As a ""Special Issue of Ceramic Archaeology: Excavation and Study,"" the Wen Wu 2001: No. 11 publishes several papers on topical subjects in the study of ceramic archaeology. Of them the two preliminary excavation reports give accounts of archaeological accomplishments from two Yue and Ru kiln-sites respectively. The former pushes the terminal date of Yue ware from the Northern Song down to the Southern Song, and the latter makes an inference on the nature and date of the Ru kiln-site at Qingliangsi though the authors' opinion is disputable. The theses deal with lead-glazed pottery in the Han period, white-slipped porcelain with scraped and incised designs in the Song and Yuan period, Jingdezhen blue-and-white ware in the Yuan period, Zhangzhou blue-and-white ware at the turn from the Ming to the Qing, etc.. However, some problems discussed in these articles call for still more profound study. Besides, some errors and deficiencies have slipped into the paper ""Porcelain from Official Kilns in the Emperor Wenzong Era of the Yuan Dynasty.""
