略论登封王城岗遗址大城与小城的关系及其性质

登封王城岗遗址发现的龙山文化晚期的大、小城基本是同时期修建而成, 原本是一体的。王城岗大小古城址是我国古文献所说的禹都阳城。小城内的中西部有大量的夯土片、夯土坑和“奠基坑”, 在奠基坑内埋有人数不等的殉人, 这些“奠基坑”应当是祭祀坑, 而整个小城就是当时的宗庙建筑。

The big and small cities of Longshan culture period found at Wangchenggang site of Dengfeng were built in the same period and for the two different parts of one building. According to some historical records, the author thinks the ancient city including the two parts is the capital Yangcheng of the Xia dynasty. A lot of remains of ancient rammed earth, the rammed-earth pits and the pits of foundation were excavated in the middle and western part of the small city. The different amount of persons buried as the sacrifice were found in the pits of foundation. The author thinks these pits should be used for offering a sacrifice and the small city should be built for their ancestral temple buildings at that time.