Identification of the proto-inkstone by organic residue analysis: a case study from the Changle Cemetery in China

doi:10.1186/s40494-018-0184-3

	Identification of the proto-inkstone by organic residue analysis: a case study from the Changle Cemetery in China
	Ren, Meng 1,2; Wang, Renfang 3; Yang, Yimin 2
刊名	HERITAGE SCIENCE
	2018-03-23
卷号	6
关键词	Chinese Inkstone Shape Pine-soot Ink Dehydroabietic Acid
ISSN号	2050-7445
DOI	10.1186/s40494-018-0184-3
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	The inkstone is a specific writing implement in China that was popularized since the Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220). A rectangular/ round grinding plate accompanied with a grinding stone is considered as a kind of proto-inkstone. However, little scientific investigation has been performed to support this hypothesis. In this paper, a micro-destructive approach, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS), were employed to analyse the black residues on a grinding plate and a grinding stone excavated from the Changle Cemetery (202 BC-AD 8) in northwestern China. The FTIR and Raman analyses indicated that the residues were ancient ink. GC-MS analysis further identified that the residues were pinesoot ink, based on the relative abundances of the main polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as well as the detection of conifer biomarkers. The trace of animal glue was not detected in the residues; thus, the ink was possibly formed as small pellets and the small grinding stone was necessary to assist during the ink-grinding process. This study confirms that this set of stone implements is indeed an early type of inkstone, and offers some insight into the co-evolution relationship between ink production and inkstone shapes.
WOS关键词	MULTI-ANALYTICAL APPROACH ; FTIR ; COMBUSTION ; RESINS ; STATE ; INK
WOS研究方向	Arts & Humanities - Other Topics ; Chemistry ; Materials Science ; Spectroscopy
语种	英语
出版者	BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000428250700002
资助机构	CAS Strategic Priority Research Program(XDA05130303) ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8757]
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Yang, Yimin
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.NingXia Inst Cultural Relics & Archaeol, Yinchuan 750001, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ren, Meng,Wang, Renfang,Yang, Yimin. Identification of the proto-inkstone by organic residue analysis: a case study from the Changle Cemetery in China[J]. HERITAGE SCIENCE,2018,6.
APA	Ren, Meng,Wang, Renfang,&Yang, Yimin.(2018).Identification of the proto-inkstone by organic residue analysis: a case study from the Changle Cemetery in China.HERITAGE SCIENCE,6.
MLA	Ren, Meng,et al."Identification of the proto-inkstone by organic residue analysis: a case study from the Changle Cemetery in China".HERITAGE SCIENCE 6(2018).