A Preliminary Study On Plant Remains Unearthed From Han Tombs In Lingnan Area

In 214 BC,Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified Lingnan and set up Guilin County,Nanhai County and Xiang County.Due to the war at the end of Qin Dynasty,Zhao Tuo established the State of Nanyue in Lingnan.In the sixth year of Yuan Ding,Emperor Wudi of Han Dynasty conquered the Southern Yue State and unified Lingnan once again.On the basis of the original three counties,the administrative divisions were re-divided and nine counties were established.Since then,Lingnan was officially incorporated into the unified territory of China.So far,Lingnan area still has relatively rich Han Dynasty remains,many Han tombs unearthed plant remains.Through sorting out and analyzing the plant remains unearthed from Han tombs in Lingnan area,this paper discusses three issues of agriculture form,funeral culture and diet culture in Lingnan of Han Dynasty.The text is divided into the following seven parts.The introduction part mainly explains the reason and significance of the topic,the research status,the definition of related concepts and the research method.The first chapter mainly collates the general situation of plant remains unearthed from Han tombs in Lingnan area,and divides them into Guangxi region and Guangdong region according to the unearthed situation.The second chapter mainly classifies the plant remains unearthed from Han tombs in Lingnan area,and also includes the general situation of the plant remains unearthed from tombs in Lingbei area in the same period,which can be divided into seven categories,namely,cereal crops,tubers,legumes,melons and fruits,hemp crops,condiments and medicines,with cereal crops and melons and fruits being the most unearthed.The third chapter mainly analyzes the storage of plant remains unearthed from Han tombs in Lingnan area.According to its material,it can be divided into 4 categories,which are pottery storage,copper storage,bamboo storage and silk storage.The fourth chapter mainly discusses the agricultural form of Lingnan in Han Dynasty.According to the species of Lingnan plant remains,it can be inferred that there were three agricultural forms in Lingnan at that time,namely rice farming,dry farming and garden farming.In rice farming,rice varieties are divided into japonica rice and indica rice,and the main cultivation is in paddy fields.At this time,iron agricultural tools were imported into agricultural production activities,and there is no evidence that iron can be produced in Lingnan.In dry farming,millet was cultivated in the late Neolithic Age,and the population influx in the Qin and Han Dynasties promoted the rapid development of dry farming.In garden agriculture,the establishment of official positions and the transplantation of Lingnan plants contributed to its rapid development.The fifth chapter sorted out the location of the plant remains unearthed in the Han tombs in Lingnan area to explore the development and evolution of the sacrificial rites in the Han Dynasty,analyzed the burial customs in the Han tombs,and summarized the characteristics of the plant burial customs in the Lingnan.The sixth chapter analyzes the diet and medicine culture of Lingnan region in Han Dynasty according to the plant remains unearthed in Han Dynasty tombs,mainly embodied in the use of staple food,rich fruits,condiments and medicine.