via China.org, 17 December 2020: New research presented at a seminar in Quanzhou related to the Maritime Silk Road sites found in Fujian province.
The city of Quanzhou in East China’s Fujian province, one of the most important Chinese ports along the historic maritime Silk Road, reported new findings concerning archaeological efforts from 2019 to 2020, experts said at a seminar held in Quanzhou from Friday to Saturday.
The latest research and excavation results on iron-making remains in Quanzhou’s Anxi county showed that it previously manufactured large quantities of iron and steel, major commodities of trade along the historic maritime Silk Road, mainly during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), says Shen Ruiwen, a professor at the School of Archaeology and Museology of Peking University.
Two other sites were discovered and identified as remains of regulatory bodies that existed within the two dynasties, says Wang Bo, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Source: Quanzhou reveals discovery of old Silk Road sites – China.org.cn
