Seventeenth-century Pottery from Ash,Surrey

Abstract

About 2,000 sherds, mainly in white fabric, were found on a site at Ash which was one of several producing similar wares on the West Surrey and Hampshire borders. Some of the sherds were medieval, but the remainder were 17th century and are analysed in an attempt to assess the forms and characteristics of the post-medieval pottery made at Ash. Documentary evidence discloses the presence of potters in Ash in the 17th and 18th centuries, although there is no direct link with the site, and also indicates possible sources for the potters’ clay.     

An Engraved Chalk Plaque from Hanging Cliff, Kilham

An engraved chalk plaque found in the fill of a Roman ditch at Kilham, North Yorkshire bore decoration akin to that on some Grooved Ware pottery. A case is made for its inclusion within a small series of similar plaques of likely Late Neolithic date.     

匍有土田考

1973～1974年,在江西清江吴城进行三次考古发掘[1],出土青铜、陶、玉、石等器物五百余件.发掘简报把该遗址分为三期,第一期相当于郑州二里岗上层文化,时间为商代中期,第二期相当于安阳殷墟文化的早期和中期,第三期略相当于殷代晚期,可能延续到周初.     

Excavation of a pit at 16 Tunsgate,Guildford, Surrey, 1991

Abstract

The site lies to the south of the High Street in Guildford’s town centre, SU 9980 4944. The pit yielded a large assemblage of artefacts. The significance of the assemblage lies in its size and its coherence as a single, chronologically uncontaminated and sealed deposit. The finds form a discrete group of ceramics, glass, clay pipes and organic remains dating from c.1650-1714, and deposited c.1702-14. Many of the vessels after reconstruction proved to be complete, or almost so. Because of the location of the site in Tunsgate, the artefacts must either have come from the Tun Inn, which had a frontage on the High Street, or from a property nearby belonging to the owner of the Tun Inn. The end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century is a particularly interesting period for ceramic and glass studies and the finds from 16 Tunsgate reflect this. The assemblage contains previously unknown examples of the work of John Dwight and George Ravenscroft, a soda glass with a hitherto unknown type of seal, the largest group of mould-blown cristallo beakers so far found in the United Kingdom or North America and a unique group of animal remains that provide a snapshot of inn food in the early 18th century. The finds are on display in Guildford Museum.     

舞阳龟甲刻符初探

虽然河南舞阳贾湖出土的刻符的数量不多,但是其中出现在龟甲上的三个刻符尤其引人注目,它们是()、()、().它们的特征是:1.时间最早,属于裴李岗文化,其年代范围为公元前6600至公元前6200年;2.与文字相关,()像甲骨文的日字和户字,()像甲骨文的目字,()像举手人形,东巴文字中就有类似的字例.通过研究这三个刻符,笔者发现:这三个刻画符号蕴涵了一条符合远古先民生活及社会习性的重要信息;三个刻画符号刚好与人们迄今都还能够从一种特殊的宗教仪式中抽象出的三个元素相吻合.河南舞阳贾湖出土的带有刻符的龟甲本身很有可能就是一种宗教法器,龟甲刻符与甲骨文之间或许具有一脉相传的关系.     

Culture, religion and curriculum: lessons from the 'three books' controversy in Surrey, BC

This article considers the spatial, cultural, and legal dimensions of the controversy surrounding the Surrey School Board's religiously motivated refusal to approve three books portraying families with same-sex parents. It examines the issue in terms of debates over the public/private distinction, and the notion of a 'culture war' between progressive and orthodox stakeholders. The polarized opinions advanced in such debates not only invoke and rely upon particular understandings of space, they also have ramifications for the organization of the public sphere, and services such as public education in particular. This article focuses on the three decisions handed down in the Surrey case, culminating in the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling that religious concerns have a place in public decision making, but not to the exclusion of other considerations. This decision signals that the religious opinions of some parents may shape the public school curriculum, and thus the instruction of all pupils. In this respect, it poses a serious challenge to liberal visions of secular public education, and to a secular public sphere more generally.     

Iron Working in the Vicinity of Weybridge,Surrey

Abstract

The presence of eighteenth-century iron working mills and the coincidental local, but limited, source of iron in the Weybridge area of Surrey, has led a number of authors to suggest that these mills smelted locally extracted iron ore. The present author has described elsewhere the occurrence of the ore and indicated that extraction was in pre-mediaeval times, probably during the Iron Age. In further support of this theory, the original records of Iron Age archaeological sites in the area are shown to reveal positive evidence of iron working. The history of the iron mills throughout their restricted period of iron working is also described, and at each site a close association between the fabrication of iron, and brass and copper products, where the metal is of undoubted extraneous origin, is evident.     

