广汉三星堆遗址

THE SANXINGDUI SITE IN GUANGHAN COUNTY

三星堆古遗址,为广汉县中兴古遗址的一部分。中兴古遗址是一处范围较宽广(据调查,其分布范围不少于四万平方米),文化遗存十分丰富的古遗址。自1929年发现以来,曾多次进行过调查和试掘。也有不少论著见于各种刊物。由于种种原因,对于这一遗址的文化特征、时代等重大问题至今仍不能明确。此次发掘,取得了十分丰富而可贵的新资料,尤其是房屋遗址的发现。

The Sanxingdui Site is actually part of the Zhongxing Site in Guanghan County, which is situated about 10 km west of the county seat, covering a vast area and containing rich cultural relics. Excavation of the Sanxingdui Site was conducted from November, 1980 to May, 1981 with a coverage of 1,100 sq. m. The pottery unearthed is mostly handmade, with a few objects retouched on the turn-table, and wheel-made vessels occur seldom. The main types of the earthenware include the pot, dou (high-stemmed or ring-foot bowl), ladle with a bird's-head-shaped handle, he (tripod with thin hollow legs), ring-foot plate, flat-based plate, jar, lid, flared vessel, dish, bottle, cup and bowl. The stone tools of the site consist of the axe, adze, chisel, awl, spear, knife, etc. As for iade objects, only a chisel has been found.Within the excavated area there are discovered 18 house-foundations, 4 tombs and 3 ash-pits. The house-foundations are square, round or rectangular and can be divided into two phases. The tombs are all rectangular earth pits, with no coffins and grave goods yielded. The ashpits are irregularly arranged and vary in shape.The archaeological deposits at the Sanxingdui Site were formed during a long period, lasting roughly until the third millennium before present, and they belong to the late Neolithic Age, with the later one of the two phases corresponding to the Xia and Shang Dynasties in the Central Plains.