The Gaoshaji site is situated at Gaotangling town in Wangcheng county, Hunan province, lying on a long narrow sandbar on the western bank of the lower Xiangjiang River, at the river mouth where the Weishui flows into ...The Gaoshaji site is situated at Gaotangling town in Wangcheng county, Hunan province, lying on a long narrow sandbar on the western bank of the lower Xiangjiang River, at the river mouth where the Weishui flows into the Xiangjiang, and occupies an area of 180, 000 sq m. It was excavated twice in 1996 and 1999, which acquired very important archaeological data, including tombs,ash-pits, kiln-sites and numerous bronzes, pottery objects and stone artifacts. The tombs with bronzes are dated to the time from the later early to the earlier middle stage of Western Zhou; those with pottery and other remains can be divided into two phases: the first phase belongs principally to the early Western Zhou, maybe as early as the turn between the Shang and Zhou, while the second phase to the mid Western Zhou. Containing elements of two cultures,the unearthed objects show the character of a mixed culture with the external elements as the main body. The coexistence of Shang and Zhou bronzes with a pottery culture provides an important clue for solving the puzzle of Hunan bronzes in Shang and Zhou times.展开更多
A batch of bronzes was unearthed from the Gaohaji site in Wangcheng,Hunan,With the round ding tripod as the main type,these objects show clear common chronological features and cultural aspect of the Bronze Age,and be...A batch of bronzes was unearthed from the Gaohaji site in Wangcheng,Hunan,With the round ding tripod as the main type,these objects show clear common chronological features and cultural aspect of the Bronze Age,and belong th the final stage of the Shang period.In either the way of burial or typological ,chronological and cultural aspects they differ from the Shang bronzes discovered in the Xiangjiang River valley with Ningxiang as the center,The author analyzes the background of the birth and development of the bronze culture in the Xiangjiang valley as well as the bronzes from Hubei Qichun.On this basis he comes to the conclusion that the Gaoshaji bronzes may have been spread from the Central Plains in the late Shang,Thedicovery provides a scale for studying the Shang and Zhou bronzes from Hunan and brings some inspiration to our studies.展开更多
文摘The Gaoshaji site is situated at Gaotangling town in Wangcheng county, Hunan province, lying on a long narrow sandbar on the western bank of the lower Xiangjiang River, at the river mouth where the Weishui flows into the Xiangjiang, and occupies an area of 180, 000 sq m. It was excavated twice in 1996 and 1999, which acquired very important archaeological data, including tombs,ash-pits, kiln-sites and numerous bronzes, pottery objects and stone artifacts. The tombs with bronzes are dated to the time from the later early to the earlier middle stage of Western Zhou; those with pottery and other remains can be divided into two phases: the first phase belongs principally to the early Western Zhou, maybe as early as the turn between the Shang and Zhou, while the second phase to the mid Western Zhou. Containing elements of two cultures,the unearthed objects show the character of a mixed culture with the external elements as the main body. The coexistence of Shang and Zhou bronzes with a pottery culture provides an important clue for solving the puzzle of Hunan bronzes in Shang and Zhou times.
文摘A batch of bronzes was unearthed from the Gaohaji site in Wangcheng,Hunan,With the round ding tripod as the main type,these objects show clear common chronological features and cultural aspect of the Bronze Age,and belong th the final stage of the Shang period.In either the way of burial or typological ,chronological and cultural aspects they differ from the Shang bronzes discovered in the Xiangjiang River valley with Ningxiang as the center,The author analyzes the background of the birth and development of the bronze culture in the Xiangjiang valley as well as the bronzes from Hubei Qichun.On this basis he comes to the conclusion that the Gaoshaji bronzes may have been spread from the Central Plains in the late Shang,Thedicovery provides a scale for studying the Shang and Zhou bronzes from Hunan and brings some inspiration to our studies.
