for the Engineering of Shifting Southern Water to the North (HPOESSWN), 2006 Excavation on the Dasi Site in Yunxian County, Hubei ------------------------------------------------------------------------------( 3 )

Archaeology and Museology Department of Wuhan University and HPOESSWN, Excavation of

Eastern Zhou Cultural Remains on the Liaowadianzi Site in Yunxian County, Hubei ------------------( 14 )

HPICRA and HPOESSWN, Tombs of the Spring-and-Autumn Period at Qiaojiayuan in Yunxian County,

Hubei ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(28 )

Jingzhou Museum and HPOESSWN, Excavation in the Jinpi Cemetery in Danjiangkou City, Hubei --(51)

V. M. Kriukov and M. V. Kriukov, The Appellations “Bo,” “Zhong,” “Shu” and “Ji” and the Genealogy of

the Jin Marquis in the Western Zhou Period --------------------------------------------------------------------(72)

Jiang Xiaochun and Li Dadi, A Preliminary Study of Kin Graveyards of the Qin and Han Periods in the

Three Gorges Area ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(78)

He Zhiguo, On the Date of the Bronze Galloping-horse unearthed from Wuwei City, Gansu ---------(85)

Li Shoukui, Book Review: Morphology of Ancient Chinese Writing --------------------------------------------(89)

 

 

 

 

Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (HPICRA) and Hubei Provincial Office for the Engineering of Shifting Southern Water to the North (HPOESSWN), 2006 Excavation on the Dasi Site in Yunxian County, Hubei

    KEY WORDS: Dasi site in Yunxian County   Yangshao culture   Qujialing culture   Longshan culture

ABSTRACT: In 2006, in coordination with the engineering of shifting southern water to the north, the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology carried out excavation on the Dasi site in Yunxian County. The remains contained on the site include those of the Yangshao, Qujialing and Longshan cultures. The Yangshao complex comprises vestiges of houses, kilns, ash-pits, tombs and urn-coffins, as well as pottery objects, some stone implements and bone artifacts, with the pottery belonging to the types of ding tripod, urn, pointed-bottom battle, bowl, basin, jar, and painted bowl and basin. The Qujialing remains include vestiges of houses, cellars, ash-pits, tombs and urn coffins, as well as pottery vessels of the ding, vat, jar, urn, bowl, dou stemmed vessel, cup and vessel cover. The Longshan remains embrace cooking fireplaces and ash-pits, as well as pottery ding, jars, urns, dishes, dou, etc. The excavation is of great significance to the study of primitive cultures both in the upper and middle Hanshui River valley and in the Central Plains, and also to inquiry into the influence of the latter upon the former.

   

Archaeology and Museology Department of Wuhan University and HPOESSWN, Excavation of Eastern Zhou Cultural Remains on the Liaowadianzi Site in Yunxian County, Hubei 

KEY WORDS: Liaowadianzi site in Yunxian County    Eastern Zhou period    Chu culture

ABSTRACT: In 2005 to 2006, the Archaeology and Museology Department of Wuhan University carried out excavation on the Liaowadianzi site in Yunxian County and discovered rich vestiges and objects of the Xia to the Eastern Zhou periods. The present paper reports mainly part of remains of the Eastern Zhou period. These include vestiges of ash-pits, wells, pottery-making kilns, as well as pottery objects of the li tripod, ding tripod, yan steamer, yu container, basin, jar, dou stemmed vessel and gui food container. They can be roughly divided into three phases and dated to the time from the turn between the Western Zhou and the Eastern Zhou periods to the late Warring States period; and belong to the typical Chu culture. The findings provided a clear line for understanding the evolutionary sequence of the Chu culture in the northwestern Hubei region; and the changes between the Shang, Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou reflected from the unearthed remains are highly valuable to research on the early Chu culture and its development.     

 

HPICRA and HPOESSWN, Tombs of the Spring-and-Autumn Period at Qiaojiayuan in Yunxian County, Hubei 

KEY WORDS: Qiaojiayuan cemetery in Yunxian County    late Spring-and-Autumn period    Chu tombs    human victims    bronzes

ABSTRACT: In March to December 2006, in coordination with the construction of the middle line for shifting southern water to the north, the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology carried out prospecting and excavation in the Qiaojiayuan cemetery at Xiaojiahe Village of Wufeng Township in Yunxian County. In the prospected area of 63,000 sq m they discovered 64 tombs of the Spring-and-Autumn period to the Ming Dynasty. The four Spring-and-Autumn period graves excavated yielded ritual bronzes of the ding tripod, fu rectangular vessel, zun-fou pot, guan-fou ewer, zhan small cup, dish, yi ewer, ladle and spoon, bronze weapons of the sword, ge dagger-axe, halberd, spearhead and arrowhead, bronze tools of the knife and pin, pottery, jades, stone implements, iron-ware, crystal, turquoise, agate, bone and tooth artifacts, shells, pearls, and antlers. Human victims occur in all of the tombs. Judged by the tomb form and funeral objects, these burials must have been Chu tombs of the late Spring-and-Autumn period.

