kaogu 2005-5
Main Contents
Erlitou Archaeological Team, IA, CASS, 2001-2003 Archaeological Survey in the Luoyang
Basin, Henan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(18 )
Wuwei County Office for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments, Excavation of Western
Han Tombs at Ganlu Village in Wuwei County, Anhui -----------------------------------------(38 )
Tianjin Municipal Center for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Baodi District
Culture Center, Excavation on the Halazhuang Site in Baodi County, Tianjin City ------------( 47 )
Yang Aiguo, On the Inscriptions of Han Period Pictorial Stones -----------------------------------(59 )
Mitaku Toshihiko, A Preliminary Study of Bronzes in the Kayao Culture -----------------------(73 )
Chen Jian and Yu Chun, A Summary of the Symposium on the Civilizing Course in the
Upper Yangtze River Valley ----------------------------------------------(89)
Erlitou Archaeological Team, IA, CASS, 2001-2003 Archaeological Survey in the Luoyang Basin, Henan
KEY WORDS: Luoyang Basin systematic regional surveys Peiligang culture to Warring States periods
ABSTRACT: In 2001-2003, the Erlitou Archaeological Team, IA, CASS, carried out a systematic survey in the middle and eastern Luoyang Basin with the Erlitou site in the center. The exploration covered about 638 sq km in area and, in time, the Neolithic Peiligang culture to the Warring States periods. In method it was similar to the systematic regional surveys recently made in other areas of our country. The newly discovered sites number 174, and re-surveyed and confirmed, 48. In addition, a preliminary exploration was made to investigate the vestiges of ancient rivers and canals and the relationship between geomorphology and the distribution of man’s living remains. The Luoyang Basin was in the center of the culture of successive dynasties within the Central Plains. The present survey is certainly of great value to studying the course of social complexity in this area. Meanwhile, as an archaeological practice in the densely populated area since antiquity, it enriched the methodology of systematic regional survey.
Wuwei County Office for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments, Excavation of Western Han Tombs at Ganlu Village in Wuwei County, Anhui
KEY WORDS: Wuwei County earthen-pit tombs Western Han period
ABSTRACT: In 1998, the Wuwei County Office for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments carried out a rescuing excavation at Ganlu Village of Xiang’an Town in Wuwei County. The four tombs excavated are all rectangular earthen pits, each with a chamber and a coffin. The funeral objects consist mainly of pottery vessels and also bronzes, jades and lacquered wooden articles. Judging by the tomb form and the unearthed objects and referring to the burials of the Warring States and Qin-Han periods recorded in adjacent areas, the graves under discussion can be preliminarily dated to the Western Han period.
Tianjin Municipal Center for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Baodi District
Culture Center, Excavation on the Halazhuang Site in Baodi County, Tianjin City
KEY WORDS: Halazhuang in Baodi County village site late Liao to early Yuan periods
ABSTRACT: In May to July 1997, the former Archaeological Department of Tianjin Municipal Museum of History excavated on a site at Halazhuang Village of Huogezhuang Township in Baodi District, Tianjing City. Within the area of above 170,000 sq m the site occupies, they revealed a house-foundation, 61 ash-pits, six ash-trenches and four tombs, and brought to light mainly pottery and porcelain. The pottery is largely of gray clay ware and belongs chiefly to the jar, basin, urn and fu cauldron types. The porcelain is principally white ware and includes dishes, bowls, and a small number of black-glazed articles. Judging from the unearthed objects, the site contains cultural deposits roughly of the late Liao, early Jin, and late Jin to early Yuan periods, with those of the latter two phases as the main remains. It can be preliminarily inferred that the site was a village from the late Liao to the early Yuan, which was abandoned and became a cemetery in the early Ming period.
Mitaku Toshihiko, A Preliminary Study of Bronzes in the Kayao Culture
ABSTRACT: Kayao culture bronzes Huangshui River valley Yellow River valley
ABSTRACT: A chronological study of its pottery suggests that the Kayao culture can be divided into the groups of Huangshui River and Yellow River valleys and each group fall into six phases. On this basis the typology and combination of bronzes in the Kayao culture can be further studied. The results indicate that bronze-making technology in the Huangshui River valley was higher than that in the Yellow River valley, and that the sexual difference of tomb-owners is reflected from the distinction of funeral objects. Furthermore, the chronological study of the Kayao’s bronzes provides reference data for dating the phases of this culture. These bronzes possess three categories of cultural elements: the elements of its own, common elements of bronzes in the Central Plains and North China, and those in northern Eurasia.
Yang Aiguo, On the Inscriptions of Han Period Pictorial Stones
KEY WORDS: Han period pictorial stones inscriptions official positions Mt. Tai governor
ABSTRACT: Inscriptions on the Han period pictorial stones, as this sort of relief itself, are broadly distributed across the country. With extensively involving contents, they present one aspect of the change of the mourning concept in the Han period and reflect the intensify of care for living people. They tell of the existence of folk versions on historical figures’ careers beyond history books written in biographical style. Meanwhile, they provide a standard for the chronological study of Han pictorial stones. The official positions mentioned in these inscriptions can be used in comparative study of archaeological and literal evidence to supply omission in historical documents and especially to correct errors in textual records. It is known from pictorial stone inscriptions that there already existed the official position of Mt. Tai governor in the Eastern Han period.
Chen Jian and Yu Chun, A Summary of the Symposium on the Civilizing Course in the Upper Yangtze River Valley
KEY WORDS: upper Yangtze River valley civilizing course
ABSTRACT: In 22-24 April, 2004, the Research Center of Ancient Civilization, IA, CASS, the Suchuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and the Chengdu Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology held jointly the “Symposium on the Civilizing Course in the Upper Yangtze River Valley.” At the meeting, exchanges and discussions were carried out maily on the following topics: The Neolithic culture in Northwester China. The southward spread of painted pottery from the upper Yellow River valley. The ritual institution in the Longshan period. Prehistoric city-sites on the Chengdu Plain. An analysis of the Sanxingdui culture elements. A Compositional analysis of the bronzes from the Jinsha site and those from the Three Gorges area. The chronology of the Paleolithic to the Qi-Han cultures in the Three Gorges and Yangtze River area. The origin and development of the Ba people and the Ba culture.