Technological choices and functional adaptations of late Neolithic pottery from Pingtan Island in southeastern China: Evidence from petrological analysis of ceramic artifacts at the Guishan site

IF 0.9 2区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI:10.1016/j.ara.2025.100624

Mingjie Zhu , Wei Ge , Zelin Yang , Yunming Huang , Hesheng Zhai , Changfu Wei , Xiaoyang Wang , Xuechun Fan

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This paper presents integrated petrographic and SEM-EDS analyses of Late Neolithic pottery from the Guishan site (c. 4000–3200 cal. BP) on Pingtan Island, southeastern China, a key area for investigating coastal societies relevant to Austronesian origins. The results indicate that the tempers of rock fragments in the body composition of the Guishan site ceramics exhibit distinct local characteristics, suggesting that these pottery items were likely produced locally. The sand-tempered pottery and organic-tempered pottery assemblages analyzed in this study differ significantly from the impressed hard pottery and proto-porcelain in terms of raw material selection, production methods, and firing techniques. This indicates the presence of two distinct technological systems in pottery craftsmanship among the ancestors at the Guishan site. Furthermore, based on the observed differences in pottery inclusions and production techniques, it is inferred that sand-tempered and organic-tempered pottery were primarily used for cooking, while impressed hard pottery and proto-porcelain were mainly used for serving and storage purposes. This adaptation of different types of pottery to their respective functions reflects the progressive utilization of pottery materials by the ancestors at the Guishan site.

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中国东南部平潭岛新石器时代晚期陶器的技术选择和功能适应：来自桂山遗址陶瓷制品岩石学分析的证据

本文对平潭岛龟山遗址（约4000-3200 cal. BP）新石器时代晚期陶器的岩石学和SEM-EDS进行了综合分析。平潭岛是研究与南岛起源相关的沿海社会的关键地区。结果表明，龟山遗址陶瓷体组成中岩石碎片的脾气表现出明显的地方特征，表明这些陶器很可能是当地生产的。本研究分析的砂质回火陶器和有机回火陶器组合在原料选择、制作方法和烧制技术方面与印染硬陶和原始瓷器有显著差异。这表明在龟山遗址的祖先中存在两种截然不同的陶器工艺系统。此外，根据观察到的陶器内含物和制作技术的差异，可以推断砂质和有机回火陶器主要用于烹饪，而压痕硬陶和原始瓷器主要用于服务和储存目的。不同类型的陶器对各自功能的适应反映了桂山遗址祖先对陶器材料的逐步利用。

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Archaeological Research in Asia ARCHAEOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Archaeological Research in Asia presents high quality scholarly research conducted in between the Bosporus and the Pacific on a broad range of archaeological subjects of importance to audiences across Asia and around the world. The journal covers the traditional components of archaeology: placing events and patterns in time and space; analysis of past lifeways; and explanations for cultural processes and change. To this end, the publication will highlight theoretical and methodological advances in studying the past, present new data, and detail patterns that reshape our understanding of it. Archaeological Research in Asia publishes work on the full temporal range of archaeological inquiry from the earliest human presence in Asia with a special emphasis on time periods under-represented in other venues. Journal contributions are of three kinds: articles, case reports and short communications. Full length articles should present synthetic treatments, novel analyses, or theoretical approaches to unresolved issues. Case reports present basic data on subjects that are of broad interest because they represent key sites, sequences, and subjects that figure prominently, or should figure prominently, in how scholars both inside and outside Asia understand the archaeology of cultural and biological change through time. Short communications present new findings (e.g., radiocarbon dates) that are important to the extent that they reaffirm or change the way scholars in Asia and around the world think about Asian cultural or biological history.