千里踏查游牧文化——中国首次蒙古国考古行动

Tracing the History of Nomadic Culture: On China's First Archaeological Project in Mongolia

蒙古国至今以游牧为主的生活方式,使得古代遗址与墓葬的原始形态基本上完整地保存下来。由此,蒙古国曾一度成为世界游牧民族文化学者关注的热点地区。目前,与蒙古国合作进行考古发掘研究的其他国家考古队已经有20余支,而我国与蒙古国在文物考古方面的合作至今尚属空白阶段。有鉴于此,内蒙古自治区文物考古研究所组队于2005年开始与蒙古国国家历史博物馆合作,在蒙古国的中,东部地区7个省市的30余个苏木进行了为期两个月的考古调查,共调查了古文化遗址106处,年代囊括了石器时代、青铜及早期铁器时代、匈奴、突厥、回鹏、辽金、蒙元、北元与清代等多个历史时期,取得了一系列重要的收获。2006年的合作仍在继续进行。

The State of Mongolia somehow maintains its traditional lifestyle as a nomad and conserves many ancient sites, relics and tombs basically in their original forms. Therefore, it used to be a hot spot attracting the world scholars and experts majoring in nomadic cultures. Currently, there are more than 20 archaeological teams from all over the world cooperating with the country in archeological studies and excavation. China joined cooperation with the State of Mongolia in archaeological studies in July 2005 when an archaeological research team from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region began two-month on-site investigation in more than 30 leagues of seven provinces and cities in the middle and east Mongolia, studying 106 ancient cultural sites dated back to the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the early Iron Age, the periods dominated by the Hsiung-Nu, the Turks, the Huis, as well as late dynasties of Liao Jin, Mongolia Yuan, Northern Yuan, and Qing. The cooperation is fruitful and continues in 2006.