牛津研究体系在中国古代青铜器研究中的应用

Applying the Oxford System to further understand Bronzes in China

近几年,牛津大学考古与艺术史实验室摸索出一套系统的方法,即通过利用铜器微量元素、合金元素以及铅同位素来探究金属的流通。结合牛津研究体系与已有的商周青铜器微量元素及铅同位素数据,可以获取商周时期铜铅资源流通网络与合金技术的新信息,进而有助于深入探究商周时期不同地区的青铜生产与流通。

In recent years, the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Artin the University of Oxford has developed a systematic approach to metal chemistry designed to characterize, using trace elements, alloying elements and lead isotopes in an assemblage of material, the underlying flow of metal. The primary objective of this paper is to present its fundamentalprincipal, stepwise analysis meaning and a number of preliminary results from its application to Shang and Western Zhou China and some associated regions. The characterization in this paper has brought new light to a series of archaeologicallymeaningful issues on copper flow between Zhengzhou and Panlongcheng, remelting objects during the interaction between central China and the Steppe, the provenance and dynamic mechanism of copper and lead supply from Erlitou/Erligang, Anyang to Western Zhou. More importantly, it enables scholars to combine more easily archaeological information and scientific data and ask new questions.