The implication of the metallurgical traditions associated with Chinese style wagons from the royal Xiongnu tomb at Golmod 2 in Mongolia
- Authors
- Park, Jang-Sik; Erdenebaatar, Diimaajav; Eregzen, Gelegdorj
- Issue Date
- Oct-2018
- Publisher
- SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
- Keywords
- Mongolia; Xiongnu; Chinese style wagons; Metallurgical traditions; Dependency
- Citation
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v.10, no.7, pp.1535 - 1546
- Journal Title
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 1535
- End Page
- 1546
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/3182
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12520-017-0476-7
- ISSN
- 1866-9557
- Abstract
- Lavishly decorated wagons excavated from royal Xiongnu burials are generally regarded as tribute items from China offered to Xiongnu elites, symbolizing important political and economic interactions between the Xiongnu state (209 BC-155 AD) and the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). This theory views such vehicles as having no relation to indigenous Xiongnu craftsmanship. Furthermore, specialized products delivered to the northern nomadic peoples from the Han state are often cited in support of the notion of Xiongnu dependency on foreign states for technological and political development. Expecting to find evidence of China's traditional iron and bronze technology, we examined a number of key metallic components of these wagons excavated from the royal Xiongnu burial at Golmod 2 in central Mongolia, radiocarbon dated to 109 BC-AD 75. Surprisingly, the iron metallurgy in question was based primarily on the bloomery process while low tin bronze and arsenical copper alloys dominated the pertinent bronze production. These respective technological traditions are typical of Xiongnu manufacture but significantly different from traditional Han metallurgy. We interpret this evidence as suggesting the need for a more balanced evaluation of foreign influence on the rise and development of the Xiongnu state.
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