Ceramic Chronological And Typological Restudies Of Western Zhou In The Shandong Region

The Issue of ceramic chronological research is the basic part in archeology and foundation of general archaeological research .Because of the limited Western Zhou archaeological data in Shandong province, some basal research can not achieve great breakthrough, such as ceramic Chronological research. Anyway, ceramic Chronological research of Western Zhou in Shandong province still is not resolved. This thesis is based on collecting all presently available archeology materials about Western Zhou Dynasty in Shandong province and drawing up some study results at home and abroad. With the latest archeology findings, this paper discusses the issue of ceramic chronological research about Western Zhou Dynasty in Shandong Province.It is divided into four parts.In Part I ,we present the history of the archeology research on Western Zhou Culture in this area. The theory and methods of settlement patterns are mentioned in this part.In Part II ,This paper deals with the age of major sites and burial of Western Zhou in Shandong province .Base on the previous studies results,, this article will divide the whole Shandong province into four parts, which are southwest of Shandong province, north of Shandong province, Shandong Peninsula and southeast of Shandong province. Then attention is paid to regional research which study age of major sites and burial of Western Zhou in the four areas.In Part III,The author studies the typology of major pottery form Shandong province in Western Zhou , then conclude the age of pottery according to combination of earthenware. The pottery, in general, can be divided into four segments, that is initial stage of Western Zhou, early stage of Western Zhou, mid-term of Western Zhou and late Western Zhou.In part IV,Based on the typology and the age of major pottery, this paper will try to find out the ceramic character in the four areas of Shandong province.