咸丰唐崖土司城址衙署区发掘简报

A Preliminary Excavation Report on the Administrative Area of the Tangya Chieftain's Castle in Xianfeng County, Hubei

唐崖土司城址衙署区位于城址核心区的中部偏西,自牌坊向西,依次为门楼、大衙门、官言堂、内宅,主要遗迹有房基、排水沟、挡土墙、水井等。根据遗迹之间的叠压关系以及出土遗物,衙署区建筑可分为两期,第一期为明代晚期,是唐崖土司城的鼎盛时期,建筑规模最大,等级最高。第二期兴建时代为清代早期,在第一期的基础上改建而成,尽管总体格局未变,但规模和等级大大降低。本次发掘为我们认识中小级别土司城址衙署区建筑的规模、等级及研究明清土司制度提供了重要资料。

The administrative area is located in western central region of the core area of the Tangya Tusi （Chieftain）＇s Castle. The honorific arch, gate tower, large government office, official lecture hall and inner sanctum are distributed from east to west in the area. The main remains of the large government office and the official lecture hall include house foundations, barrel-drains, earth-retaining walls, and water wells. Based on an analysis of the relics and their overlapping relationships, this report concludes that the area could be divided into two periods： the first period is late Ming, the flourishing time of the castle, the construction scale was largest and the grade was highest; the second period is early Qing Dynasty, although the castle was rebuilt, and the whole construction also inherited from Ming, the scale and grade became much lower. The excavation offers import materials for acknowledging the construction scale and grade of middle and Tusi＇s Castle, and the study of the Tusi system during Ming and Qing.