甘肃早期铜器的发现与冶炼、制造技术的研究

Studies of Early Bronze Objects from Gansu in Terms of Their Casting and Manufacturing Techniques

甘肃地处黄河上、中游的高原地区,已发现新石器及稍晚时期的古文化遗址达1000多处。甘肃省的祁连山脉蕴藏着丰富的铜矿和其他有色金属矿藏,为古代冶金技术的产生和发展提供了丰富的资源。甘肃已发现的早期铜器达300余件,占全国出土的商代以前铜器总数的80％以上。因此,在对中国早期铜器的研究中,甘肃早期铜器的研究尤为重要。 1981年,笔者发表了有关甘肃出土早期铜器的部分分析检验结果。自那时至今的10余年间,由于新的考古发掘成果为早期铜器的深入研究提供了新的信息,同时考古学、

Stretching on the steppe up the Yellow River, Gansu provice has been found distributed with more than one thousand Neolithic and slightly later sites. The rich copper and other nonferrous metal resources in the Qilian Mountains provided the early metallurgical development in the area with a material basis. More than 300 pieces of bronze objects have been found in Gansu, which account for over 80% of the total sum of pre-Shang bronzes found all over the country. It is no surprise that Cansu occupies such an important position in the research of China's early bronzes.Based on the hitherto examinations of early bronzes from Gansu,the present essay analyzes newly discovered bronzes. It inquires into the origin and early development of metallurgical techniques in Gansu by looking at the raw material and manufacturing techniques as compared with their parallels in adjacent areas.