Results of ICP-AES analysis of 6 bronze sheets from Songjia cemetery, China

Six thin Chinese bronze chariot accessory sheets from Songjia cemetery of Shaanxi Province were dated to the late Western Zhou Dynasty (9th to 8th centuries BCE) and analysed for their elemental composition and motif techniques. The objects were cold worked and annealed with embossed motifs and carved lines. This is the only case of cold working and annealing with embossed motifs and carved lines in China; these techniques may have come from or been influenced by other cultures. These findings are important for revealing the development of the cold working, annealing techniques and relevant motif techniques in China.

六片薄型中国青铜车马器片，出自陕西省商洛市商鞅陵园，其年代可追溯至西周晚期（公元前9至8世纪），经过元素组成和纹饰技术分析。这些器物经过冷加工与退火处理，并装饰有凸纹和雕刻线条。这在中国是唯一一例采用冷加工与退火处理结合凸纹与雕刻线条的案例；这些技术可能源自或受到其他文化的启发。这些发现对于揭示中国冷加工、退火技术及其相关纹饰技术的发展历程具有重要意义。