二里头遗址墓葬出土玉器探析

二里头文化的玉器制造业并不十分发达,表现在尚未形成规律性的用玉制度。玉器在二里头文化各期之中的使用情况差别很大。二里头一期仅见少量绿松石饰;二期为发展期,玉器数量和种类均有增加;三期的玉器数量和种类都达到高峰,这一现象与三期二里头遗址夏代王都文化繁荣的景象是密不可分的;四期的玉器出现明显衰落的趋势,数量和种类大大减少,体现了夏商政权交替对手工业生产所带来的影响。

On the Jadeware Unearthed at Erlitou Site

The jade manufacture of Erlitou culture is not very developed, because it seems that there is not disciplinary system yet. Great difference can be viewed in the jade employment of different periods of Erlitou culture. In the first period, there are only few turquoise adornments; more categories and greater amount in the second period; it is boomed in the third period, and this concerns the prosperity of Xia culture; as the result of the alternation of Xia and Shang, it comes down in the fourth period.