晋西奏乐画像石分析

以离石为中心的晋西地区是我国汉代画像石的集中出土地之一,长期以来该地一直没有挖掘出反映当时当地音乐社会生活的画像石。笔者和山西离石市文物旅游局的刘文进同志一起,对山西省离石市汉画像石博物馆所藏的汉画像石进行梳理,最终发现三块反映汉末官僚车骑出行时奏乐场面的汉画像石。本文对这三块奏乐画像石做了具体的图像分析,以引起更多的学术关注。     

Engraved ochre from a Middle Stone Age context at Klein Kliphuis in the Western Cape of South Africa

This paper reports on a piece of engraved ochre recovered from a Middle Stone Age context at the rock shelter site of Klein Kliphuis (Western Cape, South Africa). The ochre was associated with a mixed assemblage of Howiesons Poort and post-Howiesons Poort MSA artefacts, suggesting that it is substantially younger than similar finds at Blombos Cave. The implications of the find for arguments concerning the nature of Late Pleistocene behavioural evolution are discussed.     

Recent Excavations in the Keep of Farnham Castle,Surrey

Abstract

Several alternative schemes for the dating if Pictish relief sculpture have been advanced during the last century. Representations if artifacts which can be dated archaeologically, decorative devices associated with the Viking Period and details if animal ornament are used to provide new date-ranges for some stones usually dated earlier. The early dating often advanced for some low-relief sculptures is accordingly questioned, and a tentative scheme for the dating if Pictish relief sculpture proposed.     

庐山八思巴字摩崖题刻暨左丞相别不花生平考述

江西庐山秀峰龙潭摩崖上有一处元代八思巴蒙古字题刻,是元代江西行省左丞相别不花书写的"龙"字。清同治十年《星子县志》将其误作刺不花篆书"虎"字。此后100多年来,各种地方文献一直沿袭县志之说,以至谬误久传。笔者根据该题刻的文字特征及相关史籍,对沿袭的说法予以纠正厘清,并对书者别不花生平作了钩沉爬梳。     

Leaving on a Jet Plane: Polarization,Foreign Travel,and Comity in Congress

No political observer, politician, or political scientist doubts that party polarization has weakened the social fabric of Congress. Measuring that effect, however, is exceedingly difficult. In this article, we operationalize the congressional social fabric by examining the foreign travel behavior of members of Congress over time. We evaluate the social disintegration in Congress by examining if and whether changes in member travel can explain why the social connectedness of members has waned. Using a unique dataset of foreign travel for House members from 1977 to 2012, we find that Republican House members, in particular, have altered their foreign travel patterns. Ideologically extreme members have always been less likely to take foreign trips, but extremely conservative Republican have become much more likely to travel only with co-partisans as polarization has increased in Congress. Ideologically moderate Republicans, while still traveling as members of bipartisan delegations, have also increased their willingness to travel only with fellow Republicans. Our results suggest that bipartisan foreign travel is a victim of the partisan war waging in Congress.     

浅谈兰州刻葫芦的发展及艺术特征

我国栽培葫芦历史悠久,葫芦通常被当作吉祥物,并创造出极具观赏价值的葫芦工艺品。金城兰州作为丝绸之路的必经之地,是连接东西的交通要地,特殊的地理环境形成了本地特有的刻葫芦民间工艺,选材和制作工艺极具特色,在百余年的发展中逐渐壮大。高文化素质民间艺人和艺术家的涉入使兰州刻葫芦的艺术表现形式有了几次大的飞跃。     

湖州“皇宋州学宝尊”铭青铜牺尊考

20世纪60年代,在湖州安定书院地段的河床上出土了两件青铜牺尊。其中一件的腹底孔盖板上刻有皇宋州学宝尊铭,系北宋时湖州州学释奠先圣、先师之祭器,也是反映宋代地方祭器制度的重要物证。     

‘Rid grasse of bones’: A taphonomic study of the bones from midden deposits at the Neolithic and Bronze age site of Runnymede,Surrey, England

Runnymede has large samples of Neolithic and Late Bronze Age animal bones, with contrasting preservation conditions in both periods. The bone evidence has been used to interpret the formation of the site deposits. There are few articulated bones, and no joins were found in butchered bone, indicating that the area studied did not contain primary refuse. Various aspects of bone alteration have been analysed: (i) the proportion of bones with very good surface preservation was high in the in situ Neolithic excavation units and the basal Bronze Age midden, but bones in the upper units were mostly eroded. These units are reworked flood deposits. The greater degree of fragmentation of the bone in the reworked units has been quantified, using a system of recording the ‘zones’ present on each bone, which allows calculation of the fraction present. It is also demonstrated that the reworked units contain a lower proportion of identified bones and a higher proportion of teeth and iaws than the units with well-preserved bone, (ii) Quantification of canid gnawing shows, unexpectedly, that more was recorded on well-preserved bone. Thus recognition of gnawing depends on bone condition. This also confirms that most of the erosion of the bone surface is a post-depositional phenomenon. The sequence of activities is therefore interpreted as follows: meat was cooked and consumed, and the bones discarded for the dogs. At a later stage, larger bones were picked up and thrown away in the river or midden. Some ethnographic examples of periodic cleaning of farming settlements are cited.