Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology et al., The Third xcavation on the Haimenkou Site in Jianchuan County, Yunnan………………(3)

Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology et al., Excavation on the Yinsuodao Site at Haidong in Dali City, Yunnan………………………………(23)

Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology et al., Excavation on the Yeshishan Site in Ludian County, Yunnan ……………………………………(42)

Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Jinning County

Office for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments, Excavation on the Xiaopingshan Site in Jinning County, Yunnan………………………………………………………(54)

Liu Xu and Sun Hua, A Preliminary Analysis of the Yeshishan Site …………… (67)

Xu Shaohua, Date and Clan Attribute of the Ge Dagger?axe Made by Earl Fu Recently

　　Unearthed from Nanyang………………………………………………………………(79)

Zhao Zhijun and Zhang Juzhong, Report on the Analysis of the Results of the 2001  floatation of the Jiahu Site……………………………………………………………(84)

Sarah M. Nelson, Book Review: Gender and Chinese Archaeology …………………(94)

 

KEY WORDS: Jianchuan County　Haimenkou site　wooden buildings on piles　late Neolithic to mid Bronze Age

ABSTRACT: In 2008, the Haimenkou site was excavated for the third time, which resulted in the revelation of remaining wooden  buildings  in an area of  20,000 sq m and  the discovery of stone implements, pottery and bronzes. Judged by the unearthed objects and stratigraphical evidence, the site can be divided into three phases. The first phase goes back roughly to 5000～3900 BP, the second to 3800～3200 BP, and the third to 3100～2500 BP. In addition, excavation revealed late vestiges of the Song, Yuan and Ming periods. The work brought about breakthroughs in researches on the stratigraphic order of the vestiges, the contents of the site, and the pattern of the settlement, which led to a preliminary establishment of the chronological sequence of archaeological cultures for the periphery of Jianhu Lake.

 

KEY WORDS: Dali City　Yinsuodao site　snail shell layers　pottery　animal bones

ABSTRACT: The Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology along with other institutions carried out two seasons of excavation on the Yinsuodao site. They discovered 20,000 small?sized objects and about 40 tons of potshards, as well as numerous animal bones and several layers of snail shells. The revealed vestiges include stone houses and walls, wooden piles and post?holes, which provided important clues and evidence for understanding the evolutionary course of stone and wooden buildings and houses on piles in this region. The remains of the site can be divided into four phases, which goes back to the mid and late Neolithic Age and early and mid?and?late Bronze Age respectively. Through the excavation a chronological scale has been established for the Erhai Lake area and its vicinity.

 

Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology et al., Excavation on the Yeshishan Site in Ludian County, Yunnan

KEY WORDS: Zhaolu Basin　Yeshishan site　pottery?firing workshop　Shang?Zhou period

ABSTRACT:  In 2002, The Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutions carried out excavation on the Yeshishan site. In the excavated area of 425 sq m they discovered pottery?firing kiln?sites, ash?pits and other vestiges, and brought to light numbers of pottery vessels, stone implements and bronzes. The discovered kiln?sites, pottery and stratigraphical evidence suggest that there existed a large?scale pottery?firing workshop. The Yeshishan site represents a relatively independent stage in the developemental course of the Bronze Age culture in northeastern Yunnan and northwestern Guizhou. This stage dates from 1300 to 900 BC.

 

KEY WORDS: Xiaopingshan site　semi?subterranean and surface buildings　pottery 　Shizhaishan culture　Bronze Age

ABSTRACT: The Xiaopingshan site was discovered in 1982. In 2005, the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology carried out there a trial excavation. They brought to light remains of semi?subterranean and surface buildings, ash pits and ash trenches, as well as numerous clay and sandy potshards, polished stone implements and broken bronze objects. The pottery falls into the types of fu cauldron, jar, dish, zun vase and dou stemmed vessel, which are largely plain on the surface but bear black slip on the inside. This is the first time that archaeological excavation has revealed in the southeastern shore of Dianchi Lake a site of Shizhaishan culture, which belongs to the Bronze Age and goes back roughly to the Warring States period.

 

KEY WORDS: Yunnan?Guizhou Plateau   bronze culture 　Yeshishan remains　Jigongshan culture

ABSTRACT: The Yeshishan?type cultural remains represented by the Yeshishan site in Ludian County of Yunnan is left over by a bronze culture distributed in the Zhaolu basin of the northeastern Yunnan?Guizhou Plateau. This cultural type is chronologically later than the typical Jigongshan culture but is closely linked with the latter, and a chronological gap exists between this type and the Hongyingpan type occurring in later times. It cab be dated to 1100～1000 BC (the terminal point may be a little later). The Yeshishan type cannot be independently named for the time being, but evidently it has its own features different from those of the Jigongshan culture. As a new type derived from the typical Jigongshan culture, it may have been influenced by the bronze culture in Xichang and the are

a east of it within southwestern Sichuan, and its source can be traced to the Qijia culture in Gansu and Qinghsi that had moved southwards from the Qinghai?Tibetan Plateau along the eastern side of the plateau.

 

KEY WORDS: ge dagger?axe made by Earl Fu　date　clan attribute　historical background

ABSTRACT: The ge dagger?axe made by Earl Fu unearthed from Tomb Wanjiayuan?202 in Nanyang City has important referential value to the dating of the tomb and to the study of the history and culture of the Zhou period. Through a comparison with similar bronzes and an analysis of related  historical documents and bronze inscriptions it can be concluded that this ge was made in the early Spring?and?Autumn period, and the inscription “Earl Fu (Fu Bo)” is identical with those on the handed?down Shi Li gui food container and the Fu Bo ding tripod, all referring to the ruler of the Biyang State recorded in historical texts, and that this ge must have been left over from the ancient Biyang State. The discovery of the weapon from an aristocratic tomb of the ancient Shen State in the Nanyang area may have been related to the historical background that Zhou King Ping once sent armies of vassal states to help guard the Shen and Lü states in the early Spring?and?Autumn period.

 

KEY WORDS: floatation　plant remains　fishing, hunting and gathering　rice farming

ABSTRACT: The Jiahu site is an early Neolithic settlement, dated to 9000～7800  BP and located in Henan Province. A systematic floatation work was carried out on the site during the 2001 excavation season. Abundant charred plant remains were recovered, including tubers such as lotus, nuts such as trapa, fruits such as grape, seeds such as wild soybean, and crops such as rice. Various quantitative measurements were made to compare the materials. All of the results show that rice was not significantly abundant in comparison with the other plant remains. Considering that extremely abundant fish bones were also found from the site, the authors come to the conclusion that the subsistence of the Jiahu people relied mainly on fishing, hunting and gathering, and agricultural products gained from rice farming and animal husbandry were only minor supplement to their diet.

 

Sarah M. Nelson, Book Review: Gender and Chinese Archaeology

KEY WORDS: gender　social structure　tomb data　Chinese archaeology

ABSTRACT: The book, Gender and Chinese Archaeology, is a monograph devoted to analytical studies of gender determinations in ancient China. Gender is an essential societal definition of society, and if females were forgotten in history or archaeological data were interpreted only from the angle of the male, our knowledge of ancient society and the reconstruction of history would be fragmentary. Information regarding sex and gender in an ancient society can be drawn from archaeological materials, such as tombs where sex has been identified scientifically, from study of funerary objects, and from artistic works that depict males and females. Historical texts can also supplement this sort of analysis, if they are used with an understanding that they were influenced by the authors' individual intention and inherent ideology in the contemporary society. The papers in this book use these sources and discuss mortuary remains dating from the Neolithic through the Han.