The excavation of Tongmuling zinc-smelting site in Guiyang County, Hunan Province
Abstract
In 2016, the Tongmuling metallurgical site was excavated, by which the multi-metal smelting remains centered by zinc-smelting ones were recovered, including zinc-smelting furnaces, calcining platforms, house foundations, storage cellars, mud-kneading pits, refining stoves, etc., and associated house foundations, from which smelting implements such as retorts, condensers, condensing bags, condensing bag lids, refining pots, cushions and iron rods, as well as utensils for daily use were unearthed. This site is the best-preserved zinc-smelting site found to date in China having the clearest structure and functions and yielding the richest artifacts, which is very meaningful for the researches on the arrangements, functions and smelting techniques of the zinc-production sites of ancient China.
Postscript
The original report published in Kaogu 考古 (Archaeology) 2018.6:51–69 with 69 illustrations is authored by Linheng Mo 莫林恒, Jianli Chen 陈建立, Shengqiang Luo 罗胜强, Ya Xiao 肖亚, Zhiqiang Zhao 赵志强, Wenli Zhou 周文丽 and Xing Huang 黄兴. This abridged version is prepared by the authors and translated into English by Xiaoyuan Yan 颜小缘.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- New archaeological discoveries
- The Nanshan Site in Mingxi County, Fujian
- The Jiaojia Site of the Neolithic Age in Zhangqiu District, Jinan
- The Gujun Site of the Eastern Zhou Period in Xingtang County, Hebei
- The Changbai Mountain god temple site of the Jin Dynasty in Antu County, Jilin
- Reports
- Excavation of the Jiahu Site in Wuyang County, Henan in 2013
- The excavation of the tomb M1017 at Dahekou Cemetery of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Yicheng, Shanxi
- The excavation of water well J3 at the Ancient City Site of the Zhu State in Zoucheng City, Shandong Province in 2017
- Two Han tombs at Tushantun Cemetery in Qingdao, Shandong
- The excavation of Yelü Hongli’s tomb in Beizhen City, Liaoning
- The excavation of Tongmuling zinc-smelting site in Guiyang County, Hunan Province
- Archaeological survey and excavation of the Mingtepa Site in Andijan Region, Uzbekistan
- Research
- A study on the cinnabar-bottomed burials of the early Bronze Age
- The restoration of the chariots of the Warring-States Period in Majiayuan, Gansu (continued) – the designing and making skills of chariots and modifying and designing ideas of oxcarts
- On white marble half-lotus meditation statues carved in Wuding Era of the Eastern Wei Dynasty
- Rethinking the origins of animal domestication in China
