SUTRA STREAMERS AT THE KANGDESE MOUNTAIN

Apole24metershigh,andadiame-terof300cm.,standsoutatSangxungintheKangdeseMountain.Wrannedtightlywithyakhide,itissupportedbythickropesstretchingindifferentdirections.Hangingfromtheropes,colorfulsutrastreamersflutterinthebreeze.Tibetanpilgrimsaswellasoversea…     

WAPA TOWN AT THE MOUNTAIN AREA

<正>I guess that,even in Tibet,apart from the residents themselves,few people have ever heard of Wapa Town.My colleagues had no knowledge of Wapa Town.I never he...     

走进北仑河口红树林

<正>无论是旅游还是摄影采风,到了防城港不可不去东兴,去了东兴又不可不去北仑河口,因为那里有国家级自然保护区,那里有中国的重要湿地,那里还有很多历史与文化遗迹……其实,更吸引我的则是那里的中国最大连片的红树林。坐上东兴到竹山的小巴,不到一个小时就到了目的地。要看红树林倒不急,竹山老街上的一些古迹则不可不看;看过之后再去红树林则像享受一段美妙的音乐一样,渐渐地进入到了高     

贺兰山之子:身怀绝技的岩羊

岩羊,生活在宁夏贺兰山的特有野生物种,为国家二级保护动物。2010年到2011年间,我们的撰稿人米飞飞曾随影视摄制团队,3次奔赴宁夏贺兰山拍摄科普纪录片《岩羊》。本期,她与我们分享了这些让她永生难忘的、影片拍摄背后那一幕幕扣人心弦的精彩、艰辛和危险,以及贺兰山保护区自然和谐的美丽。     

MOMENTS OF THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE OF BASOMTS

正The 6th International Mountain Bike Race of Basomtso kicked off in the Basomtso National Forest Park in Nyingchi on May 1st.It is China's highest altitude round-lake cycling race with a total length of 99 kilometers.138 domestic and foreign contestants competed in the two-day race.     

喜马拉雅山类似空中楼阁

<正>题记:喜马拉雅,并不是每一个想去的旅者都能登上的地方。但却有很多人用勇气、努力、不懈去触摸她,感受她的美丽。如今,我们发现她更多的谜团。     

明末白银存量的估计

一、前言明末兴盛的对外贸易,以及因之流入的大量白银,对中国产生了一些重要影响,例如明政府在16世纪中期后税收的货币化、政府支出的大幅成长、东南沿海经济之更繁荣等。另一方面,西欧和中国的贸易,对推动西方朝向资本主义发展起了很大的作用。但到底有多少白银在明季流入中国,并没有完整的记录。虽然过去许多学者做了估计,国内一些从事明季中国海外贸易主题研究的学者,在其著作中也引用了一些白银输入量的估计数据来佐证当时贸易的盛况,但欠缺全面而有系统地计算与推演,并从未与中国自产白银进行数量上的对比,因此无法得知海外流入白银占…     

INAA OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SAMPLES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

INAA at Manchester began almost by chance, and amid scepticism, with a request for help from the university's Department of Archaeology in the early 1970s. Over the years, the method of selecting pottery to be sampled was refined from the simple assumption that sherds found at a site were typical of those made there, to a greater focus on kiln sites and wasters. An important element in Manchester's approach was that this was a teaching department: in the quarter‐century during which the laboratory practised INAA over 6000 samples were analysed in a wide range of projects by postdoctoral researchers, Ph.D. students and even final‐year undergraduates. Although there were sometimes problems of comprehension on both sides, close collaboration with archaeologists encouraged methodological comparisons, and often INAA was seen as an additional weapon in the archaeologists’ arsenal as much as a developing scientific technique. The university's place as the inventor of the computer encouraged the development of statistical programs, which in turn facilitated ready collaboration and exchange of information with other laboratories, such as those at Bonn and Berkeley.     

LUNCH ON THE TALL MOUNTAIN

正Although Mt.Dzongla is situated 4,481 meters above sea level and is also where the No.317 national highway passes through,the peak itself is actually a rather flat terrain.Crossing over the bealock,we saw about a dozen local people dressed in traditional clothes as they sat across a mountain hill,their heads capped with identical hats.As I came up and greeted them,I noticed that there was a large,flat saucepan with boiling black tea inside in     

A REASSESSMENT OF THE CHRONOLOGY OF MOUND A AT TOQUA

Abstract

The Toqua site (40MR6) is one of the most thoroughly excavated Late Mississippian mound sites in East Tennessee. The site has been a focal point of research on late prehistory in southern Appalachia, but there are issues surrounding its chronological placement. The radiometric dates obtained for the site in the 1970s and the archaeomagnetic dates reported in 1999 have large standard deviations. These dates are too imprecise to be useful for a temporal placement of the site that is clear enough for current discussions of the development of Mississippian culture. A newly obtained Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) date from the large platform mound (Mound A) allows a reevaluation of the occupation sequence of the Toqua site. This date provides an anchor for a refined chronology for Mound A. In addition to the new AMS date, this refined chronology is based on complementary lines of evidence, including architectural evidence, mortuary practices, pottery traditions, and shell gorget styles.     

雍布拉康下的牵马人

Dawn has arrived.Dozens of horses are grazing leisurely at the foot of Tashi Tseri Hill in the Tibet Autonomous Region’s Lhoka City.Atop the mountain is Yumbulagang Palace,the oldest palace in Tibet.Most horse owners,who live off leading horses for tourists,are either chatting or throwing dice outside a teahouse nearby.Upon seeing us,some come over.I pick a white horse with a colorful woolen saddle.What a steed!     

徐霞客考察九嶷山

本文分析了徐霞客当年考察九嶷山的艰苦历程;他对九嶷山山川地貌和名胜古迹的辩析、考证、赞美．并以徐霞客的旅行考察记录为依据．结合现代旅游业发展理论,对九嶷山旅游资源的开发利用进行了探讨．     

太行花事 春夏寻花的瑰丽之行

<正>春寻花色迷人眼因为惦记着山里的花开,每一年的春天都掐指计算着日子,唯恐耽误花期。看日历,查前两年的记录,整个人也显得患得患失,担心去早了没有开花,去晚了又错过花期,这一年一度的约会总是显得紧张而隆重。而当看到它们的那一刻,那满心的欢喜简直无法用语言表达。所有的喜悦都化作一句轻轻的问候:老朋友们,你们都安好,就是这个春天最美好的事情。     

ARCHAEOMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA,BULGARIA

The paper presents a brief overview and history of archaeometric research using instrumental neutron activation analysis at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Sofia. The archaeometric projects are listed and some of the results obtained in the investigations of glass, pottery and metals are described.