Obsidian use at the Ushki Lake complex,Kamchatka Peninsula (Northeastern Siberia): implications for terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene human migrations in Beringia

A study of the movement of people within Northeast Asia at the end of the Pleistocene is critical for understanding how and when some of the first human populations entered North America. Chemical source studies of obsidian may provide the evidence necessary to document people's migrations between these regions. Sixty two obsidian artifacts from the late Pleistocene and Holocene Ushki Lake sites in Kamchatka Peninsula were analyzed by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Data generated demonstrate that multiple obsidian sources throughout Kamchatka were exploited by the inhabitants of Ushki Lake, and allow us to document long-distance population movements during the late Pleistocene and Holocene. It is reasonable to expect that obsidian from Kamchatka might have been transported to Alaska. This is true for the Chukotka region of Northeastern Siberia; obsidian from Chukotka has been found in late Holocene archaeological sites in Alaska. Ultimately, an expanded study that includes all areas of Northeast Asia and Alaska may provide the data necessary to document the earliest movements of people in these regions.     

Chemical characterization of majolica from 14th–18th century production centers on the Iberian Peninsula: a preliminary neutron activation study

Majolica pottery is one of the most characteristic tableware produced during the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Majolica technology was introduced to the Iberian Peninsula by Islamic artisans during Medieval times, and its production and popularity rapidly spread throughout Spain and eventually to other locations in Europe and the Americas. The prestige and importance of Spanish majolica was very high. Consequently, this ware was imported profusely to the Americas during the Spanish Colonial period. Nowadays, Majolica pottery serves as an important horizon marker at Spanish colonial sites. A preliminary study of Spanish-produced majolica was conducted on a set of 246 samples from the 12 primary majolica production centers on the Iberian Peninsula. The samples were analyzed by neutron activation analysis (NAA), and the resulting data were interpreted using an array of multivariate statistical procedures. Our results show a clear discrimination between different production centers. In some cases, our data allow one to distinguish amongst shards coming from the same production location suggesting different workshops or group of workshops were responsible for production of this pre-industrial pottery.     

2000年中国的美国问题研究定量分析

通过对2000年中国的4594篇美国问题文章的定量分析,可以发现该年度中国的美国问题研究有七个方面的特点：全方位研究态势进一步发展;经济、政治、文化为三大研究热点;军事研究凸现;教育研究引人注目,历史和社会研究相对薄弱;普及文章独占鳌头,学术文章和译文比例减小：中美关系占有重要地位,借鉴性文章也大幅度增加;某些课题研究亟待充实。但同时也存在着若干明显的不足。今后中国的美国问题研究,应重视普及工作,坚持实事求是的思想路线,重视跟踪考察和理论创新,全方位、多侧面地关注美国问题,加强学术评论,完善学术规范,加快信息库建设,从而提高中国的美国问题研究的学术水平。     

红外光谱在文物保护中的应用介绍

文物信息的提取与研究对于揭示古代遗物包涵的人类社会、文化等历史信息有着举足轻重的作用:一方面可以了解古代的工艺技术特征,探寻文物制作技术起源及其发展历程;另一方面可以进行病害调查分析,为保护文物提供有价值的信息。本工作以红外光谱技术为出发点,细致梳理了目前红外光谱在文物保护中的应用,包括无机质文物中青铜器、土壤、颜料、珠宝玉石,有机质文物中纸张、丝织品、彩绘胶料、有机残留物,以及保护材料。提出该技术具备应用范围广、特征性强、无损或微损样品、不受样品物态限制等优势,但同时不适合分析含水样品、定量分析时误差大、解析图谱时依靠经验等局限性。揭示显微红外光谱技术在无损分析文物方面的广大前景,为文物保护研究与实践提供参考和借鉴意义。     

郑韩故城出土战国晚期铁器腐蚀产物分析

为了分析郑韩故城遗址出土战国晚期铁器的锈蚀产物类型,采用X射线衍射和金相显微观察等现代科技手段,对郑韩故城遗址内仓城铸铁遗址出土的13件样品进行综合研究。通过分析比较样品间的锈蚀程度,发现铁质文物的锈蚀机理复杂,成分多样;一些锈蚀产物中出现明显的分层,锈蚀不均;部分铁器中还存在着活性锈蚀物,其保存状态与金相组织有着密切关系。     

山东大汶口文化酒器初探

中国有悠久的酿酒传统,近年来利用科技手段进行陶器残留物分析,使我们能够获得史前时期酿酒技术的直接考古学证据。本文对山东王因和西夏侯遗址出土的4件大汶口文化时期的陶器进行微植物和微生物分析,初步揭示了海岱地区在距今6200～4600年的酿酒传统。即,利用麹、根霉和/或毛霉制麹,以粟黍、小麦族、葛根、栝楼根和百合为主要原料而酿造麹酒。制作精致的磨光黑陶高柄杯是饮酒器,红陶杯和灰陶瓶也与酒有关。海岱地区和中原地区在新石器时期使用不同的酒器,但利用多种植物酿造麹酒是共有的酿酒方法。     

The political ecology of water memory: Contending narratives of past hydraulic infrastructures in Barcelona (2015–2021)

In the context of ecological emergency and crisis of representation of the capitalist democracy, the battles over water management have become ever more politicised: who is to administer water resources, how, and with what legitimacy? This article examines a disregarded dimension of the recent water conflict in Barcelona by looking into the politics of memory as part of a struggle for legitimacy between the private water company Agbar, and Barcelona en Comú (BeC), the political platform governing the city since 2015, and defending the ‘remunicipalisation’ of water. By combining memory studies and critical discourse analysis we pay attention to the dynamic resignification of the hydraulic infrastructure as spaces or “sites of memory” (lieux de mémoire; Nora, 1998). Barcelona en Comú narrative retrieves a forgotten past of local sites and experiences in public management of water. In contrast, Agbar defends its legitimacy by advancing a narrative of linear progress and social inclusion that re-signifies its 150-year long history and co-opts key “empty signifiers” (Laclau, 2005) from the discourse of the Indignados and BeC. Theoretically, we advance that a temporal turn in political ecology and geography, complementing the concern with spatiality, could usefully draw on memory studies to analyse the growing memorialization of water discourses and sites, as well as their political significance. The article thus investigates a question that has not been systematically explored by political ecologists: how the entanglement of space and historical memory is mobilized in the conflict over the use and management of the environment.     

古代染料及其分析检测技术

纺织品考古具有百年历史,但纺织品科技考古是一个新兴的研究领域。其中,古代染料的分析检测可以提供天然染料的来源、相关染色方法,甚至纺织品文物的生产地点和时间等重要信息,从而为古代文物的修复和保护提供科学依据,且有助于了解古代纺织服饰的色彩文化。古代染料按颜色分可分为红色系染料、蓝色系染料和黄色系染料等,其中:红色系染料中植物染料较为常见的有红花、苏木和茜草等,动物染料主要有南美胭脂虫、克玫兹胭脂虫和紫胶虫等；蓝色系染料一般为靛青,主要从含靛植物中获得,中国历史上使用的含靛植物主要有马蓝、木蓝、蓼蓝和菘蓝；黄色系染料主要包括黄栌、槐米、黄檗和姜黄等。目前,用于古代染料分析检测的方法主要有光纤反射光谱(FORS)、荧光光谱(FS)、高效液相色谱-质谱联用(HPLC-MS)和表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)技术等,这些方法具有各自特点,为纺织品文物上天然染料的研究提供了科学支持。