 

Jingzhou Museum and HPOESSWN, Excavation in the Jinpi Cemetery in Danjiangkou City, Hubei

   KEY WORDS: Jinpi cemetery in Danjiangkou    Warring States period    Qin and Han periods   

Tang period    brick-chambered tombs

ABSTRACT: In October 2006 to January 2007, in coordination with the engineering of shafting southern water to the north, the Jingzhou Museum carried out excavation for the first time in the Jinpi cemetery at Junxian Town, Danjiangkou City. They excavated 89 graves of the Eastern Zhou, Qin, Western Han and Tang periods, which yielded 470 funeral objects, including pottery, porcelain, bronze, iron, silver and jade artifacts. The findings provided important data for studying into the society, economy and culture of the Hanshui River and Danjiang River valleys in the Warring States, Qin, Han and Tang periods. Especially the important cultural relics from the tombs of the Warring States period and the Qin and Han dynasties are of great significance to researching into the evolutionary sequence of the then burials in this region. The excavation of Tang brick-chambered tombs in a large number brought to light important material data to studying into the formal features and building methods of this type of grave.

 

V. M. Kriukov and M. V. Kriukov, The Appellations “Bo,” “Zhong,” “Shu” and “Ji” and the Genealogy of the Jin Marquis in the Western Zhou Period 

KEY WORDS: Western Zhou period    genealogy of the Jin marquis    Jin State cemetery in Beizhao

              marriage classes in ancient China

ABSTRACT: When discussing on the tomb-owners of the graves in the Jin State cemetery in Beizhao, the researchers generally compared the names of Jin marquises occurring in bronze inscriptions with the Jin marquis’ genealogy recorded in the Shi Ji《史记》(Records of History), but they have never reached common understanding. Judged by the “Bo,” “Shu” and other appellations of Jin marquises seen in literal documents and bronze inscriptions, it can be concluded that there were the characters “bo 伯,” “zhong 仲,” “shu 叔” and “ji 季” in the names of Chinese people of remote antiquity, which originated in the marriage classes, and were used as symbols of generations in the Zhou period, i.e. Bo’s spouse was called Zhong; his son, Shu; Shu’s spouse, Ji; his son, again Bo, and so on. The Jin marquis’ genealogy reconstructed by this way exposes that Sima Qian’s version is   incomplete, which is just the cause of why the question on the tomb-occupants of the Jin State cemetery in Beizhao has long been unresolved.

 

Jiang Xiaochun and Li Dadi, A Preliminary Study of Kin Graveyards of the Qin and Han Periods in the Three Gorges Area 

KEY WORDS: Three Gorges area    Qin and Han periods    kin tombs

ABSTRACT: In ancient China, the construction of kin graveyards was prevalent in the Qin and Han periods. Recent archaeological work in the Three Gorges area brought to light new data for research on kin tombs. Judged by the structure of burial grounds, the form of tombs and funeral objects discovered in the Qianping, Shuangyantang, Taiziwan and Zhongzui graveyards, kin tombs in the Three Gorges area emerged at the turn from the Qin to the Han, and gradually got booming during the Eastern Han. In these periods, the kin tombs in the graveyards of the Three Gorges area were arranged mainly in two ways, i.e. forming columns from behind to the front or rows from the right to the left.

 

He Zhiguo, On the Date of the Bronze Galloping-horse unearthed from Wuwei City, Gansu 

    KEY WORDS: Wuwei City, Gansu   bronze galloping-horse   Eastern Han period   Western Jin period

ABSTRACT: The bronze galloping-horse unearthed from Wuwei shares the same style with the terra-cotta horses from dated tombs of the Eastern Han period. It bears features of age characteristic of Eastern Han terra-cotta and bronze horses. Moreover, the inscription “Zuo Qi Qian Ren 左骑千人” on the bronze horses unearthed in association with the galloping horse and identical in style with it refers to one of the official positions that existed in the Easter Han alone. Therefore, the Wuwei bronze galloping-horse should be dated to the Eastern Han period rather than to the Western Jin.

 

Li Shoukui, Book Review: Morphology of Ancient Chinese Writing

    KEY WORDS: Morphology of Ancient Chinese Writing    Chinese characters    dynamic morphology of writing    decipherment of ancient writing

ABSTRACT: The present paper is a review of the Morphology of Ancient Chinese Writing by Liu Zhao and at the same time puts forward some ideas on theoretical problems of the morphology of ancient Chinese writing. Firstly, the theoretical research on Chinese characters should be based upon the deep-going study of Chinese characters themselves, and a good grounding in the basic skill for deciphering ancient characters constitutes the necessary precondition of constructing theories on ancient writing. Secondly, theoretical study should not be theory for theory’s sake; it must be carried out with definite purposes. Thirdly, the theories on the morphology of Chinese characters can be assigned to the static morphology and the dynamic one respectively, with the latter aiming mainly at researching into the evolutionary law of the form of characters. Solidly grounded on precise and penetrating decipherment, the Morphology of Ancient Chinese Writing established a series of morphological theories that not only conforms with the reality of ancient Chinese characters, but also will play a directing role in the decipherment of these characters. So it can be rated to be the foundation-laying work of dynamic morphology.