Yingfu Li

Biographic Data

ID	3642018
NAME	Yingfu Li
GIVEN NAMES	Yingfu
FAMILY NAME	Li
SIGNATURE	LI Y
AFFILIATIONS	Sichuan University
ORCID	0000-0002-7533-6743
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	25
TOTAL CITATIONS	27
AUTHOR COUNT	25
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	3

A metallurgical and archaeological study of Xiangxi-style bronze swords
Open AccessSheng Zhang, Handong Zhang et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2026References: 11
Investigating Bronze Casting Production in Chu’s Western Borderlands during the late Warring States Period (c.306–221 BC)
Open AccessHang Xiao, Wei Yuan et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2025References: 17
New discovery of iron smelting in central Xizang
Open AccessTian Qiu, Norbu Tashi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2025References: 8
Exploring new discoveries of steel fining in a Western Han Dynasty city in southwest China
Open AccessTian Qiu, Yang Yang et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025Cited by: 4References: 10
Archaeological discoveries and historical documents show that the Chengdu Plain was the most important iron production center in the southwest region of China during the Qin and Han dynasties. However, due to the lack of archaeological evidence, the iron production technology of cities in the Chengdu Plain during the Qin and Han dynasties remains unclear. The Xindu city site is located in Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu Sichuan Province. It was an…
New evidence for early iron on the Western Xizang Plateau
Open AccessChenxi Liang, Wei He et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025References: 12
The Sangdalongguo cemetery is located on the western Xizang Plateau (Tibetan Plateau), at Tuolin Town, Zhada County, Ali Prefecture, Xizang (Tibet). This paper studies the early use and production technologies of iron in western Xizang through scientific analysis of the iron objects excavated from the Sangdalongguo cemetery. The excavated iron objects are dated as early as the fourth century BCE. These are the earliest iron objects excavated from…
The use and production technologies of iron of the Han Dynasty in eastern Sichuan Province, China
Open AccessSun Tianqiang, Chen Weidong et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025Cited by: 1References: 10
The Luojiaba site, located in eastern Sichuan Province, unearthed iron smelting‐related remains from the Eastern Han Period in 2022, including slag, tuyere fragments, refractory materials, and hammer scales. A comprehensive study of the excavated smelting remains indicates that the site engaged in bloomery iron smelting and forging activities during the Eastern Han Period. By comparing the site with other bloomery iron smelting sites of the Han D…
Microstructural and elemental analyses of slags excavated from the Gushishan iron‐smelting site, Sichuan Province, China
Open AccessYingfu Li, Hang Xiao et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025Cited by: 2References: 3
The Shu Commandery was an important iron production center in southwest China during the Han Dynasty (202 BC‐AD 220). In 2007, archaeologists excavated a Han Dynasty smelting furnace (L1) at the Gushishan site and collected large amounts of smelting remains including slags, furnace bricks, and ores. Scientific analysis of the excavated slags was carried out to ascertain that the Gushishan site was a pig iron smelting site. No flux was used at the…
Iron smelting techniques in Eastern Sichuan Province, China --scientific analysis of smelting remains excavated from the Chengba site
Open AccessTianqiang Sun, Weidong Chen et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2025Cited by: 1References: 6
Chengba
Open AccessTianqiang Sun, Fang Liu et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2025
The Chengba site is the only city site dated from the late Warring States Period in eastern Sichuan Province, China. New discoveries of artefacts and structures at the site enable exploration of the regional role and management of counties that were established at this time by the central government
Reassessing Bronze Age Metallurgy in Upland Southwest China on the Basis of Excavations at Longbohe, Yunnan
Open AccessJie Fu, Fu Jie et al.ARTICLEJournal of World Prehistory2024References: 9
Longbohe is a newly discovered copper mining, smelting and production site located strategically beside the Red River on the China–Vietnam border in Southeast Yunnan, China. Recent excavations have dated it from the second half of the second millennium to the end of the first millennium BC, making it the earliest copper mining and processing site in Upland Southwest China and Southeast Asia. The metallurgical production tradition in Upland Southw…
