端午探源——兼论重阳

端午节习称为纪念屈原而设,但事实上端午节由来已久,既是古代民俗节日的重要禁忌日,又是纪念名人的节日,屈原只是其中之一而已。重阳是与端午相对应的节日,端午与重阳有内在的联系。     

陶寺文化与唐尧、虞舜——论华夏文明的起源（上）

中国历史悠久,文献典籍丰富,在考古学文化方面。近40年来无论是田野发掘。还是课题研究,均获得了一系列的成果。然而如何将考古材料与历史传说相结合,复原中国史前史或上古史的本来面目,重建中国古代文明,这是近几十年来几代人所关注和企盼的。但这项极有意义的考古学研究工程的进展。     

陶寺文化与唐尧、虞舜 论华夏文明的起源（下）

五、陶寺龙山文化的特征 和社会性质 陶寺文化在中原龙山文化中,有一群由铜器、木漆器、彩绘器、玉（石）器等组成的别具自身特征而又与众不同的器物群［２２］。足以说明它的社会组织形态是一个部落联盟古国的国家载体。其中最具代表性者,为下列遗存。 （一）文化特征 １．铜器 在陶寺墓葬中,发现了一件铜铃或铜铎,它虽出自晚期墓葬,但却是一件工艺复杂的迄今年代最早的复合范的大型铜器。由于它是合范铸造,表明陶寺铜器由来有时,是其在早期就已出现的佐证。所以我们说陶寺文化的社会已进入了文明古国,铜器就是一个时代的标志。 ２…     

中国早期失蜡铸造问题的考察与思考

就先秦时期青铜器中四类无法按分块陶范铸造工艺解释的纹饰或附件——器物通体饰难于整体脱范的纹饰,纹饰凹槽内宽外窄,形成倒勾纹饰,纹饰边缘上翘,形成翻边的纹饰以及无范线绞股绳索状附件进行了技术分析或模拟试验,认为中国失蜡铸造技术起源于焚失法;焚失法最早见于商代中晚期:焚失法铸造技术在无范线失蜡法技术出现之后逐渐消亡;至春秋中晚期,无范线失蜡铸造技术已相当成熟。所谓中国青铜时代“没有失蜡法铸造器例”之说实属无稽之谈。     

The origin of rock boring in mytilacean pelecypods

Rock boring is a widespread mode of life in pelecypods, occurring in some representatives of eight superfamilies. After a brief review of rock boring mechanisms of the Mytilacea, the systematic position and taxonomy of Corallidomus scobina new name are discussed and evidence is presented for regarding this species as a facultative rock boring mytilacean pelecypod. This is the oldest known (Late Ordovician) occurrence of rock boring by pelecypods in the fossil record.     

The origin of tribal styles: An evolutionary perspective on plains Indian art

Herbst, Toby, and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993. 120 pp. including references. $40.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Penney, David W., ed. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler‐Pohrt Collection. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992. 368 pp. including references and index. $35.00 paper.     

The origin of the so-called plan of St Gall

In his second provisional report on investigations into the plan of St Gall, the author argues that this famous monastic blue print was drawn up by Theodore of Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury (668-90), with the cathedral monastery of Christ Church, Canterbury, in mind. The author's first provisional report was published in the journal Baumeister in 1977 (Noll 1977: 74-5); this second report has been translated by John Vaughan from the German edition, published by the author in Munich in 1981, with some revision by the author. The plan has already been the subject of a full-scale illustrated paper in this journal by Waiter Horn (1975:219-57).     

The origin of the so-called plan of St Gall

In his second provisional report on investigations into the plan of St Gall, the author argues that this famous monastic blue print was drawn up by Theodore of Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury (668-90), with the cathedral monastery of Christ Church, Canterbury, in mind. The author's first provisional report was published in the journal Baumeister in 1977 (Noll 1977: 74-5); this second report has been translated by John Vaughan from the German edition, published by the author in Munich in 1981, with some revision by the author. The plan has already been the subject of a full-scale illustrated paper in this journal by Waiter Horn (1975:219-57).     

拔河源自楚地考据

拔河作为一项游戏和运动,其历史之悠久,流行之广泛,是其他许多运动项目所不及的。然而, 关于拔河运动的发源地,至今未有定论。本文联系韩国文化与楚文化的关系,并考据中日韩三国大型拔河运动的形式、特点与功能,认为这项古老的运动源自我国荆楚大地的襄阳、江陵一带。楚国的“牵钩”,作为楚军配合水战的一种军事技能,不仅具备了后来韩日等国拔河运动的要素,也是世界上最早用文字记录下的拔河运动,后世的拔河即由此演变而来。     

The origin of chantries: some further Anglo-Norman evidence

It is suggested that Sir Howard Colvin's theory about the origin of the chantry as a response to liturgical overloading of the regular monastery with commemorative liturgy is not the full story. The chantry was preceded by institutions more obviously its precursors than the monasteries: secular colleges and the chapels of manorial precincts. It is suggested here that the chantry arose out of a more complex cross-fertilisation of ideas and institutions than Colvin suggests, and also that the laity had as much a part in the process as the monks. The article also points to particular moves towards the individualised mass of commemoration within the Angevin royal family in the 1170s and 1180s as an impetus to the evolution of the chantry.     

略论匈奴玉器的来源及相关问题

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