河西石窟阙形龛溯源刍议

阙形龛是汉地工匠对佛教艺术进行改造的一次尝试。由于西王母图像和佛教图像长期存在互动关系,是汉代工匠改造佛教艺术的出发点,因此如果追溯其源头,西王母图像成为此文讨论的切入点。通过对汉画中"西王母+双阙"模式和佛教艺术中"补处菩萨+阙形龛"模式的图像与意涵的比较、巴蜀与河西之间的交通以及河西地区天堂观念的考察,此文推断阙形龛的创意应该是来自四川地区汉画中的"西王母+双阙"模式。     

Characterizations of palace lantern tassels preserved in The Palace Museum,Beijing, by UPLC-ESI-Q-TOF

Palace lanterns were important and highly visible decorations in the imperial palace in Beijing, China, during the Qing dynasty (1636–1912). Most lanterns had colourful tassels made of fibres. The study performed a comprehensive investigation of the materials and dyes used for palace lantern tassels preserved in The Palace Museum, Beijing. Eight samples with different colours, including yellow, green and red, from five palace lanterns were analysed. By using ultra-performance liquid chromatography combined with time-of-flight mass spectrometry, the compositions of the dyes were identified quickly, and thus the dyes' origins were explored. A X-ray fluorescence spectrometer assisted in the detection of whether a mordant was used during the dyeing process. As a result, the tassels were all made of silk, discovered through the use of microscopic observation and micro-Fourier transform infrared spectrometry analysis. Different dyeing techniques were found in these tassels: yellow tassels were dyed by cork tree or turmeric by a direct dyeing method; greens were dyed by pagoda bud with an iron mordant, or by the combination of cork tree and indigo using multi-dyeing method; and red tassels were coloured with different acid red industrial dyes. These results provide valuable data for the conservation of ancient textile tassels and contribute to the investigation of other hanging tags.     

论第二轮县志艺文入志问题

旧志艺文占据比重甚大，社会主义首轮志书艺文内容又过少。第二轮县志如何处理艺文内容入志是一个需认真考虑的问题。本文从新编县级志书艺文部分应包含哪些内容，旧志与首轮县志艺文入志情况的比较，第二轮县志艺文志内容选择分析、写法等方面进行了探讨。     

前嘉靖本时代《三国演义》版本探考

1929年,郑振铎先生提出:嘉靖本是<三国演义>刊行最早的版本,别本都从嘉靖本所出,诸本之间只有表面差异并无原则区分.①此说一出,遂为中国大陆多数治<三国>版本的学者认同.     

Interpolating geochemical patterning of activity zones at Late Neolithic and Early Copper Age settlements in eastern Hungary

The Late Neolithic of southeast Hungary is known almost exclusively from excavations of large settlement mounds, or tells. Geochemical analyses of sediments collected from boreholes at small, flat Late Neolithic and Early Copper Age settlements in Hungary's Körös River basin provide data necessary to interpret the spatial organization of small settlements for the first time in this region. Principal Components Analysis of multi-element data produced a workable number of variables. Spatial analyses of these components via interpolation in ArcGIS 9 identified specific task areas, and when combined with sediment characterizations, phosphate ‘spot-tests’ and pH, suggest long-term cultural traditions in the location of activity zones within small farmsteads. The results demonstrate the usefulness of multi-element geochemistry as an intra-site prospection method.     

A STRUCTURAL EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF METROPOLITAN LABOR DEMAND*

ABSTRACT. This paper uses a large data base to study metropolitan labor demand functions. The data are disaggregated by two-digit SICs in manufacturing for SMS As, and are corrected for changing SMSA boundaries. Labor demand elasticities are estimated for factor and commodity prices, transportation costs, state and local taxes and expenditures, and production-function shifters. Estimates from different years allow one to test Le Chatelier's principle in the context of interregional change.