Study On Xirong Cultural Cemetery In The Spring And Autumn Period And Warring States Period

The Xirong ethnic group in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was located in the western edge of the central plains dynasty,which was the confrontation zone between the agressive grassland culture and the farming culture in the hinterland of east Asia,and it was an important area for the interaction between agriculture and nomadic culture and the research on the nomadic culture in the north of China.This paper studies the social structure and identity identification of xirong in the spring and autumn period and warring states period by means of clustering of mathematical statistics,factor analysis and spatial situation analysis,so as to observe the interaction between the Xirong cultural population and the steppe nomadic culture and the central plain culture,which mainly from the perspective of tomb research.The structure of this paper is as follows:The first chapter is the introduction,which introduces the records of Xirong inhistorical documents and the archaeological materials.In the first chapter I sort out the archaeological research results and development process of xirong culture,and find out the existing problems.Chapter two is about the period and regional distribution of Xirong Culture.Based on the changes of sites and relics,the period and area of the remains of Xirong are divided.All the remains can be divided into five regions,the early,middle and late periods.The early Spring and Autumn Period(8th century BC to mid-6th century BC);The middle period is from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the middle Warring States Period(from the late 6th century BC to the first 4 centuries BC).The late period is from the late Warring States Period to the Qin(from the late 4th century BC to the middle and late 3rd century BC).Chapter three is social structure analysis of Xirong cemetery.The author will select four scientific excavated sites from the cultural distribution center region that can provide complete burial information--Yanglang Mazhuang cemetery,Zhaitouhe cemetery,Dunping cemetery and Majiayuan cemetery for case analysis.After that,quantifing the data,and speculating the identity of tomb owners and social differentiation through cluster analysis.The social structure reflected by the Xirong cemetery developed from early to late,and there existed regional differences.This regional difference is reflected not only in the complexity of society,but also in the objects that indicate the level of burial.The fourth chapter,Xirong group identity analysis.The author divides the burial into three stages:early,middle and late,quantifies the components of the burial,and observes the correlation of variables through factor analysis.This chapter analyzes the distribution of the interior spatial layout and the position of relics in typical tombs,discusses the evolution and meaning of Xirong Culture.The author try to explains the symbols of ethnic identity of Xirong group and the social background of symbols formation and change.The social tradition in the early to middle period has been inherited in a continuous way.With the enhancement of social stratification,the symbols that reflect identity have become more clear,and the different cultural features of different regions also have the characteristics of coexistence.In the late period,The Xirong cemetery show a completely different cultural representation.The people with higher social status were no longer monopolized by the military class,while the aristocracy possessed absolute wealth,power and social status.The military group may have been weakened or incorporated into the aristocracy,no longer highlighting its military identity.The way that the central plains government ruled the Xirong tribes from the top to the bottom,especially the conquest,occupation and limo of Xirong by the Qin and Jin dynasties,was the historical background of the change.