Development of scientific and technological archaeology in China based on an analysis of document metrology of nine kind of core periodical
Pan Xiao-lun · Wenwu baohu yu kaogu kexue · 2004
Method of documentary metrology is used in a statistical investigation of papers on scientific and technological archaeology from nine core periodicals.Eight of them are archaeological,and one is physical or of atomic energy science and techniques.Each of them was counted from the start to the of 2002 end.Total number of the papers is 976.Three platforms of the statistical curves were discovered based on the counts of the years,corresponding to the three historical development periods of scientific and technological archaeology in China,they were called initiation period(19501957),preliminary period(19781989),and high speed development period(19902002).The three development periods have reflected the economical and scientific and technological developments.The papers are classified by the five main scientific methods used for the archaeological research,the number of papers using each method are listed here:nuclear techniques 360 pieces which occupies 36.8%,biological methods 130 pieces which occupies 13.3%,physical and chemical methods 427 pieces which occupies 43.7%,earth physical methods 41 pieces which occupies 4.2%,and computer and its applications 18 pieces which occupies 1.8%.Statuses show that some high and new techniques have been applied in archaeology,and both nuclear techniques and physical and chemical methods occupy important places among all methods.