关于新郑中行遗址青铜器坑和马坑性质的讨论

Bronze and Horse Burial Pits at Zhonghang

被认定为社祭遗址的新郑中行遗址的青铜器坑实际上晚于马坑,青铜器坑当是窖藏,窖藏的青铜器可能是郑国用于纾国难的贿赂之器。马坑则与青铜器铸造过程中的祭祀或巫术有关。

The bronze burial pits at Zhonghang site, Xinzheng, Henan province, which is regarded as a site associated with ceremonies worshipping the soil gods, are later than the sacrificial horse burial pits. The buried bronzes were probably used as bribes given by the Zheng state to other powerful states. The sacrificial horses are associated with sacrifices or sorcery involved in the bronze casting process.