The Research On Settlement Archaeology Of Han Dynasty In The Coastal Region Of Southeastern Shandong And Northern Jiangsu Province

Settlement Archaeology, whose significance is widely accepted, has already become an important branch of Chinese Archaeology Nowadays. There are abundant research in respect of Chinese social complexity, and regional cultural evolution, based on the analysis of settlement archaeology and full-coverage survey. However, less research has been done about the macro analysis of settlement pattern of Han Dynasty in a restricted region, especially the settlement relating to the basic political organization of Han Dynasty featured by Xian, Xiang, and Li. This paper plans to do a primary analysis of settlement pattern of Han Dynasty in Southeastern Shandong and Northern Jiangsu, using the materials of archaeological survey, historical documents, and excavated documents. The aim of this paper is to rank the political organization of different Han-dynastic settlements, and explore the settlement sizes of basic political organizations in different levels such as Xian, Xiang, and Li.The paper is composed of five parts.The first part is an introduction, including research background, the reason why choose this topic, research period and region, research method.The second part is the first chapter, which could be divided into three sections. The former two sections are mainly about the review of archaeological work in Southeastern Shandong. The third section is the organization and analysis of Han-dynastic settlements, and its conclusion is the settlement pattern is greatly influenced by political factors. The settlements have already ranked to different political levels. The multi-political organization system has been established.The third part is the second chapter, concerning the basic political organization in historical documents and archaeological findings. This part explores the composition, and pattern of local political organization. The Han state established political control system from Jun, Xian, Xiang to Li. Among them, Xian, Xiang, and Li are most significant parts. The political organization of Xian level named Xian, Yi, Houguo, Dao, and so on. All of them were built with city, whereas Xiang was not. Li could be divided into Li in the city and Li in the countryside. The latter emphasized its role of political management, and the design inside was not organized enough.The fourth part is the third chapter, which discusses the nature of different Han-dynastic settlements. According to the population and size of Donghai Jun in the excavated documents, the paper argues the size of different sites varies greatly which could be influenced by the political factor. The size of settlement is not equal to its political ranking. This is also best illustrated by the survey in Donghai and Ganyu. In the end, based on the materials in historical documents, excavated documents, current archaeological work, and previous research, the paper explores the nature of Han-dynastic settlements in different levels, and provides a rough range of settlement size for basic political organization in different levels.The fifth part is the conclusion. This part summarizes the main viewpoints of this paper, and points out its potential drawbacks.