Southbound transmission of metallurgy
Open AccessJie Fu, Yuniu Li et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2024Cited by: 1References: 10
Jicha is a Bronze Age settlement located next to the upper Mekong River in the Hengduan Mountains of Yunnan, south-west China. Recent excavations have revealed details of successive occupation and copper-base industrial activity. The site's position and chronology provide evidence of north-south demographic movement and technological transmission along the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau corridor
Archaeological Investigation and Industrial Heritage Study of the Wanshan Mercury Mining Site in Guizhou Province, China
Yingfu Li, Chunyan Ma et al.ARTICLEIndustrial Archaeology Review2023
Mercury is the only natural liquid non-ferrous metal that occurs under normal temperature. Cinnabar, also known as Chensha 辰砂 and Dansha 丹砂 in ancient China, is a natural ore of mercury sulphide that exists in mercury mines and is the most common source ore for refining elementary mercury. The largest cinnabar deposit in China is at the Wanshan mercury mine in Wanshan Town, Guizhou Province, which was an important centre for the mercury productio…
A Metal Production Center on the Southwest Frontier of the Han Empire
Yingfu Li, Sheng Yang et al.ARTICLEAsian perspectives2023
The Gejiu region in southeast Yunnan Province was an important metal and ore production area in China as early as the Han Dynasty (202 b.c.–a.d. 220). Past archaeological investigations in this region discovered an ancient smelting site. Large numbers of smelting-related relics including lead discs, copper ingots, and smelting wastes were also excavated from the Heimajing cemetery site nearby. These discoveries suggest that the burial occupants w…
Chadiping
Open AccessYingfu Li, Wan Huang et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2023References: 2
The earliest loaded iron bomb excavated from the Baidicheng fort site, Chongqing, China
Open AccessHouxi Zou, Sun Zhi-Gang et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2023
The Battleground Site of Jiangkou in Sichuan Province, China
Open AccessZhiyan Liu, Tian Qiu et al.ARTICLEHistorical Archaeology2023Cited by: 2
New discoveries at the Sanxingdui Bronze Age site in south-west China
Open AccessYingfu Li, Tian Qiu et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2023Cited by: 2References: 2
The authors report on new discoveries from Sanxingdui in south-west China. The multidisciplinary approach used at Sanxingdui has enriched the theory and methodology of field archaeology and sets a precedent for future scientific excavations
Scientific analysis of bronze objects of the first millennium to the second century BCE excavated from the Jiangkou Site, Pengshan, Sichuan
Open AccessTian Qiu, Zhiyan Liu et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2023Cited by: 1References: 22
Annual Bibliography
Open AccessMaria Khayutina, Kin Sum et al.ARTICLEEarly China2022
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Early iron production technology of Lingnan, China
Open AccessYuniu Li, Mingjie Zhang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2022References: 5
A Metal Production Center on the Southwest Frontier of the Han Empire
Yingfu Li, Dong Han et al.ARTICLEAsian perspectives2022
The Gejiu region in southeast Yunnan Province was an important metal and ore production area in China as early as the Han Dynasty (202 B.C. – A.D. 220). Past archaeological investigations in this region discovered an ancient smelting site. Large numbers of smelting-related relics including lead discs, copper ingots, and smelting wastes were also excavated from the Heimajing cemetery site nearby. These discoveries suggest that the burial occupants…
The “bowl-shaped” bloomeries of Pingnan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the origins of “bowl-shaped” bloomery in China
Yingfu LiARTICLEChinese Archaeology2020
Based on the discussion on the shape, nature, iron-smelting products and technical characteristics of the “bowl-shaped” bloomeries of the iron-smelting remains of the Han dynasty at Liuchen Town in Pingnan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, this paper puts forward the issue of the origin of the “bowl-shaped” bloomeries in China, and referring to the “bowl-shaped” bloomeries found in West Asia, South Asia, Europe, and Africa and their smelt…
Metallographic analysis of the recent excavated domestic iron objects from Muyi, Yunnan Province, China
Open AccessMengyi Zhang, Mingjie Zhang et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 3References: 2
Iron production and trading in Lingnan during the Qin and Han Dynasties
Open AccessMengyi Zhang, Yingfu Li et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2020
