnan", "Archaeology" No. 5, 2021.
Haichao Li, Xingrui Liu, Feng Yang, Renjie Ma, Jianfeng Cui, Shuai Li*, Ming Zhu, Wei Huo, Hongliang Lv, Analysis of copper-base and gold artifacts from the Phyi Dbang-Dung Kar site in western Tibet, China, 400 BCE–600 CE, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 46, 2022, 103726, ISSN 2352-409X,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103726.
Haichao Li, Yuewen Gong, Jianfeng Cui, Yumao Cai, Qing Cai, Zhanghua Jiang, Zhiqing Zhou, Jianan Fan. Imports or imitations?: Scientific and typological analysis of the bronze artefacts at the Moutuo Archaeological Site, Sichuan, China*.Archaeometry, 63: 975– 990, 2021. A&HCI, SCI-E收录
Hsu, YK., O’Sullivan, R., Haichao Li. Sources of Western Zhou lead: a new understanding of Chinese Bronze Age supply networks.Archaeological and Anthropological Science13,30, 2021. A&HCI, SSCI, SCI-E收录（通讯作者）
Haichao Li, Hierarchical, Ethnic, and Provenance Features of Western Zhou Period Proto-Porcelain in Northern China: New Evidence of a Redistribution System During the Western Zhou Dynasty. Asian Perspective-The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, 60:417-443, 2021. A&HCI收录
Haichao Li, Siran Liu, Jianli Chen, Jianfeng Cui, Xingshan Lei, Jianrong Chong, Yuewen Gong, Xingrui Liu, Yuxuan He. Cold‐worked and annealed bronze objects and relevant motif techniques in the Chinese Bronze Age: Analysis of bronze sheets found at Songjia cemetery in Shaanxi, China.Archaeometry, 62: 54-67, 2020. A&HCI, SCI-E收录
Haichao Li, Zhiqiang Zuo, Jianfeng Cui, Jianbo Tian, Yingdong Yang, Li Yi, Zhiqing Zhou, Jianan Fan. Bronze production in the Ancient Chengdu Plains: A diachronic metallurgical perspective on a separate cultural region.Journal of Cultural Heritage, 43: 26-36, 2020. A&HCI, SCI-E收录
Haichao Li, Zhiqing Zhou, Yang Liu, Yi Wang, Zhankui Wang, Lin Wang, Jianbo Tian, Jianfeng Cui. Fighting and burial: the production of bronze weapons in the Shu state based on a case study of Xinghelu cemetery, Chengdu, China.Heritage Science8, 36, 2020. A&HCI, SCI-E收录
Jianan Fan, Haichao Li. A study on the departure port of the Sinan shipwreck—A perspective based on the Chinese ceramic cargo,Archaeological Research in Asia23, 2020.（通讯作者）A&HCI收录
Jianan Fan, Haichao Li. On-demand Maritime Trade: A Case Study on the Loading of Cargo and the Packaged Goods of the Sinan Shipwreck. Journal of Maritime Archaeology 16, 163–186 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-021-09295-z（通讯作者）A&HCI收录
Haichao Li, Zhiqiang Zuo, Jianfeng Cui,et al.Copper alloy production in the Warring States period (475-221 BCE) of the Shu state: a metallurgical study on copper alloy objects of the Baishoulu cemetery in Chengdu, China.Heritage Science8,67, 2020. A&HCI, SCI-E收录
Haichao Li, Rebecca O’Sullivan. Diachronic change in the Shang dynasty ritual package,Archaeological Research in Asia23, 2020. A&HCI收录
Haichao Li, Jianli Chen, Jianfeng Cui, Xiaohong Wu, Yingliang Yang, Fengchun Huang, Tianjin Xu, Production and circulation of bronzes among the regional states in the Western Zhou Dynasty,Journal of Archaeological Science121, 2020. A&HCI, SSCI, SCI-E收录
Li Haichao、배현준：《상대(商代)전·중기중심과주변-청동기와인문경도,원시자기자원의생산과유통을예로-》，《문화재》，제51권，2018. KCI收录
3. Hosting the project
1. Major project of the National Social Science Fund, "Sanxingdui Culture and Chinese Civilization Research", approval number: 21&ZD224, funding: 800,000 yuan. December 6, 2021-December 6, 2026
2. Key project of the National Social Science Fund, "Bashu Bronze and Social Research from the Perspective of Science and Technology", approval number: 21AKG008, funding: 350,000 yuan. September 24, 2021-September 24, 2026
3. The National Social Science Fund later funded outstanding doctoral thesis project, "Resources and Society: Centered on the circulation of bronze ware during the Shang and Zhou dynasties", approval number: 19FKGY001, funding: 200,000 yuan.
4. Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Youth Fund Project in the Western and Frontier Regions, "Research on the Production and Circulation of Bronzeware in Two Weeks", approval number: 17XJC780001, funding: 80,000 yuan.
5. A special funded project by the China Postdoctoral Research Fund, "Research on the Production and Circulation of Bronzeware in the Sichuan Basin in the Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties". Approval number: 2019T120832, funding: 150,000 yuan.
6. China Postdoctoral Research Fund Project, "Research on Seal of Hard Ceramics and Original Porcelain in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties", approval number: 2017M623017, funding: 50,000 yuan.
4. Field work
1. From 2020 to 2022, the sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan Province was excavated;
2. Excavation of the Mantai Port ruins at Sri Lanka from December 2019 to January 2020;
3. From December 2018 to January 2019, excavation of Sepon site in Sawan Naj Province, Laos;
4. From 2016 to 2018, excavated at the Haimenkou site of Jianchuan, Yunnan;
5. From October to December 2013, the Xiajiadun site and Shendun site in Tongling, Anhui were excavated;
6. From August to September 2013, excavation of the Hokkaido Archaeology Internship Base of the University of Tokyo, Japan;
7. From June to August 2012, the Yangguanzhai site in Shaanxi participated in the "Sino-US Field Archaeology School";
8. From March to May 2012, excavation of the Liying site in Yunxian County, Hubei;
9. In July 2011, the excavation of the Jiantanping site in Yunxian County, Hubei Province;
10. From June to September 2010, the nursery in the Yin Ruins site in Anyang was excavated in the north;
11. In April 2010, the national Great Wall Resources Survey;
12. From June to September 2009, excavated at the Maling site in Xichuan County, Henan Province;
13. In April 2009, the archaeological data of Crab Land in Daye, Hubei Province was compiled;
14. From June to September 2008, the Maling site was excavated in Xichuan County, Henan Province.
5. Contact information
Mailing address: School of History and Culture, Sichuan University, No. 24, Section 1, South Section 1, 1st Ring Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province
Email: lhcarch@163.com