Remote Sensing Archaeology Analysis of Liangzhu Culture

摘要

Liangzhu cu lture i s an imp ortant Neolith ic culture located in Taihu Lake and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River which was about 5300-4100 years ago . T he societ y during Liangzhu culture was a mature a nd early social civilization with a perfect management system and level. It's meaningful to study the Lian gzhu cu lture in ord er to tra ce th e s ource of Ch inese civilization. Th e mu ltisource d ata including th e ae rial photographs, sate llite photos, old topogr aphic maps and the documentations about the climate and hydrology were employed to r esearch spatial patter ns and de nsity distr ibution fe ature of Liangzhu culture sites aroun d Taihu Basin by spatial analy st method. Environme ntal c hanges ar ound M ojiaoshan c ould be detected u sing information ext raction. In addition, the funct ion and regional status of Mojiaoshan City was confirmed using site visibility anal ysis. Ac cording to the r esearch, the choi ce of location fo r historical sites has common significant f eatures which were in terpreted as e vidence for th eir 1 ife-style a nd environment. The s ites were al ways locat ed in th e relatively highland where it was convenient to get water and away from the outlet of catchment basins which ensure the safety of people and a n ormal life during the rainys eason and make the threat of flood less. According to the old aerial phot ographs after the image enhancement an d p rocessing, th e tr aces of the r iver diversion could be recogniz ed. Based on the vague traces and historical docu ments, the Dongti aoxi Riverd iverted from eastwest to th e north direction. And this change was related to the ground sub sidence of Taihu Basi n and th e high tide of the Qiantang River, which might contribute to the disappearance of Liangzhu culture. The paper employed multi-discipline research methods, made macro analysis and deeper explanation about the Liangzhu cu lture an d Lian gzhu an cient city which combined archaeology, history, remote se nsing and GIS inste ad of traditional methods of archaeology.