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Research Of Iron Tools Of The Han Dynasty

Posted on:2011-05-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S X DongFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360332455211Subject:Archaeology and Museology
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Han dynasty is a period that the feudal system further strengthened and developed,as well as the historic period that the farm implements made from iron developed quickly.No matter from material,motivation, category and construction, farm implements made from iron of Han dynasty had breakthrough development,which played an important role in the history of the farm implements in ancient times.It also had great effects on the farm implements of Han dynasty. Iron working heritages, city site, settlement heritages and tombs around the country had vast quantities of iron tools being unearth.This article gathered information about iron tools all over the country and made a rather systematic research on it.Chaper I,the introduction is done at the meaning, aim, theory and method of the subject as well as clarifying the relative definitions in order to elaborate.It is divided form four chapters. Chapterâ…¡writes with the underearth of the iron tools, investigation conditions and situations of the study. Among them,it classifies relics of the underearth iron tools,including facilities for burying, city site, settlement heritages, cellar storages iron working heritages and so on. Analyzing and categorizing situations of the study:comprehensive research of the iron tools, metallurgical technology research of a sort of the agricultural implement or from a region.The third chapter classifies the function of iron tools.It contrasts and arranges of the iron tools which were collected through Typology, going ahead researching of the Han dynasty's iron tools combining Inscription,social backgrounds ang any other artifacts.We can make the development of Han dynasty's iron tools into three periods:the early Western Han Dynasty, the mid-Western Han Emperory to the mid-Northern Han Emperory and the mid to end Northern Han Dynasty. The forth chapter zones the iron tools of the Han Dynasty, combs the iron tools which have regional characteristics and cultural identity. According to the features of the iron tools,it talks over the relative social backgrounds,local customs and situations of agricultural production,as well as the period when regions stationed in remote locations realized using iron tools generally. Chapter VI, makes an analysis and research of the motivation that why iron tools developed so rapidly in western Han Dynast.Meanwhile,it analyzes the causes of the smooth development in the mid to end Northern Han Dynasty.The last section of this chapter parses the Han dynasty's Iron Crown system,it also makes an alphabet conclusion that the economic situation of landownership,social politics andantilogy of this curb end the first to deny have direct relations with the development of the iron tools.In the end, the conclusion part illustrats this article's view point through summarizing the whole article:the cultural characteristics of Han Dynasty's iron tools,namely, diversity In unity,mainly unity.
Keywords/Search Tags:Han Dynasty, Iron tools, Type Analysis, Areal Study, Iron Crown System
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