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A Research On The Skeletons Of The Medium And Small Tombs From Yinxu Site, Anyang City, Henan Province

Posted on:2011-08-30Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:H B YuanFull Text:PDF
GTID:1115360305453859Subject:Archaeology and Museology
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Yinxu site is the capital of the late Shang dynasty three thousands years ago, which is located in the northwest of Huan river in Anyang City, Henan Province. It is in the heart of the Central Plains civilization, this area is one of the most important cradles of ancient Chinese civilization. This area is the central area of the Chinese nation, in which Han nationality is as the main body of the multi-national unity. This area not only gives birth to the Han nationality and its predecessor– Huaxia nationality, but also continues to attract a lot of nations of surrounding areas. It is all due to its special geographical location, which becomes political, military, economic and cultural center in the dynasties of past ages. Because of long-term integration of the nations and cultural collisions and the exchange of genes, multiple integration of the Chinese nation can gradually develop and expand. We research racial type of ancient resident. It can help us to understand its special role in the history. It is important for us to understand Chinese nationality, especially the historical process of Han nationality.There are eight chapters in this dissertation.It is based on research which is about human skeletons excavated from the Dasikong site and north Liujiazhuang site in Yinxu,Anyang city,Henan province. The research methods includ skeleton measurement,ethnology,pathology and statistics.ChapterⅠExordiumThis chapter gives a brief introduction of the natural geographical location of Anyang and Yinxu site,and gives a brief description of the geographical and historical background of the Dasikong site and north Liujiazhuang site in Yinxu. The purpose and explanation theory of the paper was explained.ChapterⅡA Study on the Population of Ancient Residents on the Medium and small tombs from Yinxu siteThis chapter is according to the research of archaeology,demology and biology,which makes a synthetical study about the proportion of the gender and the structure of age,the reason of the average obituary age and the average life span difference between male and female.ChapterⅢA Research on Ancient Human limb from the Medium and small tombs from Yinxu siteIn this part,we examined the bones of skeletons excavated from the Middle-small graveyard from Yinxu,the morphological features of Yinxu group shows that the status of this Shang population is dignity. The result of average stature of the male inhabitants was very short,and the average stature of the female inhabitants was very tall.ChapterⅣThe research on paleopathology of Ancient Human from the Medium and small tombs from Yinxu siteThis chapter makes a meticulous observation of the skeletons of ancient residents in Yinxu,which describes the hurt of the skeletons,the disease of the skeletons and the abnormality of the skeletons,and makes a statistic about the familiar disease.ChapterⅤThe study of non-metrical and metrical morphology of Ancient Human from the Medium and small tombs from Yinxu siteThe skulls of Yinxu graveyard are observed and gauged,the results of non-metrical morphological features of Yinxu crania show that the racial type of the Shang dynasty residents in Anyang belongs to Asian Mongoloid.the results of metrical morphological features of Yinxu crania show that the racial type is closely related to the modern East Asiatic Mongoloids, and some physical characteristics of these skulls are closer to the modern Fushun population,the modern North China population or the modern South China population。ChapterⅥThe correlative study on the racial type about the residents in Shang dynasty from the Medium and small tombs from Yinxu siteIn this chapter,the author researches the racial type of the ancient groups in the middle and lower Yellow River valley,and points out the course of racial distribution in this region. The residents in Shang dynasty from the Middle-small graveyard from Yinxu should had two parts,most people may belong to the Ancient Central Plateau Type and the subsection people may belong to the Ancient Northeast China Type. Most people in Yinxu should be the aborigines and the subsection people had closer relation with the residents of the Ancient Northeast China Type. They maybe came from the north area in north china.ChapterⅦThe racial distribution of the ancient population in the middle and lower Yellow River valleyThis chapter uses the correlative research of archaeology and history,which makes a summarized discussion about the ancient population in the middle and lower Yellow River valley,and points out the course of racial geographical distribution in this region.ChapterⅧConclusionIt makes a summarized discussion about the whole seven chapters.
Keywords/Search Tags:Yinxu, the Medium and small tombs from Yinxu site, Shang dynasty, skeleton, Physical anthropology, Ancient Central Plateau Type, Ancient Northeast China Type
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