Hung Hsiao-Chun, Iizuka Yoshiyuki, Bellwood Peter, Nguyen Kim Dung, Bellina Bérénice, Silapanth Praon, Dizon Eusebio, Santiago Rey, Datan Ipoi, Manton Jonathan H
Departments of Archaeology and Natural History and Information Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Dec 11;104(50):19745-50. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707304104. Epub 2007 Nov 29.
We have used electron probe microanalysis to examine Southeast Asian nephrite (jade) artifacts, many archeologically excavated, dating from 3000 B.C. through the first millennium A.D. The research has revealed the existence of one of the most extensive sea-based trade networks of a single geological material in the prehistoric world. Green nephrite from a source in eastern Taiwan was used to make two very specific forms of ear pendant that were distributed, between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D., through the Philippines, East Malaysia, southern Vietnam, and peninsular Thailand, forming a 3,000-km-diameter halo around the southern and eastern coastlines of the South China Sea. Other Taiwan nephrite artifacts, especially beads and bracelets, were distributed earlier during Neolithic times throughout Taiwan and from Taiwan into the Philippines.
我们利用电子探针微量分析技术，对东南亚软玉（翡翠）制品进行了检测，其中许多是考古发掘所得，年代从公元前3000年至公元一千年。研究揭示了史前世界中最广泛的单一地质材料海上贸易网络之一的存在。来自台湾东部某产地的绿色软玉被用于制作两种非常特殊形式的耳坠，这些耳坠在公元前500年至公元500年期间，分布于菲律宾、东马来西亚、越南南部和泰国半岛，在南海的南部和东部海岸线周围形成了一个直径达3000公里的区域。其他台湾软玉制品，尤其是珠子和手镯，在新石器时代早期就已分布于整个台湾，并从台湾传入菲律宾。
