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DOI	10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.038
	Technology and complexities of the Inner Asian frontier reflected in crossbow bolts
	Park, Jang-Sik; Honeychurch, William; Chunag, Amartuvshin; Ganbaatar, Galdan; Byambatseren, Batdalai
通讯作者	Park, JS (corresponding author), Hongik Univ, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Jochiwon 30016, Sejong, South Korea.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
ISSN	2352-409X
出版年	2017
卷号	14 页码:591-602
英文摘要	The Inner Asian frontier along the Gobi Desert was an arena for competition between the Xiongnu (ca. 209 BCE-100/150 CE) and Han (206 BCE-220 CE) empires. A number of crossbow bolts from two military outposts there were examined to infer technological and political environments of this region. The analytical results reveal evidence of an established bolt-manufacturing technology based on the Cu-Sn-Pb system typical of the Han dynasty. It was also found that alloys within a specific composition range were most frequently selected as a preferred material. In many cases, however, the tin and lead contents were significantly away from this standard formula. Moreover, the dependency on non-standard methods showed notable variation between the outposts under consideration. The above results demonstrate that these sites shared in a common tradition based on a Han dynasty standardized model, but differed significantly in the implementation of these standards. The non-standard technologies likely represented manufacturing away from well-supplied production centers and reflected shifting frontier environments that often imposed restrictions on transport, communications, and access to material or technological resources. The occurrence of such alloys, therefore, may be indicative of the nature of supporting systems available to these peripheral sites. This observation suggests that crossbow bolts might serve as a medium for clarifying complex and dynamic border situations in terms of supply chains, interaction networks, and political affiliations.
英文关键词	Mongolia Xiongnu Han dynasty Frontier Crossbow Bronze technology
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000415616700055
WOS关键词	ORGANIZATION
WOS类目	Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/361814
作者单位	[Park, Jang-Sik] Hongik Univ, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Jochiwon 30016, Sejong, South Korea; [Honeychurch, William] Yale Univ, Dept Anthropol, New Haven, CT 06520 USA; [Chunag, Amartuvshin; Ganbaatar, Galdan; Byambatseren, Batdalai] Mongolian Acad Sci, Inst Hist & Archaeol, Ulaanbaatar 51, Mongolia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Park, Jang-Sik,Honeychurch, William,Chunag, Amartuvshin,et al. Technology and complexities of the Inner Asian frontier reflected in crossbow bolts[J],2017,14:591-602.
APA	Park, Jang-Sik,Honeychurch, William,Chunag, Amartuvshin,Ganbaatar, Galdan,&Byambatseren, Batdalai.(2017).Technology and complexities of the Inner Asian frontier reflected in crossbow bolts.JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS,14,591-602.
MLA	Park, Jang-Sik,et al."Technology and complexities of the Inner Asian frontier reflected in crossbow bolts".JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS 14(2017):591-602.