二里头文化非镶嵌类绿松石制品的功能分析

On the Function of Un-inlay Turquoise Objects of Erlitou Culture

二里头文化中的非镶嵌类绿松石制品均作为服饰之用,以珠管为主,也有少量坠饰。按其功能划分主要有耳饰、项饰、腕饰、冠饰等。加工过程中存在因料取形,形制上亦表现出无序的多样性,据现有资料尚不能判断形制和使用方式间的相关性。非镶嵌类绿松石制品在二里头文化一期时即已出现,二期之后日渐繁荣,均出土于贵族墓中的成人墓内。

The so-called un-inlay turquoises were used as dress ornaments in Erlitou Culture. They were mainly shaped as beads, and sometimes as pendants. We can functionally classify them into groups such as eardrops, necklaces, wristlets, and crests, etc. It is hard to confirm the relationship between the form and the function of turquoise objects because they were processed and polished according to the nature shape rather than the ideal form. Un-inlay turquoise items emerged in the first period of Erlitou Culture and then gradually became prosperous in the later periods. It was reported that the un-inlay turquoises were all found in the adults graves.