Early bronze in two Holocene archaeological sites in Gansu, NW China

被引：55

作者：

Dodson, John ^{[1
]}

Li, Xiaoqiang ^{[2
]}

Ji, Ming ^{[2
]}

Zhao, Keliang ^{[2
]}

Zhou, Xinying ^{[2
]}

Levchenko, Vladimir ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Australian Nucl Sci & Technol Org, Inst Environm Res, Menai, NSW 2234, Australia

[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710075, Shaanxi, Peoples R China

来源：

QUATERNARY RESEARCH | 2009年 / 72卷 / 03期

关键词：

Bronze Age; China; Gansu; Isotopes; Geochemistry; NEUTRON-ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; COPPER; LEAD;

D O I：

10.1016/j.yqres.2009.07.004

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

Understanding of the origin and development of bronze technology in eastern Asia remains unresolved Here we report oil the distribution of copper and associated cations in sediments from Huoshiliang in northwestern Gansu, China, strontium and lead isotope analyses of ore and slag samples, and some artifact fragments at archaeological sites at Ganggangwa and Huoshiliang in the Black Rivet valley We conclude that bronze production began perhaps as early as 2135 BC and that the Baishantang modern mine site at Dingxin was a possible Source of copper ore There was at least one other, but Currently unidentified, Source of ore The Bronze Age people were also farmers and planted cereals such as wheat, and they may have abandoned the region when wood was exhausted and desertification took over (C) 2009 University of Washington Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

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页码：309 / 314

页数：6

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