河南安阳市孝民屯商代铸铜遗址2003～2004年的发掘

2003—2004 Excavation of a Shang Bronze Foundry-site at Xiaomintun in Anyang City,Henan

2003～2004年,在安阳孝民屯发现商代晚期铸铜遗址。该遗址东西长约380米,南北宽约100米。遗存主要有范土备料坑、范块阴干坑、青铜器铸造场所、与铸铜活动有关的祭祀坑等。该铸铜遗址的发现,丰富了殷墟西区的文化内涵,揭示了该区在商代晚期社会、政治和经济等生活中所处的重要地位。

In 2003-2004, A bronze foundry-site was discovered at Xiaomintun in Anyang. It measures about 380 m in length from the west to the east and about 100 m in width from the north to the south, and occupies a narrow stretch of land extending from northwest to southeast. Among the vestiges revealed are mold clay preparing and mold piece drying-in-the-shade pits, a large-sized bronze-casting place and a sacrificial pit related to bronze-casting activities, but the most frequently seen remains are clay material supplying pits and heaps of bronze-smelting slag. The rest of findings include house foundations, storage pits, wells and tombs of bronze casters.