In March through June 2010, new coring and excavations were conducted to the Daxinzhuang Site in Jinan City , by which a new cemetery from the later stage of the early phase of the Shang Dynasty to the later phase of ...In March through June 2010, new coring and excavations were conducted to the Daxinzhuang Site in Jinan City , by which a new cemetery from the later stage of the early phase of the Shang Dynasty to the later phase of the Shang Dynasty was recovered. Among the excavated tombs, Tomb No. 139 is the largest one: it is an earthen shaft tomb with tiers around the bottom, on which human victims were found. The burial furniture was one coffin and one outer coffin, beneath which waist pit was recovered. Plenty of grave goods were unearthed from this tomb, including large-sized bronzes, jades and stone implements. The scale, burial furniture, human victims and grave goods of this tomb all reflected that Tomb No. 139 was a rare high-ranked elite tomb of the Erligang Period.展开更多
The Daxinzhuang site in Jinan City contains mainly remains of the Shang culture. In March 2003,inscribed oracle bones of that time were unearthed from there. Among them the largest- sized is a turtle abdomical shell c...The Daxinzhuang site in Jinan City contains mainly remains of the Shang culture. In March 2003,inscribed oracle bones of that time were unearthed from there. Among them the largest- sized is a turtle abdomical shell consisting of four parts. It is carefully retouched,and bears circular and subelliptic hollows and firing traces for divination. The deciphered characters total 31, and the inscriptions are all oracular, with the positive and negative versions of the divining question occurring on the left and right respectively. Studies suggest that the oracular inscriptions from Daxinzhuang belong to the same system as those from the Yin Ruins, though a few characters show features of their own in composition. They should be dated to the time between the second and third phases d the Yin Ruins. As the first batch of Shang oracle-bone inscriptions unearthed beyond the Yin Ruins,they have great value and significance in the studies of oracle bones.展开更多
文摘In March through June 2010, new coring and excavations were conducted to the Daxinzhuang Site in Jinan City , by which a new cemetery from the later stage of the early phase of the Shang Dynasty to the later phase of the Shang Dynasty was recovered. Among the excavated tombs, Tomb No. 139 is the largest one: it is an earthen shaft tomb with tiers around the bottom, on which human victims were found. The burial furniture was one coffin and one outer coffin, beneath which waist pit was recovered. Plenty of grave goods were unearthed from this tomb, including large-sized bronzes, jades and stone implements. The scale, burial furniture, human victims and grave goods of this tomb all reflected that Tomb No. 139 was a rare high-ranked elite tomb of the Erligang Period.
文摘The Daxinzhuang site in Jinan City contains mainly remains of the Shang culture. In March 2003,inscribed oracle bones of that time were unearthed from there. Among them the largest- sized is a turtle abdomical shell consisting of four parts. It is carefully retouched,and bears circular and subelliptic hollows and firing traces for divination. The deciphered characters total 31, and the inscriptions are all oracular, with the positive and negative versions of the divining question occurring on the left and right respectively. Studies suggest that the oracular inscriptions from Daxinzhuang belong to the same system as those from the Yin Ruins, though a few characters show features of their own in composition. They should be dated to the time between the second and third phases d the Yin Ruins. As the first batch of Shang oracle-bone inscriptions unearthed beyond the Yin Ruins,they have great value and significance in the studies of oracle bones.
