塔布敖包冶铜遗址初步考察

Primary Investigation on Tabuaobao Smelting Site in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Region of China

介绍内蒙古自治区赤峰市巴林右旗塔布敖包夏家店上层文化冶炼遗址的初步考查和物品检测结果。调查发现炉渣、炉壁、矿石、鼓风管、石器、陶片等大量遗迹遗物 ,但未发现采矿遗迹 ,表明该遗址是单纯的冶炼遗址。检测发现铜、锡、砷等元素共生矿石 ,炉渣中发现大量由铜锡砷银等元素组成的合金颗粒。检测结果及遗址位于地势险要的临河山坡、地近林西大井古铜矿冶遗址的事实表明 ,该遗址是大井铜矿产出矿石的另一冶炼场所。该遗址所出鼓风管形制较为原始 ,表明其年代可能较早。

The investigation and relic determination results for Tabuaobao ancient smelting site belonged to the Upper Xiajiadian Culture in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Region of China are described. The large amount of ruins such as slag cakes, ore sample, pottery pieces, stone tools, furnace wall fragments and tuyere are found, but there is no mining ruin, the facts indicate that this site is just only smelting relic. The ore samples are examined to be the oxide ore contained copper, arsenic and tin, with the characteristics of the ores from Dajing Mine, and the alloy prills consisted of copper, tin and arsenic are found in the slag. It is implied that this site is the another smelting spot of the ore mined out of Dajing Mine by the determination results and relic site location where is near Dajing mining and smelting relic, and situated at the hillside with strategic terrain just before the river. The date of Tabuaobao site is relative early since the tuyere found there is simpler than that unearthed from Dajing site.