The rise of the cosmetic industry in ancient China: Insights from a 2700-year-old face cream

doi:10.1111/arcm.12659

IVPP-IR > 中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）

	The rise of the cosmetic industry in ancient China: Insights from a 2700-year-old face cream
	Han, B.1; Chong, J.2; Sun, Z.2; Jiang, X.3; Xiao, Q.1; Zech, J.4; Roberts, P.4; Rao, H.5; Yang, Y.1,4
	2021-02-22
发表期刊	ARCHAEOMETRY
ISSN	0003-813X
页码	17
通讯作者	Yang, Y.(yiminyang@ucas.ac.cn)
摘要	Cosmetics have a long history in China, but their origins remain unclear. Cosmetic industry potentially originated in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 bce), but little is known about the early manufacture and use of cosmetics. The Liujiawa site, located on the southern edge of the Loess Plateau in northern China, was the late capital of the ancient Rui state in the early to mid-Spring and Autumn Period. During the excavation, a sealed small and exquisite container with suspected cosmetic use was unearthed from tomb M49 belonging to a male associated with the aristocratic class. We report in this paper the multidisciplinary application of ATR-FTIR, XRD, SEM, stable isotope analysis, GC-MS and GC-C-IRMS analysis of the residue inside the container, demonstrating that the residue, which was made of ruminant adipose fat mixed with monohydrocalcite from cave moonmilk, was likely used as cosmetic face cream by the nobleman of the Rui state. This study provides an early example of cosmetic production in China, and, together with the prevalence of similar cosmetic containers during this period, it suggests the rise of an incipient cosmetics industry. Furthermore, the exploitation of moonmilk, a special stalactite in some limestone caves, reflects the link between early Taoist School and cosmetic production encouraged by the aristocratic class.
关键词	ruminant adipose fat monohydrocalcite stalactite face cream Taoist School
DOI	10.1111/arcm.12659
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42072217] ; National Social Science Fund of China[20] ; National Social Science Fund of China[ZD253] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[2013281]
项目资助者	Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Social Science Fund of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
WOS研究方向	Archaeology ; Chemistry ; Geology
WOS类目	Archaeology ; Chemistry, Analytical ; Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000620376200001
出版者	WILEY
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/18695
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Yang, Y.
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Humanities, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Shaanxi Acad Archaeol, Xian 710054, Peoples R China 3.Peking Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 4.Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist, Dept Archaeol, D-07745 Jena, Germany 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Han, B.,Chong, J.,Sun, Z.,et al. The rise of the cosmetic industry in ancient China: Insights from a 2700-year-old face cream[J]. ARCHAEOMETRY,2021:17.
APA	Han, B..,Chong, J..,Sun, Z..,Jiang, X..,Xiao, Q..,...&Yang, Y..(2021).The rise of the cosmetic industry in ancient China: Insights from a 2700-year-old face cream.ARCHAEOMETRY,17.
MLA	Han, B.,et al."The rise of the cosmetic industry in ancient China: Insights from a 2700-year-old face cream".ARCHAEOMETRY (2021):17.