苏北海岸线变迁的考古地理研究

Archaeological Geography Research on the Coastline Change in North Jiangsu Province

地理学通常是利用地理要素进行海岸线变迁研究,但大量考古遗址的发现为海岸线变迁研究提供了新的信息。本文运用地理学和考古学交叉研究方法,综合分析了史前苏北海岸线的变迁,得出了距今七千年以来海岸线缓慢东扩,但基本稳定,偶有波动等初步认识。

Geography usually studies on the transition of coastline by geological factors. But the discovery of lots of archaeological sites provides new information for the study on the transition of coastline. This paper analyzes the transition of east coastline in China especially the transition of north coastline of Yangtze River mouth by the cross methods about geography and archaeology. Therefore, the result comes out that the coastline gradually expanded towards east and kept stable but fluctuated sometimes since 7000 years ago.