西藏阿里地区早期铁器与冶铁技术:卡基墓地出土冶金相关遗物研究

Early Use and Smelting Technologies of Iron in the Ngari Region of Tibet:A Scientific Analysis of the Iron Smelting related Remains Excavated from the Kaji Cemetery Site

本文以皮央东嘎遗址卡基墓地出土的铁器和炼渣为研究对象,通过金相和化学成分分析,认为西藏阿里地区在公元3世纪左右可能存在块炼铁冶炼技术。该地区的铁器和冶铁技术应属于“西北系统”,其来源可能与“高原丝绸之路”的兴起密切相关。

This paper discusses the origin of the early use and smelting technology of iron in the Ngari region of Tibet through the analysis of the iron objects and slags that were excavated from the Kaji cemetery at Piyang-dongga village in Tsada county.The results of metallographic and elemental studies provide the first and earliest evidence of bloomery smelting technology in Tibet as early as the third century AD.The iron smelting technology and the excavated iron objects possibly belong to the"northwest system"and are probably closely related to the prosperity of the Plateau Silk Road.