浙江考古的世纪回顾与展望

Zhejiang Archaeology in Retrospect and Prospect at the Turn of the Century

Zhejiang has long history and very abundant resources of cultural relics. Sporadic archaeological explorations were carried out there as early as the 1930s. Since the founding of New China,Zhejiang archaeology has been going ahead by leaps and bounds, and its position in Chinese archaeology has been growing day by day. Important advances have been brought about in the regionalization and chronology of Neolithic archaeological cultures, the study of the significance and role of the Hemudu and Liangzhu cultures in the development of ancient Chinese history, the research into the origin of rice cultivation and the investigation of early Neolithic remains. Archaeology of porcelain-making kiln sites has got rich fruits, a number of important academic problems in the history of ceramics have been successfully solved, and new breakthroughs have been made in researches on the Ye Yao and Longquan Yao. In addition, remarkable achievements have also been obtained in the excavation and study of mound remains and dwelling sites of the Yue culture, aristocratic and royal tombs of the Yue state, and tombs, city-sites and towers of the Han and Six Dynasties to the Tang and Song periods.