《西域图志》所载镇西府、迪化州地区户口资料考述

《西域图志》中所载镇西府和迪化州地区的户口数被多数学者认为是乾隆四十二年(1777年)的户口数,笔者通过考证各州县的设置年代后发现,镇西府所属各县与迪化州所属各县的户口数并不是同一年的。在细致查阅中国第一历史档案馆所藏清代档案后证实,镇西府所属各县的户口数是乾隆四十一年(1776年)底奏报的数字,而迪化州所属各地的户口数则属于乾隆四十四年(1779年)或乾隆四十五年(1780年)的奏报数字。     

甲骨学发展的新总结——评《中国甲骨学》

一在甲骨文发现110周年之际,王宇信先生的新著——《中国甲骨学》问世了。该书是阐述110年来甲骨学发展历程与成就的煌煌巨著,全书分上、中、下三篇,共28章,总计90余万字。王宇信先生长期关注甲骨学的历史发展状况。他曾先后出版过两本专著———《建     

商周时期的青铜觚及相关问题研究

青铜觚最早出现于二里岗文化时期,盛行于殷墟文化,西周早期逐渐衰退并消失。铜觚圈足上的十字形镂孔与铸造过程中采用的泥芯撑有关,金属芯撑技术的使用开始于二里岗文化时期,殷墟文化时期金属芯撑的使用逐渐规范化。圈足上的镂空纹饰是商周时期铜器装饰手法的一种,圈足下端的条状缺口可能是铸造过程中用来定位的,但不能排除是装饰或者铜器的拥有者因某种特殊的文化习俗或使用需求而让铸造工匠刻意为之的可能性。     

商周球铃装饰的起源与流向

本文探讨了商周时期球铃装饰的起源和流向,从发生动因、社会背景、参考原型等三个方面讨论了球铃装饰的起源,并指出在东周时期,球铃装饰衰落,球铃转而成为一种独立的装饰品,用来缝缀在服饰上。     

Holocene Ostracods from the Hang Hau Formation in Lei Yue Mun,Hong Kong,and their palaeoenvironmental implications

Wang. H., Zhang, H., Cao, M. & Horne, D.J., October 2018. Holocene Ostracods from the Hang Hau Formation in Lei Yue Mun, Hong Kong, and their palaeoenvironmental implications. Alcheringa 43, 320–333. ISSN 0311-5518.

The Holocene Hang Hau Formation is the youngest part of the Quaternary succession in Hong Kong and yields abundant and diverse ostracods. This study of ostracod assemblages from two cores in Lei Yue Mun identifies eight genera and nine species of marine Ostracoda that were previously unreported from the Hang Hau Formation, increasing the known diversity from 67 to 76 species. Among these species, Neocyprideis timorensis (Fyan 1916) is reported for the first time in China. The recovery of abundant juvenile and adult specimens has facilitated illustration and discussion of an ontogenetic series for Neomonoceratina delicata Ishizaki & Kato, 1976, extending from the A-5 instar (fourth moult after hatching) to the sexually dimorphic A (adult) instar. Palaeoenvironmental analysis of the ostracod assemblages supports and strengthens previous interpretations indicative of a warm, shallow, nearshore-marine environment.

He Wang [wang0701@163.com] State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, PR China; Haichun Zhang [hczhang@nigpas.ac.cn] State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, PR China; Meizhen Cao [mzcao@nigpas.ac.cn] Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, PR China; David J. Horne [d.j.horne@qmul.ac.uk] School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK. *Also affiliated with: University of Science and Technology of China, No. 96, JinZhai Road Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.     

殷墟四期晚段遗存年代窥观

史称武王克殷后,封纣子武庚、禄父,以续殷祀,令修行盘庚之政,殷民大说。其后武庚叛乱,周公再度东征,迁顽民。据此可知,自牧野之战至于成王时期,小屯一带仍有殷遗民居住。既然如此,在殷墟显然应该有西周初期文化遗存。50年前笔者即撰文提出,后冈圆葬坑