河南安阳市洹北花园庄遗址出土动物骨骼研究报告

A Study of the Animal Bones from the Huayuanzhuang Site North of the Huanshui River in Anyang City,Henan

In 1997, the Huayuanzhuang site north of the Huanshui River in Henan Anyang yielded plentiful animal bones, which were all collected by the excavation unit and were carefully measured and identified. Sorting and analysis of these remains indicate that the animals used at that time comprised at least 11 species, i.e. the Lamprotula, clam, black carp, chicken, dog, rhinoceros, domestic pig, David's deer, ox, buffalo, and sheep. Some o:[ them suggest that in the then Anyang area it was warmer and damper than present times. The bones of domestic pigs, dogs, chickens and sheep account for 93% of the total animal remains, and those of pigs are the largest in number. No horse-bones were found, so the emergence of the domestic horse in the Yin Ruins area remains a problem worthy of further research.

In 1997,the Huayuanzhuang site north of the Huanshui River in Henan Anyang yielded plentiful animal bones,which were all collected by the excavation unit and were carefully mea- sured and identified.Sorting and analysis of these remains indicate that the animals used at that time comprised at least 11 species,i.e.the Lamprotula,clam,black carp,chicken,dog,rhinoceros,do- mestic pig,David's deer,ox,buffalo,and sheep.Some of them suggest that in the then Anyang area it was warmer and damper than present times.The bones of domestic pigs,dogs,chickens and sheep ac- count for 93% of the total animal remains,and those of pigs are the largest in number.No horse-bones were found,so the emergence of the domestic horse in the Yin Ruins area remains a problem worthy of further research.