试论斯基泰文化中的鍑型器

Cauldrons in Scythian Culture

鍑型器在斯基泰文化中十分常见。按考古类型学的方法,可将它们分为不同的类型。通过与欧亚大陆各地区相关器物的比较发现,斯基泰文化中的鍑型器可能源自中国北方。鍑型器传入后,斯基泰人族群融合当地与外来文化因素,发明创造出更多的新的鍑型器类型,其中有些甚至回传至斯基泰鍑的滥觞之地--中国北方。

Cauldrons are very common in Scythian culture. According to the method of archaeological typology, they can be divided into different types. Through comparison with related artifacts which come from different areas of Eurasia, it can be found that the Scythian cauldrons may originate from Northern China. After introduced the cauldron, the Scythians integrated local and foreign cultural factors, and invented more new types, some of them even came back to Northern China.