洗尽奢华,让心灵栖息 江苏震泽、黎里古镇游记

<正>读了一本《中国最美的100风情小镇》,便初识了苏州吴江的震泽与黎里古镇。近来偶遇吴江市文物局的好友,闲谈中得知她2004年主持了震泽江南传统商贾名宅"师俭堂"的文物修缮工程,作为一位资深的古建专家,谈到师俭堂时她总是不能抑     

CORRECTIONS FOR DRILL-BIT CONTAMINATION IN SAMPLING ANCIENT POTTERY FOR NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS

The routine measurement of tungsten concentrations in pottery sampled with tungsten-carbide drill bits has enabled the measured concentrations of cobalt, tantalum, and lutetium to be corrected for drill-bit contamination. The corrected data, for cobalt at least, are sufficiently accurate that they regain their value as chemical indicators of pottery provenance.     

ANCIENT WORKSHOPS AND ANCIENT 'ART'

Summary.   There is a tension between the understanding of the term 'workshop' in art historical scholarship and the actual locations of production unearthed by archaeology. Yet countless ancient works of art bear traces of their own production, and many working sites have produced unfinished products. The differing approaches can be combined, to a greater extent than they have been, to attain a more comprehensive understanding of ancient art production. A first step is an exhaustive analysis of the interactions between the provenance, processing, inherent quality, logistics, presentation and preservation of any material used in art production. But the products themselves also have much to reveal about their conditions of production.     

ANCIENT ROAO

ThemarriageofSongtsanGamboandNepalesePrincessKhridzunduringthemid-7thcenturymarkedabigeventbetweentheTuboKingdomandtheNepalese.Accordingtoancientrecords,KingSongtsanGambosentMinisterTonmiSambhotatoNepalforthisverypurpose.TheMinsterarrivedwithhugeamountsofgoldcoins,goldpowderandotherpricelessgifts.Tobeginwith,theNepaleseKingrefusedthemarriageonthegroundthatTubowasadesolateplaceanddidnotbelieveinBuddhism.UndertheorderofSongtsanGambo,theTuboMinisterthreatenedtoinvadeNepalifthemarriagewa…     

古波斯钱币述略

古代波斯可分为三个主要时期。第一时期为居鲁士大帝建立的阿黑门尼德王朝( 550BC— 330BC) ,定都苏萨。史界常称为波斯帝国 ;第二时期是帕提亚王朝 ( 2 4 7BC—AD2 2 6 ) ,我国史称“安息”。帕提亚亦算是波斯裔民族 ,但钱币界常把前 1 80年左右兴起的位于两河流域南端 ,和埃兰相近的一个不大的波西斯王朝(PERSIS ,即波斯。为区别起见 ,作“波西斯”)作为波斯的延续。实际上它仅是帕提亚的附庸之一。这个小国到公元 2世纪后 ,逐渐壮大发展成萨桑王朝。所以承前启后 ,从钱币角度来说 ,有相当重要性 ;萨桑王朝(AD2 2 6—AD6 51 )是波…     

ANCIENT TIBETAN SEALS

In Tibetan,the name for a seal is Thangka.According to records,the word originates from Turkish,initially borrowing from Mongolian and finally absorbed into Tibetan.Various names were given to seals in Tibetan.Official seals are generally named Thangka,or Kathang in honorific dialect;personal seals referred to as Gyithang;general seals are called Dathang or Sethang.     

ANCIENT TIBETAN SEALS

In Tibetan,the name for a seal is Thangka.According to records,the word originates from Turkish,initially borrowing from Mongolian and finally absorbed into Tibetan.Various names were given to seals in Tibetan.Official seals are generally named Thangka,or Kathang in honorific dialect;personal seals referred to as Gyithang;general seals are called Dathang or Sethang.     

THE ORIGINS OF ROMANO-BRITISH SMALL TOWNS

Summary. Romano-British urban origins have all too frequently been seen in terms of simple monocausal explanations, emphasising the role of purely military factors at the expense of the importance now attached to pre-Roman settlement nucleation. This article seeks to explore the question of small town origins and early development in the light of this wider perspective. It attempts to demonstrate that the period after AD 43 saw two overlapping and competing systems, one focused on pre-existing sites, the other on the new communications network, each with their own requirements and each with varying regional application and importance. Incorporation within the prevailing new order is shown to be more vital to urban development than pre-Roman or fort origins in isolation.     

古格故城

The ancient Guge kingdom collapsed in the 1630s after lasting for 700 years in what is today’s Ngari of Tibet Autonomous Region.Its capital,without any king,now stands alone on the western part of the plateau.The empty city was left todecay at the mercy of the weather throughout the past three centuries.     

IRON IN ANCIENT COPPER

Analysis of early copper-base artifacts invariably reveals traces of iron. Iron enters the copper during the smelting process and the level of iron in the metalwork is an indication of the smelting technology. In areas such as Western Europe where prehistoric slag heaps are absent even in the proximity of undoubted ancient mines, the iron content is low reinforcing the link between smelting technology and iron content. Very occasionally the iron content was deliberately encouraged and alloys containing between 30% and 50% of iron in copper were made, mainly for use in currency. These alloys are without modern parallel and their metallography and method of production are considered in some detail here.     

TOWNS AND TOWN HIERARCHIES IN SAXON ENGLAND

Summary. The extent to which archaeological evidence can be used to identify and account for an urban hierarchy in England between the eighth and eleventh centuries AD is assessed in this article. Using the later medieval evidence as a control, it is suggested that the archaeological data could be used not only to compare the relative condition of towns but also to reconstruct the general economic trends which may have been responsible for emphasising differences between towns. Despite the apparently rudimentary character of the urban network in the eighth and early ninth centuries, the strength of the economy may have been underestimated. In contrast, the development of a three-tier hierarchy coupled with ubiquitous urban growth in the tenth century may have been overemphasised. Town planning programmes in the south and midlands may not have been accompanied by rapid urban development whereas there is plentiful evidence for town growth in the north. This differential development may be explained by a greater economic vitality in the north which was not experienced in the south until the later tenth century. The later tenth and early eleventh centuries may have marked a period of pronounced and rapid urban growth and differentiation in the south.     

古都未央歌 书画·逸歌·行摄路·盛世寻梦

当岁月的风吹散了历史的迷雾,这些曾经的权力、文化中心在后人面前重现。杭州、洛阳、西安、开封、南京、北京,它们昔日的辉煌让中国的过往都着上了耀目的颜色。一段斑驳的城墙、一池宁静的湖水,都在讲述着这座城市的前世今生。后人总是在试图记录历史,让岁月的流淌重新呈现。就让我们拿起相机,去定格那些渐行渐远的古都记忆,保留岁月赠与我们的这份唯美牵挂。     

古代中国的钱币

《对钱币学的一点认识》(《中国钱币》2002年第3期)发表以后,尚觉意犹未尽,于是不厌其烦,再啰嗦几句。钱币学的前身——古钱学的研究对象,包括有正用品和非正用品。所谓正用品,指的是在历史上曾经正式流通使用过的货币,或者可以扩大理解为:泛指作为流通货币而铸造的“钱”。所谓非正用品,古钱学家统称之为“压胜