湖南桑植朱家台汉代铁器铸造作坊遗址发掘报告

EXCAVATIONS OF IRONS-CASTING WORKSHOP SITES OF THE HAN PERIOD AT ZHUJIATAI, SANGZHI COUNTY, HU'NAN

为配合基本建设工程，张家界市文物工作队会同桑植县文物管理所，从1992年5月至1995年8月，先后在朱家台朱家大田和水电局菜园田发掘了两处汉代铁器铸造作坊遗址，获得了一批铸造炉具和铁器。

On the western bank of the Lishui River, near ancient Chongxian County, there are several irons-casting workshop sites, with iron objects scattered around. The unearthed artifacts from the two excavated sites include workshop tools such as furnace implements, crucibles and molds, other tools of production, weapons and daily utensils. It can be concluded that these workshops might have been runned by the Chongxian County government of the Han Dynasty. Archaeological data demonstrate that the Sangzhi area was a district where the Pu people inhabited. By the Han Dynasty, they formed into the Pu nationality with the population increased rapidly, iron objects spread widely and agriculture developed greatly. To strengthen their domination over this minority nationality, the Han court established Chongxian County near the seat of present-day Sangzhi County. They built irons-casting workshops to manufacture weapons and agricultural tools. The unearthed irons show strong ethnical characteristics and local style, and provide reliable material data for further exploring the seat of ancient Chongxian County and researching into the origin of the Tujia nationality. They are significant to studying politics, economy, military affairs and folklore of the Han period in the upper valley of the Lishui River.