山西定襄中霍墓地出土铜器的初步科学分析

中霍墓地出土青铜器是研究春秋晚期和战国早期青铜文化特征、制作技术以及探讨该时期中原和北方少数民族相互关系等学术问题的重要资料。为进一步揭示该墓地出土青铜器所包含的科学信息,对该墓地出土17件铜器的37个样品进行了科学分析检测。结果显示,这批青铜器的制作工艺以铸造为主,另外还有热锻、热锻后冷加工等;其合金成分有铜锡二元合金和铜锡铅三元合金两种,铜锡二元合金全部用于制作工具,铜锡铅三元合金用于制造容器。这显示中霍墓地铜器的合金成分和器物类型之间的关系明显,表明制作者已经能根据青铜器的用途而选择合适的制作材料。研究结果对研究中原和北方少数民族冶金术及在此基础上的文化交流有较大的指示性意义。

Preliminary scientific analysis of bronze artifacts unearthed from the Zhonghuo Cemetery,Dingxiang County of Shanxi Province,China

As one of the most important discoveries in early stage of Chinese archeology , Zhonghuo cemetery has yielded a large number of bronze objects representative ofthe Spring and Autumn Period. This paper presents the results of a preliminary examination of 17 bronze objects from this cemetery. The results showed that casting wasthe principal production process.In addition, hot forging and cold processingwas used. The principal materials used incasting vessels were ternary CuPb alloys. Someof weapons and tools were made with a CuSn binary alloy.This study shows that the producers were capable of choosing different materialsto make appropriate products.