Scientific Exploration of Jade Artifacts From the Dawenkou Culture
Unearthed at the Jiaojia Site, Shandong, China
WANG Qiang1, WANG Fen1*, GU Xian-zi2, 3*, ZHENG Xin-yu2, BIAN Rong-wei1, DENG Zi-xu3
1. School of Archaeology, Shandong University，Jinan 250000, China
2. Shanghai Mesuem, Shanghai 200003, China
3. School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
Abstract：The Jiaojia site in Zhangqiu, Shandong Province, was one of the “National Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries” in 2017, featuring a large number of jade artifacts dating from the middle to late Da Wenkou culture. In this study, 85 representative samples excavated from the Jiaojia site were analyzed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (p-XRF). The results show that there are seven kinds of materials used: tremolite, serpentine, turquoise, mica jade, marble, talc, and silicomalachite, and the material combinations are relatively consistent in each archaeological cultural section, and tremolite jade accounts for a relatively small proportion of the material; the tremolite jade used is of the marble type, and the characteristics of the Sr content do not match with the known Meiling jade from Liyang in Jiangsu Province, which may have come from Hebei, Liaodong, and other places; the serpentine jade used can be seen as both marble-type and ultrabasic rock type, which are multi-origin sources, and part of the ultramafic serpentine jade is consistent with the characteristics of Shandong “Taishan Jade”, so it is a nearby material; Jiaojia site used turquoise for a long time. Considering that there is no turquoise mine in Shandong and the results of archaeological research, we speculate that the turquoise raw material may originate from the eastern part of the Qinling Mountains. It is assumed that the acquisition of turquoise raw materials resulted from material and cultural exchanges. In conclusion, this study makes up for the lack of scientific research on jade materials in Dawenkou culture, confirms the ability of the Haidai region in prehistory to obtain scarce resources represented by jade, and is of great historical significance for a complete understanding of the level of productivity development and regional exchanges in the Dawenkou culture period.
王 强，王 芬，谷娴子，郑昕雨，边荣伟，邓子旭. 山东焦家遗址出土大汶口文化玉器的科技分析[J]. 光谱学与光谱分析, 2025, 45(06): 1693-1699.
WANG Qiang, WANG Fen, GU Xian-zi, ZHENG Xin-yu, BIAN Rong-wei, DENG Zi-xu. Scientific Exploration of Jade Artifacts From the Dawenkou Culture
Unearthed at the Jiaojia Site, Shandong, China. SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS, 2025, 45(06): 1693-1699.
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