Chemical Analyses of Xiong-nu Pottery: A Preliminary Study of Exchange and Trade on the Inner Asian Steppes
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ABSTRACT:
While there have been studies on the trade and exchange between the Han Empire and Xiong-nu confederacy, the nature of the movement of goods with-in the Xiong-nu confederacy has yet to be addressed. the purpose of this study is to provide a starting point to remedy this lacuna. Pottery from six sites was chemically characterized by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF). Model-based clustering using the classification maximum-likelihood approach was used to find clusters in the principal component scores. The classification maximum-likelihood cluster analysis indicates that there are three spherical clusters of variable volume in the chemical data. The three clusters are interpreted as reflecting regional clay deposits. On the basis of the distribution patterns of the chemical groups, only a limited amount of pottery was moved across the territory controlled by the Xiong-nu confederacy.
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