Archaeobotanical Research on the Neolithic Cultures of the Lower Yangtse Region.

从2003年夏天到2005年冬天，我们对中国长江下游地区新石器时代遗址的考古植物相关遗骸进行了深入的调查。研究的主要遗址有萧山县阔湖桥、余姚县天罗山、余汉县边家山和诸暨县尖山湾。调查工作包括考古记录、植物鉴定和物理分析。项目的主要成果可以总结如下：1.项目的主要成果。对各个时期的木器工业进行了粗略的重构。木器类型与树种之间的对应关系已得到阐明。在夸虎桥遗址发现了中国最古老的漆器。红外光谱分析证实了这一点。画上的颜料被证明是氧化铁。我们对尖山湾遗址的20多个篮子标本进行了研究，并对这一时期的篮子技术进行了初步分类。通过对天罗山遗址土壤样品的硅藻分析，重建了低热期前后海平面的波动变化。通过对天罗山遗址钻孔样的植物岩分析，估算了稻田面积

We have carried out thorough investigations into archaeobotany-related remains from Neolithic sites of the Lower Yangtse Region, China from the summer of 2003 through to the winter of 2005. The major sites researched are Kuahuqiao, Xiaoshan County, Tianluoshan, Yuyao County, Bianjiashan, Yuhan County and Jianshanwan, Zhuji County. The investigations consist of archaeological recording, botanical identification and physical analyses. The main results of the project can be summed up as follows,1.Rough reconstruction of wooden artifact industry of each period has been established.2.Correspondence between wooden artifact types and tree species has been elucidated.3.The oldest lacquer ware in China has been found from Kuahuqiao site. It was confirmed by infrared spectrum analysis. And the pigment used on it proved to be iron oxide.4.We have examined more than twenty basketry specimens from Jianshanwan site and proposed a tentative classification of basketry techniques of the period.5.Undulatory changes of sea levels around the hypsithemal period have been reconstructed by diatom analysis of the soil samples from Tianluoshan site.6.The areas of rice paddy has been estimated through phytolith analysis of boring samples at Tianluoshan site