Ancient tinder storage vessel discovered in Luoyang

时间：2007-08-07 03:22:01

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Chinanews, Beijing, Aug 7 – For people living in modern society, fire is a common thing in daily life. Whenever we need fire, we can simply use a lighter1 or a match to get it. However, for our ancestors who lived about 5,000-6,000 years ago, getting fire was not an easy thing to do. Thus, how to keep the kindling2 materials became very important. Recently, archeologists made some new discoveries in Luoyang city, Henan Province, which might help modern people to unveil the mystery in this respect, CCTV international channel reported.

 

Recently, archeologists unearthed3 a thick red pottery4 in the basement of a building which was assumed to be built in the Yangshao Culture Period some 5,600 years ago. After doing assessment5 work, archeologists confirmed that the pottery was used to store kindling in ancient times.

 

We found the pottery by a cooking stove, which showed that the pottery had something to do with cooking. It might be a cooker, said Li Defang, a researcher at the Luoyang Municipal Cultural Heritage Working Team.

 

The tinder storage vessel6 is the earliest of its kind found so far. The vessel is easy to use and keep. With it, ancient people could not only prevent fire disasters effectively, they could also bring the fire wherever they wanted, experts say.

 

The vessel has an important scientific value in that it can help modern people to better understand how ancient people used fires and how they created and improved the fire stoves, Li said.

 
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1 lighter 5pPzPR     
n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级
参考例句：
  • The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
  • The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
2 kindling kindling     
n. 点火, 可燃物 动词kindle的现在分词形式
参考例句：
  • There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall. 墙边整齐地放着几堆引火柴。
  • "Coal and kindling all in the shed in the backyard." “煤，劈柴，都在后院小屋里。” 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
3 unearthed e4d49b43cc52eefcadbac6d2e94bb832     
出土的（考古）
参考例句：
  • Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
  • Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。
4 pottery OPFxi     
n.陶器，陶器场
参考例句：
  • My sister likes to learn art pottery in her spare time.我妹妹喜欢在空余时间学习陶艺。
  • The pottery was left to bake in the hot sun.陶器放在外面让炎热的太阳烘晒焙干。
5 assessment vO7yu     
n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额
参考例句：
  • This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
  • What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？
6 vessel 4L1zi     
n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管
参考例句：
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

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