北周莫仁相、莫仁诞墓发掘简报

2009年5月,陕西省考古研究院在西安市南郊的长安区韦曲街道夏殿村西发掘了北周宣政元年(578年)莫仁相墓及建德六年(577年)莫仁诞墓,莫仁相为莫仁诞之父。2座墓皆为长斜坡墓道多天井单室土洞墓。墓葬形制较为完整,属于北周时期的典型墓葬,虽遭盗扰破坏,随葬品多被毁损,但出土陶俑群组合关系完整、种类较为齐全,尤其是两合墓志的发现为北周时期高品秩官员家族及北朝史的研究提供了新的文献资料。     

南阳市防爆厂M208汉墓发掘简报

南阳市防爆厂住宅小区M208是一座东汉中晚期的大型多室墓,三个墓室平面呈"品"字形,穹窿顶。前室、后室至少放置了8具棺。该墓的发掘为研究汉代埋葬习俗,尤其是为了解东汉时期豫西南地区家族合葬墓的葬俗提供了丰富的实物资料,具有重要的参考价值。     

试论曲沃羊舌墓地的归属问题

山西曲沃县羊舌墓地是继天马——曲村遗址北赵晋侯墓地之后发现的另一处重要的晋国贵族墓地,但学术界对该墓她的归属存有较大争议.本文从两周之际晋国史事出发,综合考察北赵和羊舌墓地的年代,认定羊舌墓地是继北赵晋侯墓地之后的另一处晋侯墓地,其中的两组共4座大墓应是昭侯、孝侯两代晋侯及其夫人的墓葬.     

Evaluation and interpretation of residual rickets deformities in adults

Recent research has considerably improved the recognition and recording of rickets and osteomalacia in archaeological human bone, but the recognition and recording of residual deformities of rickets present in adults is still limited. The aim of this study was to assist with differential diagnosis of residual rickets deformities and determine which of the deformities that are characteristic of rickets could be identified in the adult skeleton. Long bone deformities were investigated, with research focusing on deformities of the leg bones. One hundred and thirty‐five adults from the historic cemetery of St Martin's, Birmingham, where vitamin D deficiency was known to have been widespread, were analysed. Deformities of leg bones were three times as frequent as arm bone deformities, and deformity of both the femur and tibia was the most frequently recorded combination of leg bones. Medial bending of the tibiae and anterior bending of femora, both at the proximal end, were the most frequently recorded types of deformities. A review of a range of conditions that can cause bowing deformities, and comparison of bowing recorded in children with rickets and the present cases, concluded that the most likely cause of the deformities recorded was residual changes linked to rickets. In this community, bowing deformities linked to rickets were quite common amongst adults and probably did not have adverse social consequences, but further studies are required to determine whether this attitude to deformity was more widespread. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

河南新乡市金灯寺汉墓发掘简报

2006年7月,为配合南水北调中线工程文物保护项目,郑州大学历史学院考古系对新乡金灯寺墓群进行了发掘,清理出15座汉代墓葬,为汉墓及其相关问题的研究提供了新资料.     

Sites of memory in the Holy Land: the design of the British war cemeteries in Mandate Palestine

British war cemeteries of WW1 form a world embracing system of cemeteries, scattered over a wide range of sites and landscapes wherever Imperial soldiers died during the war. Although recent interest in memory and commemoration has made the British war cemeteries of the Great War a much-studied subject, the spatial dimension of this enormous undertaking remains somewhat out of focus. The geographical context, however, is an important factor in shaping the meanings for each cemetery. In each, the memory of the war intersects and interacts with the historical memory carried by the site. Nowhere is this more evident than in the cemeteries of the Palestine campaign, above all in Jerusalem. The paper follows the history of the design of war cemeteries of the Palestine campaign, and examines the ways the cemeteries and their design relate to their particular geographical context, and the impact this context may have on their interpretation     

Roman soil and Roman sound in Irish hagiography

ABSTRACT

Irish hagiography displays considerable interest in communication between Ireland and Rome, particularly as this featured saints, popes and relics. While people and objects travel between the two places, there is also concern to circumvent the distance involved. This article discusses an episode of miraculous communication in the Irish Life of St Colmán Élo. Here messages and messengers travel from Rome, but time and space are also telescoped through aural and material means: the sound of the bell marking the death of Pope Gregory the Great and a gift from him of Roman soil to be spread on Colmán Élo’s cemetery. The article considers how the two elements function within their hagiographical context to connect Rome and Ireland, and how these places shaped the account. The roles of bell and soil both draw on their associations in Ireland and relate to papal communication as this was experienced and imagined more widely.     

略论殷墟王陵制度的形成

无论是传世文献还是甲骨金文,均反映出晚商时期有一个嫡庶观念逐渐加强的过程,而这个过程与殷墟西北岗王陵区不断突出王墓的作法是一致的。两个方面均反映出晚商王权的逐步加强以及父死子继王位传承制度的逐渐巩固与最终确立。西北岗王陵西区是比较纯粹的王陵区,但东区埋葬的人员较为复杂,只能看作是一处高等级王室墓地。西北岗王陵区可能开启于殷墟文化一期偏早阶段,并可能一开始就大致划定兆域界限。武丁在位时期可能对王陵制度作过重大调整,即西区只葬殷王,其他成员只能葬在王陵东区、小屯宫殿宗庙区西南部墓地以及后岗西区墓地等处。殷王陵不奉行夫妻并穴合葬,王与后分处。但王陵东区有异姓陪葬的现象。殷王陵区有象征国家政权的一面,与殷墟其他普通族墓地有较大差异。     

富弼家族墓地发掘简报

2008年,洛阳市第二文物工作队为配合基本建设抢救性发掘北宋中期宰相富弼夫妇及其家族墓地,墓地规划整齐,排列有序,层次分明.随葬器物除墓志外,仅出土有少量遗物和壁画.其中富弼墓志方1.41米,碑文近7000字,内容丰富,涉及北宋中期许多重大历史事件,文辞优美,书法兼备楷、行、篆、隶,是探讨北宋中后期的政治、经济、文化、艺术等方面的重要实物资料.     

襄樊余岗战国秦汉墓第二次发掘简报

1996年,在襄樊市团山镇余岗村北发掘了32座墓葬,墓葬分三区：墓子地、岭子上、卞营。墓子地和岭子上墓区的30座墓均为土坑竖穴墓,卞营墓区的2座墓为砖室墓,大部分随葬器物为陶器。这批墓葬可分为五期：战国晚期、秦统一至秦汉之际、西汉早期、西汉中期、东汉晚期。余岗墓地的发掘为研究襄北地区战国晚期至西汉中期墓葬的分期、年代、秦楚关系以及埋葬习俗、文化特征提供了相当丰富的实物资料。