Study On The Reform Of Yangshao Culture Pottery Sherds

The reforming of pottery sherd refers to the secondary processing of pottery fragments(beating or grinding)to make them into reusable tools.Modified pottery sherd wares are intentionally made by people.It is not just a purely technical utensil manufacturing,but involves people’s living habits,behavioral and even social,political and economic relations.It is a cultural phenomenon.From the published data,reprocessed pottery sherd wares first appeared in the middle of the Neolithic Age,and some cultural relics in the northern region of China,the Yellow River Basin and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River appeared in different numbers and types of pottery-sliced utensils.In the late Neolithic Age,the phenomenon of the reforming of pottery in Yangshao Cultural Area was the most prosperous.The phenomenon of pottery reshaping is a common cultural characteristic of people of Yangshao Culture.Guanzhong area and the western Henan and southern Shanxi region are the core areas of the distribution of Yangshao Culture,and there is continuous communication with the peripheral areas of Yangshao Culture.After sorting out and classifying the remanufactured pottery utensils found in the site,it was found that the core area of Yangshao Culture was the center of the distribution of pottery remanufactured artifacts.By comparing the distribution characteristics of pottery pieces made from pottery pieces in different regions,we try to provide a proof for the study of the cultural changes in the core area of Yangshao Culture and the regional type relationship between it and the peripheral cultural areas.Round pottery sherds and pottery knives are the typical utensils of modified pottery sherd wares.Vertically,there is an alternative relationship between the two.In the third phase of Yangshao Culture,the number and distribution of pottery knives exceeded the round pottery sherds.During this period,the Miaodigou type replaced the Banpo type and became the dominant type of Yangshao Culture.From several aspects such as the number,frequency of excavation and types of pottery pieces tools,we can see the degree of acceptance of pottery pieces tools in the peripheral area of Yangshao Culture.After comparison,the Ganqing area and the northern area have more number of pottery flake conversion artifacts,rich types,high frequency of excavation,and have different development from the central area according to their own situation.However,the remodeled pottery utensils in the central Henan area,the northern and southern Hebei areas,and the southwestern Henan and northwestern Hubei areas are far less than the Ganqing area in terms of quantity and unearthed frequency with northern regions.Therefore,from the point of view of the acceptance of modified pottery sherd tools,the Ganqing and northern regions have been close to the core area of Yangshao Culture from the beginning,and have higher cultural homogeneity,while other regions have not accepted the concept of using modified pottery sherd tools since the beginning,and have a more distant relationship with the core area,and their own cultural characteristics are clearer.