江苏考古的回顾与思考

A Retrospect and Consideration of Archaeology in Jiangsu

江苏考古肇始于20世纪40年代,主要进行过六朝陵墓和吴越文化遗存的调查。1934年9月至1935年5月,由南京中央大学教授朱希祖发起,滕固、罗香林、黄文弼、侯绍文、朱偰和裘善文等学者参加,断断续续地对南京附近与丹阳28处六朝陵墓进行14次调查,并简单测绘。调查结束。

Jiangsu archaeology was commenced in the 1940s,when the main work was the surveys of mausoleums and tombs of the Six Dynasties period and cultural remains of the Wu and Yue states. Through three-stage development for 50 years since the founding of New China,at present it has just entered the stage of systematic research with academic subjects as directional markers.The major achievements in Jiangsu archaeology during the last 50 years include the discovery of Nanjing Homo erectus,which filled up the gap of fossil man in paleoanthropological researches on the lower Yangtze River valley;for the Neolithic Age,the establishment on the whole of regiono-systematical and typo- logical frames and the vigerous development of studies into various archaeological cultures,social forma- tion and the origin of civilization;and for historic times,the advance of inquiries on local cultures of the Shang and Zhou periods,princes'mausoleums of Han times,royal tomb-gardens and noblemen's grave- yards of the Six Dynasties,and Yangzhou city of the Tang and Song periods.Finally,the author puts forward his opinion on the priorities in the development of Jiangsu archaeology during the new century.