摘要
通过动物考古学研究可知,目前中国最早的家猪出自河北武安磁山遗址,河南偃师商城祭祀使用的猪、牛和羊,可能与"太牢"、"少牢"有关,战国时拉车的马无阉割。最晚到公元前74年,驴和双峰驼传到西安一带,而日本的一些狗来自中国。
Through archaeozoological studies the criterion of domesticated pig identification has been established, and the pigs' remains from the Cishan site in Wu' an, Hebei, dating from about 8000 BP can be taken as the earliest domesticated pig specimen. In the sacrificial activities of the Shang city at Yanshi, Henan, pigs, cattle and sheep varying in age were used as offerings, which must have had some relationship with the records on 'Tai Lao' (太牢) and 'Shao Lao' (少牢) in oracle-bone inscriptions. Con- cerning horses, there has so far been no evidence on the use of gelded horses for drawing in the Warring States period; but in the Qin period, geldings were used for drawing everywhere. The Han period inherited this practice. At the latest by the year of 74 BC, domesticated donkeys and double-humped camels had been spread to the Xi' an area; and the source of Japanese domesticated dogs can be traced to China.
出处
《考古》
CSSCI
北大核心
2004年第7期54-59,i010,i011,i012,共9页
Archaeology
基金
国家自然科学基金(批准号:40343021)
关键词
动物考古学
家猪
祭祀动物
文化史
archaeolozoology
recent discoveries
recent advances
