有關蘭嶼甕棺葬出土瓷器年代的討論

On the Dating of Ceramics Recovered from Jar Burials on Lanyu

蘭嶼位於臺灣本島東南方太平洋上。在蘭嶼的考古學文化遺存當中，包括了以素面陶和甕棺葬為特徵的所謂「雅美文化」（或Lobusbussan文化）。由於甕棺葬的年代和來源是探討近代雅美人與蘭嶼古代文化傳承，以及雅美族人來源的關鍵性證據，因此以往學界多借助碳14測定來掌握蘭嶼甕棺葬的相對年代。本文則是以de Beauclair採集自椰油村甕棺遺跡的三件中國瓷器為考察的對象，結論認為三件瓷器的年代均在十世紀中後期至十一世紀初期，也就是中國史上的五代至北宋初期，其產地來自中國南方地區窯場。

The island of Lanyu is located to the southeast of Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean. Its archaeological cultures include the so-called Lobusbussan Culture, which is distinguished by unadorned ceramics and jar burials. As the date and origin of these burials constitute key evidence for understanding the origins of the modern Yami people and their relationship to the ancient cultures of Lanyu, scholars have focused on establishing their date through Carbon-14 testing. This paper, by contrast, examines three Chinese ceramic artifacts collected from jar burials by Beauclair. It concludes that these vessels date from the mid-tenth to early eleventh century, the era of the Five Dynasties and early Northern Song periods, and were fired at kilns in southern China.