Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, a large number of bronze artifacts with clan emblems have been unearthed in the southern Henan and northern Hubei regions, attracting significant attention from the academic community and sparking numerous controversies. Ultimately, these controversies are related to the determination of the familial affiliations of the burial sites. Through sorting and analyzing these inscriptions, they can be categorized into four types: A, B, C, and D, based on the variations in terminology. Additionally, when it comes to determining the familial affiliations of the burial sites, it is necessary to explain the inscriptions of two additional types, E and F, which do not contain emblem elements but are found in these burial sites. The simultaneous presence of multiple types of inscriptions in early Western Zhou period burials in the southern Henan and northern Hubei regions is related to the complex political situation, cultural landscape, and ethnic relations of the early Zhou period, warranting further attention and discussion within the academic community.
Southern Henan and Northern Hubeiearly Western Zhou period burialsdate nameclan emblembronze inscription
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