Wang Wei, Sixty Years of Archaeology in New China ………………………(3)

Anyang Archaeological Team (AAT), IA, CASS, 1989 to 1990 Excavation of Shang Tombs at Locus Southeast of Xiaomintun within the Yin Ruins in Anyang City, Henan ………………………………………………………………………(15)

AAT, IA, CASS, Two Shang Tombs at Locus Northeast of Fanjiazhuang within the Yin Ruins in Anyang City, Henan…………………………………………(41)

AAT, IA, CASS, Excavation of a Large?sized Shang Tomb at Locus West of Xiaotun within the Yin Ruins in Anyang City, Henan………………………(54)

Tang Jigen and Jing Zhichun, The Settlements (商邑) and City (大邑商) in Anyang ……………………………………………………………………………(70)

Ge Mingyu, On the Date and Owner of the Han Tomb on Beidong Hill, Xuzhou ……………………………………………………………………………(81)

Li Xueqin, A Decipherment of the Character “疏”………………………(90)

Tao Dawei et al., An Analysis of the Remains of Starch Grains on Objects from the Diaolongbei Site……………………………………………………(92)

 

KEY WORDS: archaeology of prehistoric times　archaeology of the Xia?Shang?Zhou  period　archaeology of the Han?Tang period　origin of man　 origin of agriculture　origin of civilization　archaeology of capitals and cities　imperial mausoleums　tombs  cultural exchange

ABSTRACT: In the last 60 years since the founding of New China, Chinese archaeology has made considerable progress. This is demonstrated in the gradual perfection of its scientific system, the steady growth of its professional personnel, the marked rise of its researching level, the enrichment of its theories and methodologies, the endless emergence of its important discoveries, the tremendous volume of its research achievements and the increasing activation of its foreign exchange. A series of its great successes enriched our understanding of ancient Ch

inese history and culture. A golden era of development is opening up before Chinese archaeology.

 

KEY WORDS: Anyang, Henan   Xiaomintun with the Yin Ruins   small sized tombs   late Shang period

ABSTRACT: In 1989 to 1990, the Anyang Archaeological Team, IA, CASS excavated 132 tombs of the late Shang period at Southeast Locus of Xiaomintun village. These tombs are largely small in size. Most of the tombs yielded grave goods, including pottery, bronzes, leadware, jades and bone artifacts. In date the tombs can be assigned to the second, third and fourth phases of the Yin Ruins culture, roughly to the King Wuding to Kings Diyi and Dixin reigns. The excavation provided indispensable data for the full understanding of the Shang remains in Xiaomintun Village and its vicinity.

 

KEY WORDS: Anyang, Henan　Fanjiazhuang within the Yin Ruins　second phase of the Yin Ruins　third phase of the Yin Ruins　Ning Gou 宁狗

ABSTRACT: In 2007, the Anyang Archaeological Team, IA, CASS excavated two tombs of the Shang period at Locus Northeast of Fanjiazhuang. Both graves are rectangular earthen pits. Of them M3 were seriously looted, still some pottery vessels, bronzes, jades and stone implements are left over from the funeral objects.  M4 is furnished with a double coffin. It yielded three dog victims and funeral bronzes, pottery, jades, bone and shell artifacts and cowries. M3 can be dated to the third phase of the Yin Ruins culture, while M4 to the later second phase, corresponding to the latest stage of the Zugeng and Zujia reign. The disposal of the grave goods in the pits and the occurrence of two sets of pottery gu cups and jue three legged cups provides new data for understanding the burial custom of that time.

 

KEY WORDS: Anyang, Henan　Xiaotun within the Yin Ruins　large?sized tomb with two passages　later fourth phase of the Yin Ruins　

ABSTRACT: In 2003 to 2004, the Anyang Archaeological Team, IA, CASS carried out excavation at Locus West of Xiaotun and revealed there a large sized tomb with two passage, of which the southern passage extends first eastward and then turns to the south. This is a rectangular earthen pit furnished with mature second?tier platforms along the pit walls, a waist pit on the bottom, and level platforms on the southern and northern sides of the chamber. It contains a double coffin and eight human and six animal victims. Among the grave goods are pottery, bronzes, lacquer?ware, jades, stone implements, and bone, tooth and shell artifacts. In the light of the unearthed stratigraphic evidence and objects, it can be assigned to the later fourth phase of the Yin Ruins, and the tomb?owner must have

been a high?rank nobleman. Its excavation provided important data for further inquiring into the layout of the palace and ancestral temple quarter at Xiaotun and its vicinity, and at the same time put forward a number of new problems.

 

KEY WORDS: Anyang　settlements (shang yi 商邑)　city (da yi shang大邑商)

ABSTRACT: The “yi 邑” was an important social unit in the Shang Dynasty. It is often mentioned in oracle?bone inscriptions, with the meaning corresponding to  today’s  “settlement.” The “shang?yi 商邑” in the Anyang area should be understood as the “lineage?based settlement族邑.” Archaeological excavation results indicate that the remains of a typical settlement?site (shang?yi 商邑) include house?foundations, ash?pits, cellars, wells, roads, drainage, earth supplying pits and water?storage ones. The shang?yi group in the Huanhe River valley shows a two?level structure with smaller settlements centering on a larger

one. The city (da?yi?shang大邑商) as the capital of the late Shang Dynasty is a shang?yi group consisting of many lineage?based settlements族邑 centering on the palace and ancestral temple quarter and connected organically by roads, water?supplying canals and other large?scale public facilities.

 

KEY WORDS: Han tomb on Beidong Hill　early Western Han period　tomb?owner　Chu prince Liu Ying (Ke)ABSTRACT: Through an analysis of the building form of the Han tomb on Beidong Hill and the coins and seals unearthed from there, the author comes to the conclusion that the tomb shows distinct features characteristic of the early Western Han period and can be dated to the time prior to the abolition of the Chu State by

 the Western Han Dynasty in the third year of the Emperor  Jingdi’s  Qianyuan reign (154 BC). A  Comparative  study of this tomb with other Chu princes’ graves of the early Western Han period suggests that the owner of Beidong Hill tomb must have been Liu Ying (Ke), the second Chu prince having the same surname as the emperor’s.

 

KEY WORDS: Duke ?’s gui food container　earl Tang　character “疏”

ABSTRACT: The bronze gui food container published in 2007 bears an inscription that records the event of the Zhou king enfeoffing earl Tang in the Jin State and granting him the title “marquis.” But the vessel owner “?公” (Duke ?) has not been identified all along. As the author believes, this character should be taken as“﨎（疏）”seen in the Shuo Wen《说文》because it contains the component “爻”and is read “疋”（夏）.

 

KEY WORDS: starch grain　Congo red staining　Diaolongbei site　pottery roller　grooved basin

ABSTRACT: Congo red staining can be used to detect effectively the remains of starch grain processing, so some pottery objects and stone implements unearthed from the Diaolongbei site were tested through a starch grain analysis. Most of the examined artifacts were detected to bear remains of starch grain, which provided important information for understanding their function. In particular, processed and undamaged starch grains were discovered on rare?seen pottery rollers, which, therefore, must have been used for processing plants. The remains of cooked starch grain on the grooved basins suggest that this type of vessel may be a processing tool or container of plant food, which reflects the multiple use of anc

ient pottery.