Multi-Spectroscopy Applied to Study on a Late Neolithic Colored Stone from Yuhui Site in Huaihe Basin
WANG Hai-gang1, JIN Zheng-yao1, 3*, XIE Zhi2, FAN An-chuan1, YAN Li-feng1, 3, ZHU Bing-quan4, WANG Ji-huai5
1. Archaeometry Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China 2. National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China 3. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China 4. State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China 5. Institute of Archaeological Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100710, China
Abstract：The unearthing of a large number of red-yellow colored stones in Yuhui Site, Bengbu city, Anhui province of China, which was the only site of Longshan culture appointed by “Origin of the Chinese Civilization Project” in the Huaihe River basin, has drawn a widespread attention in archaeology. The present research was undertaken to examine elements, mineral composition and thermal history of one red-yellow color stone in different positions, classified according to specialized colors, by means of synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), laser Raman spectroscopy (LRS), electron probe micro-analysis ( EPMA ) and thermoluminescence (TL). The results show that the main body of the color stone is limonite with a large amount of quartz inclusion. The yellow substances on the surface layer of the color stone were identified as goethite (α-FeOOH), and the red ones as red ochre (α-Fe2O3+clay+silica). The internal yellow brown substances inside the stone are mainly aphanitic goethite with a number of chromites and manganese dioxide, and also with small quantity of barite and bismuth. And the color stones are without historical firing treatment. These kinds of special polymetallic ores with unique nature and complex geologic history, which were unearthed in the late neolithic site with large numbers, may be closely related to some kind of primitive religious beliefs and special sacrificial practices.
汪海港1，金正耀1, 3*，谢 治2，范安川1，闫立峰1, 3，朱炳泉4，王吉怀5 . 新石器晚期祭祀彩石的多种谱学方法研究 [J]. 光谱学与光谱分析, 2013, 33(09): 2305-2310.
WANG Hai-gang1, JIN Zheng-yao1, 3*, XIE Zhi2, FAN An-chuan1, YAN Li-feng1, 3, ZHU Bing-quan4, WANG Ji-huai5 . Multi-Spectroscopy Applied to Study on a Late Neolithic Colored Stone from Yuhui Site in Huaihe Basin . SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS, 2013, 33(09): 2305-2310.
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