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Glossary of Chinese Terms Appendix Glossary of Chinese Terms Anyang Aohan banner (area) Bajia site bi (circular jade objects) Changping Baifu site Chengzishan site Chifeng Chijiaying village Chutoulan village Dadianzi site Daguan mountain Dajing site of Linxi County Damiao village Damohugou Dadongguou ding tripod Dongbajia site Dongmagou site Dongnangou site 243 244 APPENDIX Dongshanzu site dou pedestal Erligang phase Erlitou phase Fanzhangzi site Fengxia site Fuhe culture Fushanzhuang village ge dagger-axe Guangfu Yingzixigou (tributary) gui vessel Gushanzi site Hongshan culture Hongshanhou site Hongtugou Hu people huang (semilunar-shape pendants) Huaxia Hutougou site Jiang clan jue vessel Kalaqin site Kangjiawan village kui dragon Laidaigou stream Laoha river Laotouxigou stream li tripod Liao dynasty Liaoz hongjing Liulihe site Longshan culture Lower Xiajiadian culture Luo River APPENDIX 245 Nanshangen site Ningcheng Niuheliang site Nuluerhu mountain range Pingdingshan site Pingfang site Pingquan Dongnangou site Qidan people Qijia culture Qilaotu mountain range Sanzuodian site (village) Sifangdi site Shanrong people Shi (warrior-nobles of the class) Shuiquan site taotie motif Upper Xiajiadian culture Weiyingzi culture Xiajiadian site Xiaobaiyang site Xiaoheishigou site Xiaoheyan period Xiaojiadi tributary Xiaozhuanshanzi site Xigangou River Xilamulun River Xilugehe River Xindian site Xinglongwa culture Xishangen site Xishantou site Xitai site Xu state Xuchang area 246 APPENDIX Yan state Yaowangmiao site Yinhe River Yingjinhe River Yinjiadian village Yinxu Yueshi culture yun lei (cloud and thunder) Yuxi area Zhaobaogou culture Zhaosuhe River Zhengzhou site Zhizhushan site Zhongyuan (Central Plain) Zhoujiadi site Zhukaigou site Zuojiaying village CHINESE JOURNALS Kaogu Kaogu tongxun Kaogu xuebao Kaogu yu wenwu Liaohai wenwu xuekan Liaoning daxue xuebao Lishi yanjiu Neimenggu wenwu kaogu Wenwu Wenwu ziliao congkan Zhaowuda mengzu shizhuan xuebao Zhiwu taixue yu di zhiwuxue congkan Zhiwu xuebao Zhongyuan wenwu References TITLES IN CHINESE An Jinhuai, 1985, Dui tansuo Xia wenhua de yi xie tihui (Some insights concerning the explo- ration of Xia culture), in: Xia shi luncong, Jiaolu shushe, Jinan, pp. 32-38. An Zhimin, 1954, Tangshan shiguomu ji qi xiangguan de yiwu ( Tangshun stone slab graves and their artifacts), Kuogu xuebuo 7:77-86. An Zhimin, 1981, Zhongguo zaoqi tongqi de jige wenti (Some questions concerning the Chi- nese early bronze age), Kuogu xuebao 3:269-286. Aohanqi bowuguan, 1991, Aohanqi Nantaidi Zhaobaogou wenhua yizhi diaocha (Survey of the Zhaobaogou culture site of Nantaidi at Aohan banner), Neimmggu wenwu kuogu 5:2-10. Aohanqi Dadianzi gongshe lishi yanjiu xiaozu, 1976, Cong Dadianzi dengdi chutu wenwu kan lishi shang de jieji fenhua (The development of social classes according to the excavated materials from Dadianzi and other places), Wenwu 1:79-84. Balinyouqi bowuguan, 1987, Neimenggu Balinyouqi Nasitai yizhi diaocha (Survey at the Na- sitai site, Bulinyou banner, Inner Mongolia), Kuogu 6:507-518. Beijing gangtie xueyuan yejin shizu, 1981, Zhongguo zaoqi tongqi de chubu yanjiu (Prelimi- nary research on the earliest Chinese bronzes), Kuogu xuebuo 3:287-301. Beijingshi wenwu guanlichu, 1976a, Beijing Liulihe Xiajiadian xiacang wenhua muzang (lower Xiajiadian graves from Liulihe, Beijing), Kuogu 1:59-60. Beijingshi wenwu guanlichu, 1976b, Beijing diqu de you yi zhongyao kaogu shouhuo (Another important archaeological discovery in the Beijing area), Kuogu 4:246-258. Beijingshi wenwu guanlichu, 1979, Beijingshi Yanqiangxiang Xibozicong jiaozang tongqi (A bronze artifacts cache from the Xibozi village, Yanqing county Beijing municipality), Kaogu 3:227-230. Beijingshi wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo, 1990, Shinian lai Beijing kaogu de xin chengguo (New ar- chaeological achievements of the last ten years in the Beijing Area), in: Wenwu kaogu gongzuo shinian 1979-89, Wenwu chubanshe, Beijing, pp. 1-13. Du Zhengsheng, 1991, Xiadai kaogu ji qi guojia fazhan de tansuo (Discussion on the archaeol- ogy of Xia dynasty and the development of its state), Kuogu 1:43-56. Fang Dianchun and Liu Baohua, 1984, Liaoning Fuxinxian Hutougou Hongshan wenhua yuqimu de faxian (The discovery of Hongshan grave containing jade artifacts at Hu- tougou, Fuxin county, Liaoning), Wenwu 6:1-5. 