Birch bark tar ornaments: identification of 2000-year-old beads and bracelets in southwest China

doi:10.1007/s12520-023-01886-2

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	Birch bark tar ornaments: identification of 2000-year-old beads and bracelets in southwest China
	Ren, Meng 1; Yang, Yong 2; Rao, Huiyun 3; Gu, An 1; Lei, Yong 1; Yang, Yimin 4
	2023-12-01
发表期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1866-9557
卷号	15 期号:12 页码:14
通讯作者	Yang, Yimin(yiminyang@ucas.ac.cn)
摘要	Birch bark tar is one of the oldest man-made organic materials, which was most commonly served as adhesives in ancient Eurasia, but little is known about its usage in personal ornaments. In this study, we present the earliest direct evidence for the specific use of birch bark tar in the production of ornaments through chemical investigation (including FTIR, GC/MS, and Py-GC/MS) and imaging examination (including SEM and micro-CT). The chemical and microscopic analyses indicate that some beads and bracelets unearthed from a public cemetery (the Dayuanzi site) of an ancient state or tribe (Xinan Yi) on the eastern Yunnan plateau in southwest China dated to approximately 475 BCE-8 CE were exclusively made with birch bark tar. These ornaments represent a unique cultural phenomenon among ethnic groups in this region, which may contribute to a better understanding of plant exploitation and the related birch bark culture among different cultural groups and their interrelationships in the past.
关键词	Birch bark tar Biomarkers Beads Bracelets Organic residue analysis Dayuanzi Cemetery
DOI	10.1007/s12520-023-01886-2
关键词[WOS]	IRON-AGE ; POTTERY ; MIDDLE ; SITE ; ORIGINS ; CAVE ; WOOD
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	We thank Dr. Gen Li at The Palace Museum for his help in SEM-EDS analysis; Xueyan Zhang and Han Gao at The Palace Museum for their contributions in CT analysis; and Jiaoyang Li at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Chinese Academ
项目资助者	We thank Dr. Gen Li at The Palace Museum for his help in SEM-EDS analysis; Xueyan Zhang and Han Gao at The Palace Museum for their contributions in CT analysis; and Jiaoyang Li at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Chinese Academ
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001102386800001
出版者	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/23083
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Yang, Yimin
作者单位	1.Palace Museum, Dept Conservat Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Social Sci, Inst Archaeol, Beijing 110710, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ren, Meng,Yang, Yong,Rao, Huiyun,et al. Birch bark tar ornaments: identification of 2000-year-old beads and bracelets in southwest China[J]. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,2023,15(12):14.
APA	Ren, Meng,Yang, Yong,Rao, Huiyun,Gu, An,Lei, Yong,&Yang, Yimin.(2023).Birch bark tar ornaments: identification of 2000-year-old beads and bracelets in southwest China.ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,15(12),14.
MLA	Ren, Meng,et al."Birch bark tar ornaments: identification of 2000-year-old beads and bracelets in southwest China".ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 15.12(2023):14.