Early iron objects of southwest China
Open AccessYingfu Li, Yuniu Li et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2019Cited by: 10References: 2

Early iron objects of southwest China
Open AccessYingfu Li, Yuniu Li et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2019Cited by: 10References: 2
The “bowl-shaped” bloomeries of Pingnan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the origins of “bowl-shaped” bloomery in China
Yingfu LiARTICLEChinese Archaeology2020
Based on the discussion on the shape, nature, iron-smelting products and technical characteristics of the “bowl-shaped” bloomeries of the iron-smelting remains of the Han dynasty at Liuchen Town in Pingnan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, this paper puts forward the issue of the origin of the “bowl-shaped” bloomeries in China, and referring to the “bowl-shaped” bloomeries found in West Asia, South Asia, Europe, and Africa and their smelt…
Metallographic analysis of the recent excavated domestic iron objects from Muyi, Yunnan Province, China
Open AccessMengyi Zhang, Mingjie Zhang et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 3References: 2
Iron production and trading in Lingnan during the Qin and Han Dynasties
Open AccessMengyi Zhang, Yingfu Li et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2020
Annual Bibliography
Open AccessMaria Khayutina, Kin Sum et al.ARTICLEEarly China2022
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Early iron production technology of Lingnan, China
Open AccessYuniu Li, Mingjie Zhang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2022References: 5
A Metal Production Center on the Southwest Frontier of the Han Empire
Yingfu Li, Dong Han et al.ARTICLEAsian perspectives2022
The Gejiu region in southeast Yunnan Province was an important metal and ore production area in China as early as the Han Dynasty (202 B.C. – A.D. 220). Past archaeological investigations in this region discovered an ancient smelting site. Large numbers of smelting-related relics including lead discs, copper ingots, and smelting wastes were also excavated from the Heimajing cemetery site nearby. These discoveries suggest that the burial occupants…
Archaeological Investigation and Industrial Heritage Study of the Wanshan Mercury Mining Site in Guizhou Province, China
Yingfu Li, Chunyan Ma et al.ARTICLEIndustrial Archaeology Review2023
Mercury is the only natural liquid non-ferrous metal that occurs under normal temperature. Cinnabar, also known as Chensha 辰砂 and Dansha 丹砂 in ancient China, is a natural ore of mercury sulphide that exists in mercury mines and is the most common source ore for refining elementary mercury. The largest cinnabar deposit in China is at the Wanshan mercury mine in Wanshan Town, Guizhou Province, which was an important centre for the mercury productio…
A Metal Production Center on the Southwest Frontier of the Han Empire
Yingfu Li, Sheng Yang et al.ARTICLEAsian perspectives2023
The Gejiu region in southeast Yunnan Province was an important metal and ore production area in China as early as the Han Dynasty (202 b.c.–a.d. 220). Past archaeological investigations in this region discovered an ancient smelting site. Large numbers of smelting-related relics including lead discs, copper ingots, and smelting wastes were also excavated from the Heimajing cemetery site nearby. These discoveries suggest that the burial occupants w…
Chadiping
Open AccessYingfu Li, Wan Huang et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2023References: 2
The earliest loaded iron bomb excavated from the Baidicheng fort site, Chongqing, China
Open AccessHouxi Zou, Sun Zhi-Gang et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2023
The Battleground Site of Jiangkou in Sichuan Province, China
Open AccessZhiyan Liu, Tian Qiu et al.ARTICLEHistorical Archaeology2023Cited by: 2
New discoveries at the Sanxingdui Bronze Age site in south-west China
Open AccessYingfu Li, Tian Qiu et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2023Cited by: 2References: 2
The authors report on new discoveries from Sanxingdui in south-west China. The multidisciplinary approach used at Sanxingdui has enriched the theory and methodology of field archaeology and sets a precedent for future scientific excavations
Scientific analysis of bronze objects of the first millennium to the second century BCE excavated from the Jiangkou Site, Pengshan, Sichuan
Open AccessTian Qiu, Zhiyan Liu et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2023Cited by: 1References: 22
Reassessing Bronze Age Metallurgy in Upland Southwest China on the Basis of Excavations at Longbohe, Yunnan
Open AccessJie Fu, Fu Jie et al.ARTICLEJournal of World Prehistory2024References: 9
