江淮地区中商时期的青铜器

Bronzes of the Middle Shang Dynasty in Jianghuai Area

本文通过系统梳理江淮地区出土的中商时期的青铜器,认为这一地区中商时期的青铜器多体型厚重、装饰繁缛,展现了江淮地区较高的青铜器生产水平;同时在工艺、纹饰和器类上,有着诸多的地方特征。结合相关遗址的考古工作,江淮地区中商时期的青铜器年代应集中于洹北花园庄阶段,一方面反映了盘龙城遗址衰落之后,南方青铜文化中心向北的转移;另一方面影响了之后南方地方青铜文化的兴起,在商代南方青铜文化的变迁过程中处于过渡的位置。

This paper researches the bronzes of the middle Shang Dynasty unearthed in Jianghuai area.Most of the bronzes are thick and heavy in shape,and intricate in decoration,which shows a high level of bronze production in Jianghuai.Meanwhile,many local features in casting techniques,decorations and special usages could be found.According to archaeological activities of relevant sites,it is believed that most middle Shang-Dynasty bronzes from the Jianghuai area are of the same period as the ones from Huanbei-Huayuanzhuang site.On one hand,these bronzes reflect the shift of southern bronze cultural centre to the north after the decline of the Panlongcheng site.On the other hand,they promote the rise of later southern local bronze culture.Therefore,the bronzes should be of the transitional period when the southern bronze culture of the Shang Dynasty was changing.