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The Study On The Dongdazhangzi Cemetery In Jianchang, Liaoning Province

Posted on:2018-04-22Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:P ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330515459370Subject:Archaeology
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Dongdazhangzi cemetery is located in the west of Liaoning Province,Daling River upstream.Since its discovery in 1999,the cemetery has been well known by scholars at home and abroad.Today,archaeologists have excavated a total of 47 tombs,numbered M1?M47.The arrangement and pattern of the graves and the funerary objects contain both the intense indigenous elements and the strong influence of the southern Yan culture.The focus of this theses is the era of the cemetery and the cultural factors evolution of the cemetery and the reason why the Yan State established junxian in here.First of all,this theses based on the existing excavation materials of the Dongdazhangzi cemetery to sort and analysis the typical artifacts unearthed in the tombs in variety and style.Because of the common coexistence of bronze weapons and living pottery unearthed in the tombs,this theses divides the typical tombs in the cemetery into seven groups based on the relative typical combination interaction of the tombs and gives the logical order for group 1 to 7.According to the difference of objects patterns among the groups,this theses combines the seven groups into 4 parts.On the basis of the periodical characteristics of the bronze and pottery unearthed in the 4 parts tombs,this theses infers respectively the era of the 4 parts are:late Spring and Autumn Period,early Warring States period,middle Warring States period and late Warring States period.Secondly,based on the typical tombs stage,this theses uses the cultural factor analysis method to distinguish and identify the different cultural factors included in the cemetery.Then this theses through the introduced quantity concept and infers that the cemetery belongs to the local one military tribe with the Linghe culture as the background.In view of the changed situation of the cultural factors from different periods,the mid-late Warring States period is the key to the transformation of the cemetery cultural nature.Before this,the tribe had been penetrated by the southern Yan culture,but its influence is more toward the upper class.After the mid-late Warring States period,Yan culture's influence became more and more intense on the tribe and its scope had spread to the ordinary people.To the late Warring States period the Yan culture went into this area and became the local mainstream culture.Finally,in the light of the relevant historical and geographical knowledge,this theses is questioned about the popular view that Yanguoyoubeipingjunzhi is in the Wuzhong or in the Baodiqincheng.Dongdazhangzi area is located in the stick is located in the Yanguoyoubeipingjun,and its location is extremely important.The periphery of this area is similar with the Yanguoyouchengdu(Yuangtaizi,Zhaoyang),and exists a great deal of Warring States relics.And the Dongdazhangzi cemetery's era spans from the late Spring and Autumn period to the late Warring States period,the key point of the transformed cultural nature was just the time that Yan State entered massively into the Northeast.The specification of tomb M40 and M47 is higher than the Yanliaodongjunzhixiangping(today Liaoyang)periphery tombs,and also the master identity of tomb M40 and M47 is more honorable.So this theses speculates that Yanguoyoubeipingjunzhi is near the Dongdazhangzi.
Keywords/Search Tags:dongdazhangzi cemetery, era, cultural factors, yan culture, youbeipingjunzhi
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