Shi Xingeng

Shi Xingeng
Born2 August 1912
Died29 May 1939 (1939-05-30) (aged 26)
NationalityChinese
Alma materZhejiang Provincial First Middle School
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
Geologist
Mineralogy
InstitutionsWest Lake Museum
Chinese name
Chinese施昕更
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShī Xīngēng

Shi Xingeng ((1912-08-02)2 August 1912 – (1939-05-29)29 May 1939) was a Chinese geologist, mineralogist, and archaeologist. He is known as the earliest scientific excavator of the Liangzhu site and a prominent researcher of Liangzhu culture, for he conducted the earliest scientific excavations of the archaeological ruins of Liangzhu.