An important military city of the Early Western Zhou Dynasty:Archaeobotanical evidence from the Chenzhuang site,Gaoqing,Shandong Province
An important military city of the Early Western Zhou Dynasty:Archaeobotanical evidence from the Chenzhuang site,Gaoqing,Shandong Province出 版 物:《Science Bulletin》 (科学通报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2012年第Z1期
页 面:255-262页
学科分类:0601[历史学-考古学] 060107[历史学-文化遗产与博物馆] 06[历史学] 060109[历史学-专门考古]
基 金:supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41072135) the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05130603-B) the Special Natural Science Project of Independent Innovation Foundation,Shandong University (2009JC24)
主 题:Early Western Zhou Dynasty military city Chenzhuang site archaeobotanic evidence carbonized sweet clover seeds
摘 要:In ancient Chinese history,the Western Zhou Dynasty has long been renowned for having expanded its control and territory into many other ***,historical documents and archaeological records of this period are limited;thus the early history of the Western Zhou Dynasty s operation in eastern China and its establishment of the Qi and Lu states have been *** discovery of the Chenzhuang city site in Gaoqing County,Shandong Province,with chariot-horse pits,an altar and bronze vessels with inscriptions,adds a new line of evidence for studying the history of this ***,with no direct evidence,the nature of the city site is *** remains,especially a large number of sweet clover seeds,recovered from this site by systematic archaeobotanical methods provide an important source of information for research into the site s *** that modern sweet clover is superior fodder for horses and the sweet clover seeds from the Chenzhuang site coexist with chariot-horse pits and horse remains,it is suggested these sweet clover seeds might represent the fodder of battle *** suggestion supports the opinion of those who believe the Chenzhuang city site was once an important military city of the Western Zhou Dynasty in eastern China.