Researches On The Archaeological Culture And Ethnicity Of Bronze Age In The Region Of Gansu & Qinghai

The research object of this paper is the archaeological relics which traced back to the Bronze Age in the region of Gansu&Qinghai. The paper consists of three parts: Prolegomenon: Introduce the natural and geographic environment in the region of Gansu&Qinghai. Then, summarize on the archaeological findings about the Bronze Age and the brief archaeological fruitions in these years.The main body of this paper consists of three chapters:Chapter one is the marking of historical epochs and typical archaeological and cultural relics. First, Introduce the sub region standard and basis on the archaeology. At the same time, Give a brief introduction to the sub region research. Finally, Divide the region of Gansu&Qinghai into four cultural districts:Ⅰ(Hehuang valley cultural district);Ⅱ(Longxi-Longnan plateau cultural district);Ⅲ(Hexi Corridor culture district);Ⅳ(Qaidam Basin culture district). And then, Sort these eight typical Gansu &Qinghai archaeological cultural relics according to their own identity. Besides, Emphatically point out their distribution, culture identity and period types.Chapter two is the analysis on the culture origins and tribe attribution.Analysis centers on the culture origins and tribe attribution of Qijia, Siba, Xindian, Cayo, Siwa, Sajing, Nuomuhong and Tangwangshi. In addition to Qijia and Siba culture, others are less influenced by the Majiayao culture, they are more strongly influenced by Qijia culture. In other words, they directly root in the Qijia culture. Based on that, the paper combs the relationship of ancient nations such as Di, Qiang and Rong. The author briefly narrates the historical thread formed regarding the Qiang-Rong culture. Adopting the archaeology, ethnology, documents study and suspend the anthropology data, the paper studies the origin of peoples of eight archaeological culture and finally constructs these culture belong to Qiang or Qiang-Rong culture system.Chapter three is mainly about the archaeological information dated to Bronze Age in Gansu&Qinghai region. Based on both the division of absolute age in archaeology and relative age in history, time series can be divided into three stages. The author also analyzes the development and process of economic formation in archaeological culture relics of Bronze Age .And then there is a comprehensive analysis the way of culture spread, characteristic and cause. Based on this analysis, the author propose approximate spread pattern of archaeological culture.The author summarized the main points and results in the peroration.