摘要
Cremation was one of the age-old burial customs and generally consisted in burning corpses in bonfires.In the Neolithic Age,cremation was popular in many ethnic groups of the world.The present paper discusses the form and date of the tombs of cremation excavated in China.Combining the results of this analysis with related ethnographic material,the model of characters in oracle-bone in-scriptions and literary records,the author ascertains that the cremation reflected in the Zongri site was related to that of the Qiang ethnic group and may have been the continuity and variation of the latter.
Cremation was one of the age-old burial customs and generally consisted in burning
corpses in bonfires. In the Neolithic Age, cremation was popular in many ethnic groups of the world. The present paper discusses the form and date of the tombs of cremation excavated in China. Combining the results of this analysis with related ethnographic material, the model of characters in oracle-bone inscriptions and literary records, the author ascertains that the cremation reflected in the Zongri site was related to that of the Qiang ethnic group and may have been the continuity and variation of the latter.
出处
《考古》
CSSCI
北大核心
2002年第11期50-59,共10页
Archaeology
关键词
宗日遗址
火葬墓
羌族
Zongri site tombs of cremation Qiang ethnic group
