Research On Early Carved Symbols In China

This thesis is focusing on the carved symbols. In this paper, we arranged carved symbols from the neolithic to the Shang Dynasty in China, then studied on them. The carved symbols descriped or painted on pottery, jade, tortoise shell, animal bone, antler, wooden cones, express a certain meaning. It is a living fossil to explore ancient society, is useful to research on the formation of Chinese civilization and characters.There are three parts in this paper. They are the first volume, the second volume and Appendices.In the first volume, we collected carved symbols from the Neolithic age to the late Shang Dynasty published before2013. This volume is divided into four chapters: Chapter one is the introduction, mainly introduces the history of research, reseerarch purpose and significance, clarifies the definition of early carved symbols of China; Chapter two mainly introduces the Neolithic carved symbols; Chapter three mainly introduces the carved symbols inXia and Shang dynasty; Chapter four mainly summarizes the distribution, features of the early carved symbols, and some problems in the researching.In the second volume, we researched on the early carved symbols in China. Chapter one mainly introduces the crietion of carved symbols; Chapter two mainly makes a analysis on carved symbols of Yangshao culture, Dawenkou culture, Daxi culture, Shijiahe culture and Liangzhu culture; Chapter three mainly researches the carved symbols of Shuangdun culture. Chapter four researches the formation of Chinese charaters.The appendix is a beneficial supplement to the text. Appendix one is the Neolithic archaeological culture list, appendix two is the early Chinese symbols list.