新中国30年十大考古新发现中的古代科技文物述评

A Review of Ancient Scientific and Technological Relics in the Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in the 30 Years of New China

将考古发现中与中国古代科技相关的文物作为一个相对独立的系统,纳入中国古代科技史的框架内进行考察,是已故著名考古学家夏鼐生前曾首次进行过的一次有益尝试。实际上,无论学界是否已意识到古代科技文物的存在,都已为它们的发现和整理做了大量工作并进行了卓有成效的研究。本文试对30年来评定的十大考古新发现中的古代科技文物予以初步的梳理和分类,并就其中的某些相关问题及科技文物的价值进行初步探讨。

Taking the cultural relics related to ancient Chinese science and technology in archaeological discoveries as a relatively independent system to be investigated within the framework of the history of ancient Chinese science and technology was a useful attempt made by the late famous archaeologist Xia Nai for the first time before his death.In fact,whether the academia has realized the existence of ancient scientific and technological relics or not,they have done a lot of work and conducted fruitful research for their discovery and collation.The paper attempts to sort out and classify the ancient scientific and technological relics in the top ten archaeological discoveries evaluated in the past 30 years,and makes a.preliminary discussion on some related issues and the value of scientific and technological relics.