四川石渠县洛须"照阿拉姆"摩崖石刻

照阿拉姆石刻位于四川、青海、西藏三省交界处,石刻为浅阴刻一佛二菩萨造像。从造像风格来看与敦煌吐蕃占领时期壁画风格一致,属波罗艺术风格。从题记藏文来看,文字古朴,应为826年文字改革之前字体。此铺造像为吐蕃中晚期约800年左右的作品。     

陕西神木大保当东汉画像石墓

1996～1998年,在陕西省神木县大保当镇发现了26座东汉墓葬和一座汉代城址,其中14座墓出土了精美的画像石。2008年秋,在大保当镇又发掘了3座汉墓,其中2座墓(M1、M3)出土了画像石。画像石均为浅浮雕,局部涂有黑色和红色,内容主要有车马出行、神仙羽人、祥禽瑞兽等。这3座墓的时代应为东汉早中期。     

河南灵宝市晓坞遗址仰韶文化遗存的试掘

2007年,河南省文物考古研究所调查并试掘了河南灵宝市晓坞遗址,清理出两座仰韶文化早期墓葬。两墓均为长方形竖穴土坑墓,多人二次葬。其中M1内残存79具个体,M2残存17具个体。三门峡地区很少发现仰韶文化的二次葬墓,晓坞遗址墓葬是该地区首次发现的仰韶文化早期的二次葬,具有重要学术价值。     

晨雾中的凤凰

<正>凤凰古城,我一直期待着与这座宁静、质朴小城的第一次相遇。新西兰著名作家路易·艾黎,把凤凰古城赞美为中国最美丽的小城,因此在未到之前,我就对它充满了无限的遐想。在一家充满湘西风格的客栈安顿好后,我们就迫不及待地冲了出去,直奔古     

Roman Roads in the East of England

The West Wansdyke is a major earthwork in the former County of Avon, now Bath and North-East Somerset, which is thought to date to either the late Roman or early post-Roman periods. A series of cross-sections excavated across the earthwork showed, firstly, that it originally existed in some areas where there are no longer any visible remains, but, secondly, that there are still some unexplained gaps. The research suggests that the monument was of a very consistent and uniform design and dimensions, a feature which implies strategic planning and co-ordinated management during construction. Evidence from two particular sites, Blackrock Lane and Compton Green, indicated that significant stretches of the dyke bank originally had a timber revetment, but that, where it was easily available, stone was used, as at Binces Lane, Stantonbury. Little artefactual dating evidence was recovered during the work, although the presence of Romano-British and earlier pottery, and prehistoric flints from bank construction deposits does not preclude the established, post-Roman, context, but can also allow a late Roman date. Construction techniques indicate work in a Roman military tradition, possibly re-using an earlier structure.