Northeast China And North China Herringbone Research

The zigzag pattern refers to some kind of continuous "zigzag" concave decoration pattern on the surface of the pottery. For the classification of the decoration system, this paper made a new attempt. That is to be "named after its motif. Therefore, by definition, the zigzag pattern actually is a classification based on its motif and styles.The zigzag pattern mainly prevailed in the middle and late Neolithic Age, and widely distributed in cultural relics over Northeast China and North China, even more wider range. Extending over a relatively long time and wide distribution, the zigzag pattern showed considerable consistency in the form of motif, and at the same time, showed some differences in the specific styles. Its in-depth study has very important significance and role in understanding of the this pattern itself, the connotation of cultural relics and the relationship between cultures which contained the zigzag pattern pottery.The zigzag pattern characteristics include two aspects, namely the features of the pattern itself and the pattern collocation styles on the surface of pottery. The features of the pattern itself can be divided into three levels, namely the line, motif and style. These three levels, each with some specific characteristics, include four principal aspects:dotter or full line, making method, straight or arc segment, style trend. With the experimental means, the relationships between tool blade features and the zigzag pattern characteristics were found. On the pattern collocation styles, first of all, this paper focused on that the zigzag pattern was made on what pottery types, rather than specific differences in the shape change. Next, taking the flat-bottomed cylindrical tank for example (with which the zigzag pattern is most closely related), the pattern collocation styles were divided into15classes in6categories.Based on the concentration of distribution of the typical sites, the zigzag pattern cultural relics in Northeast China and North China were roughly divided into A-E six districts, involving dozens of archaeological cultures. With other materials of the investigation, through systematically study of the zigzag pattern characteristics of different cultures, different regions and different stages of the same region, the author made a generation, including the existence of two major region, two stages and two intuitive phenomena. On this basis, the article made a comprehensive analysis of generation, development, change and the spread of the zigzag pattern, and introduced "the Xing Longwa culture zigzag pattern on cylindrical tank tradition in western Liao Xi area". Meanwhile, through the research of the zigzag pattern, this paper also focused on cultural phenomenon of the zigzag pattern relics, and try to generalize a specific theoretical point of view on the underlying cause of relics phenomena, such as "edge-type fission". Finally, on the basis of research of the zigzag pattern remains in Northeast China and North China, as well as domestic and foreign other parts of the Archaeological Remains, this paper put forward a proposition,"the crescent-shaped distribution with zigzag pattern pottery centering on western Liao Xi area". Northeast China and North China is located in the middle part of this crescent (ie., core zone), and western Liao Xi area happens to be the center of the core zone. The south wing of the crescent has been extending toward the southwest along the southeast coast of China or offshore areas inland, and the north wing has reached the distant Siberian inland in Russia through the Hei Longjiang River valley.