A Study Of Bone Implements From Neolithic To Bronze Age In The North Of Songnen Area

Bone implements played an important role in the production and life of prehistoric times.With the development of archaeological technology,bone implement materials in Songnen region have been published in recent years,providing valuable information for bone implements research in Northeast China.Based on the archaeological and monograph data from Neolithic to Bronze Age in the north of Songnen area,with regard to the space and time range,the use of bone implements,the topic of bone fragments and arrowheads,material selection and production,as well as the economic and cultural types carry on discussing and analyzing.On the basis of combing the research results,this paper systematically studies the Neolithic to Bronze Age bone implements in the northern Songnen region.Firstly,the space range,from north to south,from west to east,from En River,Songhua River and Mudanjiang River to sort out the unearthed condition of bone implements in each ancient ruin,and make statistics on the types and quantities of bone implements.The second part is the classification research,which is divided into Neolithic Age and Bronze Age according to the time sequence,and the bone implements are divided into four categories according to their uses:production tools,living utensils,decoration and other use categories shall be sorted out and corrected in the era of use;Thirdly,we will carry out a special research on related issues and discuss the use of bone fragments from two aspects of decoration and perforation.This paper discusses the diversity,morphological changes and burial quantity of bone arrowheads from two aspects: arrowheads collar and arrowhead body.From the aspects of material selection and fabrication of bone instruments,the fabrication methods and technological progress are analyzed.Though the use and livelihood of bone implements are obtained the change of economic and cultural types from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.The research of bone implements from Neolithic to Bronze Age in the northern Songnen region is a meaningful topic.It can provide a good reference for supplementing the lack of classification of bone implements in this area,discussing the status of tomb owners,and analyzing economic and cultural types.