摘要
IntroductionAncient bronze drums are representatives of the historical culture of the minori-ty people living in southern China,such as Yunnan,Guizhou and Guangxi.About 1400 drums ranging in age from the early Spring-Autumn Dynas-ty(700-400 B.C.)to the Ming-Qing Dynasty(1368-1828 A.D.)havebeen found in China so far(Wang,K.R.,1982).A cemetory of 79 ancient tombs with 1002 Cu-bearing wares at Wanjiaba,Chuxiong County,Yunnan Province was excavated during 1975 to 1976.The4 bronze drums unearthed from Tomb No.23,were dated at 690±90 B.C.,while one from Tomb No.1 at 400±85 B.C.by the ^(14)C method(Tong,E.
