“人类材料科学起源与演化”分论坛

简介

陶器，是人类第一次利用天然物，按照人类的意志，创造出来的一种崭新的复合材料，开启了人类利用自然、改造自然的新纪元，具有重大的划时代意义。

中国，具有世界上独一无二、连续不断、超过万年的陶瓷发展史，形成了一脉相承而又变化多元的中华陶瓷文化体系。

广西桂林是目前中国万年陶器材料标本发现最多的城市，大岩、甑皮岩、庙岩三个考古遗址发现了距今万年以上的陶器，是中国陶器复合材料的重要起源地，被誉为“万年智慧圣地”。

本次论坛是2023年首届世界材料大会举办以来第一次设立的文物考古与科技结合的分论坛，是第三届世界材料大会的重要组成部分。论坛以“人类材料科学的起源与演化”为主题，聚焦人类陶器、瓷器、玻璃器及其他材料起源、演化发展的考古发现与多学科综合研究。论坛将首次发布广西桂林临桂大岩遗址出土万年陶器（含陶土和陶容器）的科技分析成果，现场展示桂林大岩、甑皮岩、庙岩三个洞穴遗址发现的万年陶器实物标本，实地考察大岩、甑皮岩先民发明创造陶器的实验场景，彰显来自山水桂林万年前古人类的创新能力，让人类万年智慧赋能中国乃至世界材料新产品、新技术的创新发展。

Origins and Evolution of Materials Science in Humans

Pottery represents the first instance where humans utilized natural substances to create a novel composite material according to their will, inaugurating a new era of harnessing and transforming nature—an epoch-making milestone of great significance.

China possesses a unique, continuous pottery development history spanning over ten thousand years, forming an integrated yet diversely evolving Chinese pottery cultural system.

Guilin, Guangxi is currently the city with the most discoveries of ten-thousand-year-old pottery specimens in China. Three archaeological sites - Dayan, Zengpiyan, and Miaoyan - have yielded pottery dating back over ten thousand years, making it an important origin point of Chinese pottery composites and earning it the title of “Ten-Thousand-Year Wisdom Sanctuary.”

This forum marks the first sub-forum integrating cultural heritage archaeology with technology since the inaugural World Materials Congress in 2023, serving as a significant component of the third Congress. Centered on the theme “The Origin and Evolution of Human Materials Science,” it will focus on archaeological discoveries and multidisciplinary research concerning the origin and development of human pottery, porcelain, glassware, and other materials. The event will debut scientific analysis results of ten-thousand-year-old pottery (including clay and pottery vessels) unearthed from the Dayan site in Lingui, Guilin, Guangxi, display physical specimens of ancient pottery discovered at three cave sites—Dayan, Zengpiyan, and Miaoyan in Guilin, and feature field visits to experimental scenarios replicating the invention and creation of pottery by ancient inhabitants of Dayan and Zengpiyan. These activities aim to highlight the innovative capabilities of prehistoric humans from the landscape of Guilin ten millennia ago, leveraging this enduring wisdom to empower the development of new materials, products, and technologies both in China and globally.