論夏家店上層文化在東北亞靑銅文化中的重要地位 = A Study on the Position of the Upper Xiajiadian Culture of the Bronze Age Culture in Northeast Asia

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The upper Xiajiadian culture was the most developed culture of the Bronze Age in Northeast Asia. It was chronologically between the Shang Zhou period and the early Warring States Period(11 B.C.~7 B.C.). The culture had its own developed industry of the metallurgical casting of bronze ware. In this relation, some kinds of wares and animal patterns the culture initially had influenced the bronze age culture of its eastern neighbor. While, other kinds of wares were introduced to Northeast Asia and even the Korean peninsular via the upper Xiajiadian culture. Geographically, the upper Xiajiadian culture covered a crossed region of farming and stock raising. Inhabitants of the region made frequent exchanges with agricultural peoples in the southeastern and eastern regions of Asia. They also maintained close relations with people of the early nomadic culture who resided in the northern and western regions of the continent. Those inhabitants lived in a settlement while they engaged in agricultural production by using farm instruments. Stock raising and hunting were also important parts of the residents` economic life. Certain weapons, harnesses and animal patterns were unique characteristics of the upper class culture. They indicate that the culture was in a germinal state of the earlier nomadic civilization. The upper Xiajiadian culture developed foreign exchanges very actively when they were in prosperity. Through the exchanges, the class absorbed key elements of bronze age cultures of its neighbors. It also directly or indirectly affected such cultures of other neighboring regions. In conclusion, it is clear that the upper Xiajiadian culture had a very important position in the late Bronze Age of Northeast Asia or the Eurasian plain.