商周时期海盐生产与黄河三角洲开发

Sea Salt Production and the Development of the Yellow River Delta in Shang and Zhou Dynasties

对黄河三角洲地区盐业考古的探索,是随着盔形器的发现开始的。盔形器自20世纪50年代发现以来,就有学者开始研究~①。随着大量遗址的被发现,渤海湾沿岸地区的盐业考古越来越受到专家学者的重视。尤其是近20年来,随着大量盐业遗址的发现和确认,盐业考古尤其是渤海湾沿岸盐业考古已经成为当前学术界研究的重点和热门之一。

A large amount of Shang-Zhou helmet-shaped pots and salt-making workshop site complexes have been found in the Laizhou Bay area of Northern Shandong since 1950 s,which shows that this region is an important salt-making area of Shang and Zhou Dynasties.And the sea salt production of this area had a considerable influence on the political situation of Shang and Zhou Dynasties.From the Erligang Upper Period to late Shang Dynasty,the coastal area salt of Bohai Bay was increasingly plundered by Shang people,and thereby provoking the conflict with the locals.This conflict between Shang and local Yi(夷)drew the Shang military to the East,and the Zhou people took the chance and conquered Shang Dynasty.After its foundation,the Qi state profited greatly from the coastal sea salt,which provided a sound basis for Qi’s hegemony during the Spring and Autumn Period.Meanwhile,the production,transportation and support system of salt strongly developed the Yellow River Delta.