Longbohe is a newly discovered copper mining, smelting and production site located strategically beside the Red River on the China–Vietnam border in Southeast Yunnan, China. Recent excavations have dated it from the second half of the second millennium to the end of the first millennium BC, making it the earliest copper mining and processing site in Upland Southwest China and Southeast Asia. The metallurgical production tradition in Upland Southw…
Southbound transmission of metallurgy
Open AccessJie Fu, Yuniu Li et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2024Cited by: 1References: 10
Jicha is a Bronze Age settlement located next to the upper Mekong River in the Hengduan Mountains of Yunnan, south-west China. Recent excavations have revealed details of successive occupation and copper-base industrial activity. The site's position and chronology provide evidence of north-south demographic movement and technological transmission along the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau corridor
Investigating Bronze Casting Production in Chu’s Western Borderlands during the late Warring States Period (c.306–221 BC)
Open AccessHang Xiao, Wei Yuan et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2025References: 17
New discovery of iron smelting in central Xizang
Open AccessTian Qiu, Norbu Tashi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2025References: 8
Exploring new discoveries of steel fining in a Western Han Dynasty city in southwest China
Open AccessTian Qiu, Yang Yang et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025Cited by: 4References: 10
Archaeological discoveries and historical documents show that the Chengdu Plain was the most important iron production center in the southwest region of China during the Qin and Han dynasties. However, due to the lack of archaeological evidence, the iron production technology of cities in the Chengdu Plain during the Qin and Han dynasties remains unclear. The Xindu city site is located in Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu Sichuan Province. It was an…
New evidence for early iron on the Western Xizang Plateau
Open AccessChenxi Liang, Wei He et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025References: 12
The Sangdalongguo cemetery is located on the western Xizang Plateau (Tibetan Plateau), at Tuolin Town, Zhada County, Ali Prefecture, Xizang (Tibet). This paper studies the early use and production technologies of iron in western Xizang through scientific analysis of the iron objects excavated from the Sangdalongguo cemetery. The excavated iron objects are dated as early as the fourth century BCE. These are the earliest iron objects excavated from…
The use and production technologies of iron of the Han Dynasty in eastern Sichuan Province, China
Open AccessSun Tianqiang, Chen Weidong et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025Cited by: 1References: 10
The Luojiaba site, located in eastern Sichuan Province, unearthed iron smelting‐related remains from the Eastern Han Period in 2022, including slag, tuyere fragments, refractory materials, and hammer scales. A comprehensive study of the excavated smelting remains indicates that the site engaged in bloomery iron smelting and forging activities during the Eastern Han Period. By comparing the site with other bloomery iron smelting sites of the Han D…
Microstructural and elemental analyses of slags excavated from the Gushishan iron‐smelting site, Sichuan Province, China
Open AccessYingfu Li, Hang Xiao et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025Cited by: 2References: 3
The Shu Commandery was an important iron production center in southwest China during the Han Dynasty (202 BC‐AD 220). In 2007, archaeologists excavated a Han Dynasty smelting furnace (L1) at the Gushishan site and collected large amounts of smelting remains including slags, furnace bricks, and ores. Scientific analysis of the excavated slags was carried out to ascertain that the Gushishan site was a pig iron smelting site. No flux was used at the…
Iron smelting techniques in Eastern Sichuan Province, China --scientific analysis of smelting remains excavated from the Chengba site
Open AccessTianqiang Sun, Weidong Chen et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2025Cited by: 1References: 6
Chengba
Open AccessTianqiang Sun, Fang Liu et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2025
The Chengba site is the only city site dated from the late Warring States Period in eastern Sichuan Province, China. New discoveries of artefacts and structures at the site enable exploration of the regional role and management of counties that were established at this time by the central government
A metallurgical and archaeological study of Xiangxi-style bronze swords
Open AccessSheng Zhang, Handong Zhang et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2026References: 11