The Asiatic marbles of the Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

Multi-method provenance studies, including petrographic, isotopic, electron paramagnetic resonance and trace chemical analyses, have been carried out on 20 white, 9 black and 1 red artifacts purposely selected to investigate the use and distribution of sculptural marbles at the Hadrian's Villa. A large fraction of the marbles tested (21 samples, 70%) are shown to be from Asia Minor, mostly originating from the recently discovered site of Göktepe near Aphrodisias (15 or 71%). All the 9 black samples investigated and 6 out of 11 white Asiatic marbles are from Göktepe, the remaining being Docimium marble from Iscehisar (4 samples) and Aphrodisias marble from the city quarries (1 sample). The single red sculpture tested proved to be Carian red marble from the Iasos quarries, whereas non-Asiatic marbles include 3 Carrara and 6 Pentelicon samples. The selection of marbles tested is preliminary and incomplete, but, despite this, the results are noteworthy, especially since the marble of other sculptures from the Villa has already been identified as Göktepe. Together with other published results, the marble distribution at the Hadrian's Villa seems to suggest that the use of sculptural marbles in the Roman world underwent considerable changes around the turn of the 1st and the 2nd century AD. The evidence supporting this hypothesis is briefly summarized in the conclusions.     

避暑山庄宫廷音乐概说

清代是我国历史上最重视宫廷音乐的朝代之一,也是保存古乐制度行之最久的朝代之一,清代的宫廷音乐是自隋唐以来规模最大的。避暑山庄做为清帝国的陪都和第二个政治化中心,其乐制、乐律、乐章、乐仅、乐器及乐队编制是清代宫廷音乐的重要组成部分．乾隆朝是避暑山庄宫廷音乐的黄金时代,亦是清代宫廷音乐最辉煌的时期．避暑山庄宫廷音乐包括祭祀乐、朝会乐、宴飨乐和卤簿乐．消初皇帝北巡,宫廷乐已传人承德一带,迄今已有三百多年历史。避暑山庄宫廷音乐在我国多民族统一国家的形成过程中,曾经发挥过它的特殊功能．避暑山庄宫廷音乐(主要是后宫宴乐细乐)在清政权结束后,由宫中传人宫外,并由原内务府子弟及宫廷音乐爱好组成的“承德清音会”传承,有近百年的演奏活动历史,经挖掘整理至今在承德还保留其古韵遗音。     

唐代平泉山居栽培植物考

平泉山居是晚唐洛阳地区最为重要的园林之一,花木种类繁多,但迄今尚未解读。此园植物见诸唐宋文献记载的有69种。本文采用植物考据法共考释出59种、存疑10种。同时,分析了植物的地理成分,进而推测平泉山居的植物造景特色及其成因,以及造园艺术和新品种培育技术对唐宋洛阳园林的深刻影响。平泉山居植物造景以原产亚热带尤其是江浙地区植物为主,归因于园主人长期游宦江浙地区,吸收了江南园林的造景手法。受其影响,宋代洛阳园林也有大量采用亚热带植物做法,且重视新园艺品种培育。     

江苏徐州市楚岳山庄北齐墓发掘简报

2005年11月,徐州博物馆在徐州市区东部的楚岳山庄小区建筑工地上发现一座砖室墓,经现场清理后出土遗物共43件(组),有陶俑、陶牛车、瓷碗、金扣饰等。依据墓葬形制和出土器物的特征,该墓的时代应在北齐时期。     

When palynology meets classical archaeology: the Roman and medieval landscapes at the <Emphasis Type="Italic">Villa del Casale di Piazza Armerina</Emphasis>, UNESCO site in Sicily

Palynological researches have been carried out in the framework of cooperative projects with local and national institutions at the Villa Romana del Casale of Piazza Armerina, a small town in central Sicily. The site was studied within a multidisciplinary geo-bio-archaeological set of studies aiming at understanding the economy and environment at a local scale. Analyses allowed us to reconstruct the natural vs cultural landscape dynamics from Roman to medieval periods. On the basis of 85 samples, pollen diagrams show that the site has been built in a low forest cover area, with signs of both natural/semi-natural cover and complex anthropogenic activities. These activities include cereal fields and pastures. There is evidence of ornamental (e.g. Platanus, Buxus) and fruit trees (above all Olea, and also, e.g. Corylus, Prunus and Juglans). The research also includes a detailed study about the finding of Vitis pollen grains in the Roman site. In the subsequent phases, pollen shows again an open, fairly treeless, landscape with Mediterranean and hilly vegetation. Anthropogenic signs are evident in the form of groves and orchards. Our data bring evidence and details about the intense land exploitation that had contributed to transform the environment of central Sicily during the Middle and Late Holocene. Data demonstrate that archaeopalynology may be fruitfully regarded as a tool to understand the current landscape structure.     

祥和吉庆 如意康宁——浙江翰越堂藏古代艺术品精粹展览侧记

2013年1月18日,“吉祥如意——浙江翰越堂藏古代艺术品精粹”展览在西子湖畔的浙江省博物馆孤山馆区开幕。这是浙江省博物馆近年举办的浙江私人收藏精品系列展览之一,主办方选取了王永良翰越堂3万余件文物艺术品中含有较明确吉祥寓意的精减143件,以为贺岁特展。     

巩固党在农民群众中的执政基础

我们党要扩大社会基础,不仅要关注新的枉会阶层,更要重视农民阶级。在现代化进程中,执政党如果没有农民的支持,其执政地位就不可能巩固。改革开放以来,我国的农民阶级内部出现分化,面临着一系列新的问题,特别农民的生存状况和农村自办组织的发展,对党的执政基础提出了挑战。因此,党要在农村巩固自身的执政基础,就必须采取有效措施减轻农民负担,加强农村党支部建设,吸收优秀农民入党,并引导农村自办组织健康发展。     

浅论敦煌出土的唐代围棋子——兼谈围棋的发展历史

围棋活动是供人们养身,陶冶情操,开发智力,培养综合、分析和逻辑思维能力的一项文体活动。本文对敦煌唐墓出土的围棋子及其发展历史进行了探究。     

明末清初青花花觚鉴定

觚,新石器时代马家浜化遗址即有陶制品出土,其用途为酒器。夏商较流行,西周后逐渐减少。部分器型仿青铜礼器,多用作陪葬冥器。     

从意大利庞贝古城坍塌事故看龙门石窟的保护

2010年,意大利庞贝古城发生了三次坍塌事故。本文阐述了庞贝古城发生事故原因以及存在的问题,并联系龙门石窟实际,对其存在问题进行了分析,探讨了解决思路,强调了日常保养维护在文物保护工作中的重要性。