2014 4 51 施劲松 100710 2 KEY WORDS Domestic chicken Bronze rooster of the Sanxingdui Site Bronze chicken mounted staff ABSTRACT This paper focuses on a certain amount of bronze chickens unearthed in Southwestern China dating back to the time from the Shang Dynasty to the Han Dynasty. Among them one bronze rooster from the pit No. 2 at the Sanxingdui site looks similar to domestic chicken in appearance. Since it was unearthed together with bronze birds symbolizing the Sun we may deduce that the bronze rooster probably symbolizes an idea that rooster crows at sunrise. In addition most other bronze chickens unearthed in Southwestern China are used as staff head. This pattern perhaps is related to the fact that rooster crows and can be used for timing. The author concludes that the study of these bronze chickens including their typology and archaeological background within the context of the biological habits of relevant animals as well as corresponding cultural phenomena can to a certain extent help us identify the species of such animal-shaped artifacts and further supplement the identification criteria of domesticated animals. 1 38 Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus Gallus gallus Linnaeus Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
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