陕西岐山孔头沟遗址铸铜作坊发掘简报

Brief Report on the Excavation of Copper Casting Workshop at Kongtougou Site in Qishan County,Shaanxi Province

岐山孔头沟遗址铸铜作坊从西周中期持续到西周晚期,作坊内发现陶窑、陶范等大量铸铜相关遗存,及以陶器为主的非铸铜遗物。出土陶范种类丰富,包括容器、乐器、车马器、兵器、工具等几大类,纹饰以窃曲纹、瓦纹、波带纹、重环纹等最为常见。作坊产品主要是锡青铜,且以铸造为主,所用铜料包括纯铜、粗铜和废旧铜器。

The bronze foundry at the site of Kongtougou in Qishan county dates to the middle and late Western Zhou period. There are plenty of bronze related remains, such as kilns and mould fragments, and non-bronze relat-ed remains, mainly are potteries. The moulds unearthed included containers, instruments, chariot fittings, weapons and instruments. The ornamentation of moulds consists of the improvished-curve pattern, tile pattern, wave band pattern,double rings pattern, etc. The main products of this foundry were tin bronzes, all formed by casting. And pure cop-per, blister copper and bronze scraps were probably brought to the foundry site as raw materials.