Preliminary Provenance Research on Chinese Neolithic Pottery: Huating (Xinyi County) and Three Yellow River Valley Sites

Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) was applied to sherds from the important site of Huating and, for comparison, several Neolithic sites in the valley of the Yellow River. We hoped to compare the compositions of two stylistically different ceramics found at Huating, and to evaluate the...

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Published in:Archaeometry 2001-01, Vol.43 (1), p.35-47
Main Authors: Xu, Anwu, Wang, Changsui, Chi, Jinqi, Li, Mingchuan, Zhang, Maosen, Holmes, L., Harbottle, G., Koshimizu, S., Manabu, K., Koichi, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
China
Chinese pottery
Dawenkou Culture
INAA
Liangzhu Culture
multivariate statistical analysis
Neolithic sites
petrography
Prehistory and protohistory
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Summary:Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) was applied to sherds from the important site of Huating and, for comparison, several Neolithic sites in the valley of the Yellow River. We hoped to compare the compositions of two stylistically different ceramics found at Huating, and to evaluate the degree of compositional clustering and inter‐site resolution that could be expected in an area that is noted for its extensive, and possibly very homogeneous, loess deposits. In addition, pottery sherds from Huating have been examined by microscopic petrography. All of these results will provide needed input in the planning of research towards the formation of a Neolithic/Shang Dynasty ceramic database for future use in archaeological research in China.
ISSN:0003-813X
1475-4754
DOI:10.1111/1475-4754.00003