kaogu 2006-12
Main Contents
Turpan Prefectural Bureau of Cultural Relics (TPBCR), Tombs 408 and
the Western Area of the
TPBCR, Kang Family Graveyard in the
TPBCR, Excavation in the
TPBCR, Excavation in the
Wu Zhenfeng, On the Appellations “Gaozu高祖,” “Yazu 亚祖” and “Wang Fu
王父” in Bronze Inscriptions ----------------------------------------------------------( 73)
Qi Wuyun, Effects of the Changes of Natural Environments in the Prehistoric
Correspondent of the Present Journal, A Summary of the Conversazione on the
Occasion of the Kaogu Winning the First Prize in the Third Commendation
of CASS Excellent Periodicals -------------------------------------------------------( 85 )
Turpan Prefectural Bureau of Cultural Relics (TPBCR), Tombs 408 and
KEY WORDS: Astana cemetery sloping-passage pyramidal-top tomb
embroidery with bird, dragon and scroll designs Sixteen Kingdoms period
ABSTRACT: In June to July 2004, the Turpan Prefectural Bureau of Cultural Relics excavated two destroyed robbed tombs in the western area of the ancient Astana cemetery. Either of the graves has a sloping tomb-passage and a pyramidal top. Their funeral objects include pottery, wooden articles, strung ornaments, silver hairpins, cowries, textiles and documents. Among them the embroidery with bird, dragon and scroll designs unearthed from Tomb 408 is extremely similar to that previously yielded from other Astana tombs in texture, thread color, needlework and design. Judged by their structure, shape and funeral objects, the tombs can be dated to the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
TPBCR, Kang Family Graveyard in the
KEY WORDS: site of ancient
earthen-cave tombs with sloping passages AD 6th to 7th century
ABSTRACT: From October 2004 to August 2005, the Turpan Prefectural Bureau of Cultural Relics carried out a salvaging excavation to explore 36 tombs in the Gouxi cemetery on the site of ancient
TPBCR, Excavation in the
KEY WORDS: Munaer cemetery earthen-cave tombs with sloping passages
epitaphs late Qu Clan Gaochang Kingdom to early Tang Dynasty Xizhou District period
ABSTRACT: In 2004 to 2005, the Turpan Prefectural Bureau of Cultural Relics carried out three seasons of excavation to reveal tombs on three terraces in the Munaer cemetery that lies on the eastern side of
TPBCR, Excavation in the
KEY WORDS: Badamu cemetery earthen-cave tombs with sloping passages earthen-cave tombs with sloping passages and small yards
Images of the legendary figures Fuxi and Nüwa late Qu Clan
ABSTRACT: In October 2004, the Turpan Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics excavated 79 tombs in the Badamu cemetery. Typologically these graves can be divided into earthen-cave tombs with sloping passages and earthen-cave tombs with sloping passages and small courtyards. The unearthed funeral objects include pottery, wooden articles, earthen artifacts, bronzes, gold and silver coins, bone ware, epitaphs and documents, among which are highly valuable cultural relics, such as silk paintings of Fuxi and Nüwa, Sogdian documents, dated epitaphs, bronze mirrors with interlocking grape design, coins with the legend “Gaochang Jili 高昌吉利,” pseudo-Roman gold coins, Sassanian silver coins, painted earthen tomb figurines, etc. The tomb form and the unearthed epitaphs and documents suggest that the tombs can be assigned to the time from the late Qu Clan Gaochang Kingdom to the early Tang Dynasty Xizhou District.
Wu Zhenfeng, On the Appellations “Gaozu高祖,” “Yazu 亚祖” and “Wang Fu 王父”
in Bronze Inscriptions
KEY WORDS: appellations “Gaozu高祖,” “Yazu 亚祖” and “Wang Fu 王父”
Pre-Qin times
ABSTRACT: There are the appellations “Gaozu高祖,” “Yazu 亚祖” and “Wang Fu 王父” in the Shang and Zhou bronze inscriptions, which are rather different in meaning as their researchers explain. A Study of the inscriptions on the ding tripod, Lai basin and Qiang basin and other literal data suggests that in pre-Qin times, the “Gaozu,” identical with “Huangzu 皇祖,” was a honorific title for a certain ancestor rather than for the ancestors of a certain generation. “Yazu” was used in the statement on numerous ancestors. It was an appellation for the ancestor mentioned directly before the one in question rather than for “the founder of a branch” of a large family or exclusively for a certain generation of ancestors. “Wang Fu” was another title for the grandfather rather than for “brothers of grandfather.”
Qi Wuyun, Effects of the Changes of Natural Environments in the Prehistoric
KEY WORDS: upper
relationship between man and geography
ABSTRACT：Based on a pollen analysis of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age sites in the upper Shu river valley within Shandong Province，the present paper makes a preliminary reconstruction of the evolutionary process of the vegetation and climate and the types of available plant food resources for about 1600 years from the Dawenkou Culture to the Yueshi Culture period. Furthermore, combined with field geological and geo-morphological explorations, it researches into a series of problems on the then relationship between man and geography in that area, such as the change of natural environments, the migration of settlements and the evolution of cultures.
Correspondent of the Present Journal, A Summary of the Conversazione on the Occasion of the Kaogu Winning the First Prize in the Third Commendation of CASS Excellent Periodicals
KEY WORDS: Kaogu excellent periodicals experience of journal running
ABSTRACT: In 2005, the Kaogu was granted the first prize in the third commendation of CASS Excellent Periodicals. To sum up the experience of its running work, the