Geographical distribution characteristics and reasons of bronze unearthed sites

Regional distribution characteristics of bronze unearthed sites: generally distributed in Henan and Xuzhou, distributed in northern China, Inner Mongolia and other places.

The reason for this feature is that bronzes are generally before the Tang Dynasty, which is related to the political center at that time.

From the late Shang Dynasty to the early Western Zhou Dynasty, it was the heyday of bronze ware development, with diverse shapes, rich inscriptions and rich patterns. Subsequently, the bronze matrix began to thin, and the decorative pattern gradually simplified.

From the late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, due to the popularization and use of iron tools, copper tools became less and less. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, with pottery and lacquerware entering daily life, the variety of copper containers decreased, the decoration was simple, mostly plain, and the carcass was light.

Extended data:

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, in addition to the Fan Tao method, the tradition of casting small bronzes and uncomplicated utensils with stone fans in the Xia and Shang Dynasties continued. Because the stone sculpture method can only make some simple tools and weapons bronzes.

So in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the method of casting bronzes in Fan Shi was basically not developed. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, most bronzes were cast by Fan Tao.

Only a few bronzes are cast in stone molds. When we identify this kind of stone-cast bronze wares, we should distinguish them from the pottery-cast bronze wares. For example, bronze wares cast by stone molds have the same phenomenon between modeling and ornamentation.