生物考古所见两周时期官庄聚落的人群与社会

本文从生物考古视角探讨官庄聚落两周时期的人群与社会状况.官庄聚落农业经济较为发达,农田管理和农业生产水平较高,手工业经济较为兴盛,存在多种类的手工业作坊.聚落内社会等级分化明显,人群构成较为复杂,这些社会状况都在人群食物结构上有所反映.贵族阶层具有最高的δ15N值,食用较多的肉食资源;平民阶层δ15N值都偏低,显示较低...

Population and society in Guanzhuang settlement during Zhou Dynasty based on bioarchaeological perspective

This paper aims to investigate the population and society in Guanzhuang settlement during Zhou Dynasty in the core area of Central Plains based on bioarchaeological perspective. Crop cultivation and livestock were flourishing. Cropland management and agricultural production were at a higher level. Bone manufacture became specialized and was conducted in a certain workshop. Social stratification existed in Guanzhuang settlement and composition of residents was complex. These social conditions affected the population diet in Guanzhuang settlement. The nobility had higher δ ¹⁵N value and ate more meat compared with civilians with lower δ ¹⁵N value. Civilians with different burial customs had differences in the diet: People with extended supine burial relied on C₄ food, but people with flexed burial ate more C₃ food. Some people with flexed burail even ate rice which was not cultivated in Guanzhuang settlement. This situation indicates that people with flexed burial had high mobility and may be external population. Complexity in population structure was related to the social and political turbulence during the late Western Zhou Dynasty to early Spring and Autumn Period.