New data and new issues for the study of origin of rice agriculture in China

China was one of the major centers for the origin of agriculture in the world. The origins of agriculture in China, especially the origin of rice agriculture, made a significant contribution not only to the occurrence of Chinese civilization but also to the development of world history. Recently, the study on the origin of rice agriculture has attracted the attention of the academic community due to the dramatic development of archaeobotanical research in China. In recent years, the flotation technique has widely implemented in archaeological excavations in China. As the result, a tremendous amount of plant remains have been recovered from archaeological sites, including those much related to the study of early rice agriculture. The new data provide direct archaeological evidence for, and raise some new issues about, the origin of rice agriculture in China. For example, the rice remains from the Shangshan site, dated to ca. 10,000 cal. B.P., suggest the beginning of rice cultivation regardless of whether that rice was domesticated or not. The quantitative analysis of plant remains recovered by floatation from the Jiahu site, dated to ca. 8,000 cal. B.P., revealed that the subsistence of the Jiahu people mainly relied on fishing/hunting/gathering, while the products of rice cultivation and animal husbandry were only a supplement to their diet. The ongoing excavation, with floatation and water-sieving, at the Tianluoshan site, dated to 6,000 to 7,000 cal. B.P., suggests that rice farming, though important, was only part of a broader subsistence pattern of the Hemudu Culture, and rice domestication culminated after 6,500 B.P and the beginning of rice domestication remain unclear.     

安徽合肥出土的买地券述略

买地券是研究中国古代丧葬制度以及当时社会经济发展状况的原始材料。文章公布了合肥市历年出土的五代暨宋、明8块买地券的资料,并从买地券的质地、形式、内容等多方面进行初步研究,提出了一些新的见解。     

社会进化的考古学证据

社会进化的考古学证据 社会文化进化的研究始于19世纪中叶。这些研究难免立足于世界各地有限的民族志轶闻。早期进化论者（如摩尔根、斯宾塞和泰勒）提出过诸如“蒙昧”、“野蛮”和“文明”等术语。     

区域聚落形态研究

发现区域聚落形态是一项重要的研究,也是令人振奋、挑战智慧的工作。区域考古学看来总是会产生新的、始料未及的洞见,它具有持久的价值,并对不同规模的其他研究是基础性的,而且它也是（或者说应该是）遗产保护的根本所在。     

赤列山下青稞酒飘香

过去朝阳是北山, 石板崖, 要喝个互助的酒哩; 阳世上陪你到阴间, 望乡台, 转过了还绕个手哩. 这首传唱了数百年的"花儿",以地名和酒起兴,歌颂了土族人民坚贞的爱情和对家乡的热爱.歌里说的"互助的酒",就是现在闻名遐迩的青海青稞酒.     

Special alloys from remote frontiers of the Shang Kingdom: scientific study of the Hanzhong bronzes from southwest Shaanxi, China

More than 200 bronze objects found in Hanzhong, southwest Shaanxi Province, China, a frontier region of the Shang Kingdom during the Shang dynasty, have been analysed for their composition and microstructure. Forty-three typologically distinct, and probably culturally indigenous, items have been found to be compositionally distinctive as well. This paper presents analytical results of the two types of local Hanzhong bronzes, namely the sickle-shaped and sceptre-shaped objects. Three special alloys, arsenic bronze, antimonial bronze and copper–nickel–arsenic ternary alloy, are particularly emphasized and discussed. The archaeological context of Hanzhong bronzes and their significance for the archaeometallurgy research of the Shang period are discussed as well.     

山西省介休市后土庙彩塑制作材料及工艺初探

山西省介休市后土庙是一处国家级重点文物保护单位,主要以其精美的琉璃建筑而闻名,琉璃建筑被誉为"三晋琉璃塑造艺术的博物馆",在其东西配殿保存有明清时期的彩塑约1000余身.自从1993年落架保存在库房后,由于本身潜在的病因以及后来保存环境等因素的影响,彩塑产生了严重的酥碱粉化等病害.为了对其进行修复以及改善其保存环境,本文在现状调查的基础上,应用X-射线衍射(XRD)、离子色谱(IC)等分析仪器,对彩塑的制作材料及其工艺进行了分析研究,初步分析了彩塑病害产生的机理,为进一步的病害修复材料及工艺的筛选以及保存环境的改善等提供科学依据.     

我国古代女主临朝的特征及原因探析

“在中国封建社会,曾多次出现过女主临朝,女主临朝具有重用外戚、手段残酷、宠幸宦臣的特征;而女主临朝的原因大概有皇帝体弱多病、昏庸荒淫,嗣君年幼、不能亲政,后妃本人具有政治才能等。     

清代塞外围场格局与动物资源盛衰

清代的塞外围场,建于山深林茂之区,有丰富的动植物资源,地域相连,功能各异,政治军事地位十分重要。清皇室决定着围场资源的利用方式和占有形式,康乾时期不间断的军事演练式的行围对围场动物资源衰减有重要影响,嘉道停围后,骑射演武的军事功能荡然无存,但动物资源衰减依旧势不可遏。塞外围场分布格局、资源存在结构及分配形式改变,围场体系完结。     

"林献堂蒋渭水——台湾历史人物及其时代"学术研讨会综述

2008年9月1-2日,由中国社会科学院台湾史研究中心、河南大学、北京联合大学台湾研究院、台海出版社主办,全国台湾同胞联谊会联络部协办的"林献堂蒋渭水--台湾历史人物及其时代"学术研讨会在河南省开封市召开,来自海内外的100多名专家学者出席了会议,其中台湾学者超过20人.