中国史前时期玉器的主要分布地域与特征及其玉文化

Jade Objects of Prehistoric Age in China: Their Major Distributional Regions and Characters and Jade Culture

以中国80多年来考古成果为切入点,以新石器时代遍布中华大地的文化遗址中已发掘出土的20余万件古玉器为实物证据,对中国史前时期玉器的主要分布地域及特征、文化分区、文化特色、表现形式、在古代文明中的地位以及对历史的贡献进行了阐述。

Based on the finding results of the archaeological investigation in the past 80 years in China and taking as the tangible evidence 200 000 ancient jade objects excavated from the cultural relics which were distributed throughout the landscape of China in the New Stone Age, this paper describes the jade objects of prehistoric age from such aspects as the major distributional regions, characters, cultural zoning, cultural features, forms of expression and status in the ancient civilization, and presents a rational demonstration of their historic contribution.