247 248 REFERENCES Guo Dashun, 1987, Shilun Weiyingzi leixing (Discussing the Weiyingzi culture), in: Kaoguxue wenhua lunji (Su Bingqi, ed.), Wenwu chubanshe, Beijing, pp. 79-98. Guo Dashun, 1989, Liaoxi guwenhua de xin renshi (New discoveries of ancient cultures in west Liaoning), in: Qingzbu Su Bingqi kaogu wusbiwu nian, Wenwu chubanshe, Bei- jing, pp, 203-215. Guo Dashun, 1993, Liaohai liuyu “beifang shi qingtongqi” de faxian yu yanjiu (The discovering and research of the “northern stile bronze artifacts” at the Liao river basin), Neimenggu wenwu kaogu 1-2:23-28. Guo Dashun and Ma Sha, 1985, Yi Liaohe liuyu wei zhongxin de xinshiqi wenhua (Neolithic cultures in the Liao river valley and its vicinity), Kaogu xuebao 4:417-444. Guo Dashun and Zhang Keju, 1984, Liaoningsheng Kezuoxian Dongshanzui Hongshan wenhua jianzhu qunzhi fajue jianbao (Preliminary excavation report of the Hongshan site at Dong- shanzui of Kezuo County, Liaoning province), Wenwu 11:1-11. Hebei sheng bowuguan, 1977, Hebei Pingquan Dongnangou Xiajiadian shangceng wenhua muzang (The Upper Xiajiadian culture graveyard at Pingquan Dongnangou, Hebei), Kaogu 1:51-55. Hebei sheng wenwu yanjiusuo, 1990, Heibei sheng xinjin shinian de wenwu kaogu gongzuo (Archaeological work of the last ten years at Hebei province), in: Wenwu kaogu gongzuo shinian 1979-89, Wenwu chubanshe, Beijing, pp. 25-36. Henan sheng wenwu yanjiusuo, 1990, Jin shinian Henan wenwu kaogu gongzuo de xin jinzhang (Archaeological developments in the last ten years at Henan province), in: Wenwu kaogu gongzuo shinian 1979-89, Wenwu chubanshe, Beijing, pp. 176-181. Jianpingxian wenhuaguan, Chaoyang dichu bowuguan, 1983, Liaoning Jianpingxian qingtong shidai muzang ji xiangguan yiwu (Bronze age graveyards from Jianping county, Liaoning, and related artifacts), Kaogu 8:679-694. Jin Fengyi, 1991, Jundushan Shanrong wenhua mudi zangzhi yu zhuyao qiwu tezheng (The burial system and characteristic artifacts of the Sbanrong culture cemetery of Jun- dusban), Liaohai wenwu xuekan 1:61-73. Kazuoxian wenhuaguan, 1977, Liaoningsheng Kezuoxian Shanwanzi chutu Yin Zhou qing tongqi (Shang and Zhou bronze vessels found at Sbanwanzi, Kazuo county of Liaoning province), Wenwu 12:23-33. Kong Zhaochen and Du Naiqiu, 1981, Neimenggu zizhiqu ji ge kaogu didian de baofen fenxi zai gu zhibei he qihoushang de yiyi (The climatic implication of the distribution vegeta- tion pollen in some archaeological sites at the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region), Zhiwu taixue yu di zhiwuxue congkan 5(3):195-202. Kong Zhaochen, Du Naiqiu, Liu Guanming, and Yang Hu, 1991, Neimenggu zizhiqu Chifengshi jujin 8000-2400 nian jian huanjing kaogxue de chubu yanjiu (Preliminary environmental archaeology research on the period between 8000-2400 BP in Chifeng, the Inner Monge lia Autonomous Region), Huanjing kaogu yanjiu, Kexue chubanshe, Beijing, pp. 112- 119. Li Gongdu, 1986, Liaoning Lingyuanxian Sanguandianzi Changzishan yizhi shijue baogao (Trial excavation of the Changzisban site of Sanguandianzi, Lingyuan county, Liaoning), Kaogu 6:497-510. Li Gongdu and Gao Meixuan, 1985, Xiajiadian xiacang wenhua ruogan wenti yanjiu (Research of certain questions concerning the Lower Xiajiadian culture), Liaoning daxue xuebao 5:154-161. Li Jinghan, 1980, Shilun Xiajiadian xiaceng wenhua de fenqi he leixing (Discussing the sub- periods and types of the Lower Xiajiadian culture), in: Zhongguo kaoguxuebui di yi ci nianbui lunwenji, Wenwu chubanshe, Beijing, pp. 163-170. Li Yangsong, 1980, Cong Henan Longshan wenhua de ji ge leixing tan Xia wenhua de ruogan wenti (From the types of Henan Longshan culture, discussing some questions concerning REFERENCES 249 the Xia culture), in: Zhongguo kaogu xuehui di yi ci nianbui lunwenji, Wenwu chuban- she, Beijing, pp. 32-49. Li Min, 1985, Yu Gong Ji zhou yu Xia wenhua tansuo (Examining Xia culture and Ji province of Yugong), in: Xia sbi luncong, Jiaolu shushe, Jinan, pp. 39-55. LiWenyi and LiangYulian, 1985, Hebei dongbu quanxinshi wennuanqi zhibei yu huanjing (Veg- etation and the environment of eastern Hebei during the Pleistocene), Zhiwu xuebao 27(6):640-651. Liang Siyung, 1959, Liang Siyung Kaogu Lunwenji (Collection of essays on archaeology by Liang Siyung), Kexue chubanshe, Beijing. Liaoning sheng Zhaowudameng wenwu gongzuozhan, 1973, Ningchengxian Nanshangen de shiguomu (Stone coffin grave of Nanshangen, Ningcbeng county), Kaogu xuebao 2:27-38. 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