东方考古学协会述论

北京大学国学门考古学研究室 ,是中国乃至东亚最早的专门考古学独立机构。 192 6年 ,国学门考古学会与日本东西两京帝大合组的东亚考古学会结成东方考古学协会 ,计划以联合发掘、交流成果、互派留学等方式 ,共同推进东方考古事业。可惜双方对于如何利用这一机缘并发挥各自的作用 ,利益和想法不一致。结果北大在考古发掘方面更形困顿 ,无法在重建古史的活动中占据重要位置 ,不得不将在这一领域的应有地位拱手让人。     

周代生态环境的考古分析

考古发现了大量的周代农业生产工具,这些生产工具反映了当时农业发展的状况及对生态环境的影响,而周代的古都城址不仅体现了当时的环境观,还能看到城市的发展对生态环境的改变,周代的厚葬风气文献记载和考古发现都很多,使我们看到当时厚葬之风的盛行及其与生态环境的关系。考古发现不仅弥补了周代文献资料缺乏的不足,还能使我们更加客观和直观地认识周代的生态环境。     

Routes as latent information—spatial analysis of historical pathways on the peripheries of the Victorian gold fields

Abstract

This article argues that the existing network of roads, arising from socially mediated human behavior, represents a well-preserved feature present across a broad region and contains latent historical information that can be retrieved using appropriate analytical techniques. It presents a method combining iterative cost path modeling and proximity analysis to reconstruct patterns of historical movement, and uses the results of this analysis as a heuristic tool to delineate regional social distinctions evident in characteristics of land appropriation and settlement within an area on the peripheries of the goldfields of central Victoria. The results of the least-cost route and proximity analysis presented in this paper delineate variations in patterns of movement across the study area that suggest distinctions in community development and character, adding depth and nuance to histories of the gold fields and their later years and supporting alternatives to assumptions of linear historical change.