吕存姐的故事

赤列雄峰的灵气赋予了她端庄、秀丽的风姿;纯朴的乡俗民风给予了她勤劳、贤惠的行为品德;幸福的憧憬使她走出农门,观望山外的大千世界;命运之神又把她一次次送入了政治风云的峰巅…… 潮涨潮落,起伏人生,请看极具传奇色彩的土族妇女——     

枹罕的昨天与今天--甘肃土乡行之三

此次有机会到甘肃省的临夏去考察了解该地区的土族,感触极深,获益也极大。实地考察的结果证实了临夏地区不仅是土族先民在西北地区最先开拓的疆土之一,也是其后裔繁衍生息的主要地区之一。土族先民们在那里开拓奋斗了很长时期,并以此为根据地,再向南、向西、向北开拓发展,曾成为我国历史上西部开发者中具有极大影响的古代少数民族之一。     

福建闽南地区古代陶瓷生产概述

闽南陶瓷产品享誉海内外,具有代表性的品种有：末代同安窑系“珠光青瓷”、明代德化窑“猪油白”、明末清初平和窑“克拉克瓷”以及“吴须赤绘”、“交趾烧”和明清漳州窑“米色釉”等诸多品种。     

避暑山庄文津阁琉璃建筑考

本文依据文献记载,考证了避暑山庄文津阁内琉璃建筑的历史变迁情况,同时依据历史照片和现存的琉璃构件,在与现存同时期的建筑文渊阁、文溯阁和文澜阁的琉璃样式作比较的基础上,探讨了文津阁藏书阁、碑亭、趣亭和叠落花台等四处建筑的琉璃样式。     

斯里兰卡曼泰(Mantai)遗址出土陶瓷产地的初步分析

曼泰遗址位于斯里兰卡的西北角,是海上丝绸之路上的一个重要港口。1887年,W．J．S．Boake 首次对曼泰遗址进行了发掘,以后又曾多次发掘。特别是1980年S．U．Deraniyagala博士及John Car- swell组织的系统发掘,出土遗物十分丰富,其中陶瓷碎片为大宗,此外尚有硬币、铁制品、骨制品等。     

湖北襄阳陈坡M10出土金属器的初步科学分析

对湖北襄阳陈坡墓地M10出土14件金属器的金相组织检测与成分分析结果表明:这批金属器的材质包括青铜、纯铅、纯锡、铅锡合金、银(含铜)、金银合金(含铜)等多种,其中青铜器包括两种合金,即铜锡二元合金和铜锡铅三元合金;制作工艺主要以铸造为主,另外还采用了热锻、热锻后冷加工、错金银等方法.这批新的分析数据为研究战国时期襄阳地区的金属技术提供了重要的实证资料.     

Human subsistence strategy at Liuzhuang site,Henan, China during the proto-Shang culture (∼2000–1600 BC) by stable isotopic analysis

Since the discovery of the proto-Shang culture, created mostly by ancestors of the Shang clan from the late Neolithic Age to the early Shang period (∼2000–1600 BC), the subsistence strategy and lifestyle of humans in China during their movement southwards have been a great focus. Chinese literature and archaeological findings suggest that the proto-Shang societies were composed of different cultural groups and had various subsistence strategies. For example, at the Liuzhuang site, three types of burials, i.e., stone coffin, wooden coffin and earthen shaft-pit, are found. The wooden coffin and earthen shaft-pit burials had been adopted locally in the Central Plains since the Neolithic Age while the stone coffin burials were usually used by people living in Northeast China and had never been found in the Central Plains before. In this study, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyses were performed on human bones from the Liuzhuang site and animal bones from Zhangdeng site in Henan province, China to determine whether different social groups had various accesses to food resources and whether their dietary difference was related to inequality in social status. Humans have mean δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values of −7.6 ± 0.6‰ and 9.6 ± 1.0‰ (n = 19) respectively, which strongly indicates that humans rely primarily on C₄-based food. The main contribution of C₄-based food in their diet is from millet agriculture or animals that consume millet by-products. The isotopic spacing of carbon and nitrogen isotopic values between pigs and humans, between dogs and humans, and between cattle and humans, all imply that these animals were the main meat resources for humans. Surprisingly, the δ¹³C values and δ¹⁵N values of humans with different types of burials are quite close, indicating that they had equal access to food resources. This result suggests that the proto-Shang humans had adapted to the local subsistence strategy, and the local cultural factors in the Central Plains were very well integrated into proto-Shang culture.     

吐浑龙驹今犹在

马踏飞燕赞龙种 日行千里青海骢 ——题记 学者笔下的青海龙驹 在未谈正题之前,对远古时驻牧青海的养马部族渠搜作一点探讨。从古籍中看,远古时期,黄河上游有三个有名的部族,即《史记·夏本纪第二》介绍的:“织皮昆仑、析支、渠搜,西戎即序。”     

试论古代铜镜镜面凸起的成因及其相关问题

通过对古代青铜镜的复制研究发现,古代铜镜镜面凸起的原因,是与镜背的镜钮、浮雕及镜缘等的大小及厚度有关。战国镜的镜钮既小又薄,其镜缘都是横截面较小的镜缘,可直接磨成平面,不致出现铸造缺陷。东汉至六朝之间,其镜钮都较大,为使磨制出的镜面没有铸造缺陷,须将镜面中心少磨削、外围多磨削。这样磨削加工的结果,就形成了镜面凸起。