二里头遗址陶器产地的初步研究

利用电感耦合等离子体发射光谱(ICP-AES)等方法测定二里头遗址的一批陶器样品，对其主量和微量元素作了聚类和因子分析．结合XRD分析，发现二里头遗址不同发掘区域的陶器各自聚为一类，且同一出土单位的陶片尚能聚为同一亚类．这一结果表明，各个区域的出土陶器应由专用陶窑供应．由此推测，二里头遗址的不同区域聚居着不同家族或氏族，并拥有各自的制陶作坊．

A Preliminary Study on the Provenance of Potteries from Erlitou Site

Erlitou site was believed the ruined capital of either late Xia or early Shang dynasty in ancient China. It is relevant to take information by means of scientific methods from the pottery now that it accounts for a major part of the unearthed artifacts. Test on 63 pottery samples of their major and trace elements from the site indicated that the potteries could be divided into groups respectively of the excavation sections. The most distinctive cases were the pieces from the same ash pits clustered compactly. XRD observation showed a similar trend. These examples suggested that the provenance of potteries from different sections varied from one to the other. This might be an indication that in ancient times the people in Erlitou area had clustered kindred, and different clans managed their own pottery workshops and kilns.