安徽何郢遗址植物残体切割形态与脱粒农具的关系

摘要

石器和植物残体的相关研究证明,脱粒板曾大规模应用于近东地区。为探索古代中国或远东是否也曾使用过这种工具或类似工具,本研究对何郢遗址植物残体形态进行了研究,结果表明中国商周遗址存在切割形态植物残体的证据,以此推测类似脱粒板的农具在商周时期曾被使用。无疑,这一发现对我国古代农作物的脱粒加工方式具有重要的启示,可望深化我国农业考古的探索。%Related studies of stone tools and cutting patterns on plant residues has indicated that the bladed threshing sledge was used on a large scale in the Near East.However,up to now,there has been no evidence that either threshing-boards or threshing-sledges were used in China or anywhere the Far East.As described in this paper,cutting patterns on plant residues found at the Heying site provide first evidence that the bladed threshing sledges may have been used in China as far back as the Shang-Zhou period of China.This discovery has important implications with reard to threshing and processing methods used for ancient crops and for development of agricultural archaeology in China.