WU Juan, XU Lu, WU Junming, ZHANG Maolin, LI Qijiang, WU Yanfang

(Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi 333403)

Abstract:Xiantouling archeological site is one of the top 10 national archaeological discoveries in 2006 and it occupies an important position in the research of the Neolithic Age culture in the Pearl River Delta. The chemical composition and phase composition of white pottery and sand inclusion pottery unearthed from this site are measured through Energy Dispersive Xray Fluorescence Analyzer and X-ray Diffraction Analysis Technology. In conclusion, the matrix of the white pottery and the sand inclusion pottery are similar with the ferrum proportion of the former remarkably lower - apparently a result of careful raw material selection and ferrum elimination. The "high aluminum and low silicon and magnesium" feature of the white pottery from Xiantouling is quite similar to that of the white pottery unearthed from Gaomiao of Hunan. It is an additional evidence that the pottery manufacturing techniques in both regions are mutually influenced.

Keywords :Xiantouling archeological site; white pottery; sonim pottery; X-ray fluorescence