山东邹城邾国故城遗址2015年发掘出土植物大遗存分析——兼议古代城市管理视角中的人与植物

Plant Macroremains Excavated from the Ancient Capital City Site of the Zhu Kingdom in Zoucheng, Shandong Province in 2015:Humans and Plants in the Perspective of Ancient Urban Management

山东邹城邾国故城遗址2015年发掘浮选出近两万粒植物大遗存,年代自春秋延续至汉代。研究结果显示,小麦和粟很可能是该地最主要的粮食作物,大豆、小豆、黍和水稻则是辅助性的。基于对城址发掘区功能的初步推断,植物遗存平均密度较低和"谷物杂草比"相对增长的趋势,可能反映了该地点在官方控制下的、连续且稳定的植物管理活动,一定程度地折射出城市中的部分人群在手工生产、粮食存储等活动中对各类植物的不同利用方式。

The 2015 excavation at the Ancient Capital Site of the Zhu Kingdom in Zoucheng, Shandong province unearthed nearly 20,000 items of plant macroremains with dates ranging from the Spring and Autumn period through the Han dynasty. Examinations on these macroremains indicate that wheat and foxtail millet are likely to be the main food crops in the area, while soybean, adzuki bean, broomcorn millet and rice are complementary. Based on the preliminary inference of the function of the excavation area, the lower average density of plant remains and the relative increase of the grain to weed ratio may reflect the continuous and stable plant management activities performed by official administrations at this area, which in a way reflects the different ways that people living in the city utilized plants during the activities such as production and food storage.