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| Scientific Studies of Bronze Artifacts Unearthed from Runlou Cemetery |
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Received:November 20, 2015
Revised:November 27, 2015
Accepted:November 30, 2015
Published Online:April 18, 2016
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| DOI：doi：10.3969/j.issn.1007-7545.2016.05.018 |
| KeyWord:Runlou cemetery; Late Shang Dynasty; bronze artifacts; scientific study |
| Author | Institution |
| Liu Qun |
河南省驻马店市文物考古管理所 |
| Xiao Mengya |
北京科技大学科技史与文化遗产研究院 |
| Mei Jianjun |
北京科技大学科技史与文化遗产研究院 |
| Chen Kunlong |
北京科技大学科技史与文化遗产研究院 |
| Zhang Hua |
河南省驻马店市文物考古管理所 |
| CHEN Jianli |
北京大学考古文博学院,;北京大学考古文博学院 |
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| Abstract: |
| Runlou cemetery, in Zhengyang County, Henan Province, of late Shang dynasty period is an important cemetery in Southern territory of Shang dynasty. Bronze artifacts unearthed here are similar with those unearthed from Yinxu site. It is significant to study spreading way of bronze technology and transforming path of raw material in Late Shang Dynasty through investigation on manufacture technoloty and raw material. The microstructure and composition of bronze artifacts unearthed from Runlou cemetery were investigated by SEM-EDS. The results indicate that bronze vessels of Runlou cemetery have high content of tin, moreover, the highly radioactive lead isotope shows that bronze artifacts of Runlou has the same characteristics with those unearthed from several sites in late Shang dynasty. |
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