环珠江口地区史前“火烧木骨泥墙”遗迹辨析

A Study of the Vestiges of Prehistoric "Fire-baked Timber-framed Mud Walls" in the Area round the Pearl River Mouth

在环珠江口地区史前文化遗址的考古发掘中，常见到带竹木条印痕或编织纹的红烧土块出土。对于此种遗迹现象，诸多考古发掘报告及相关论文都认为是房屋建筑中“火烧木骨泥墙的遗留”。笔者经过深入研究后认为，简单地以“火烧木骨泥墙”遗留物来解释环珠江口地区史前文化遗址中发现的这类红烧土块，疑点甚多，现提出一些个人的见解，供学术界讨论。

Owing to dissimilarity in climate and natural environment, different traditional building forms were developed in ancient China＇s northern and southern regions respectively. In the Yellow River valley of North China, there prevailed mainly earth buildings with fire-baked timber frames. In the Pearl River valley of the areas south of the Five Ridges, the prevalent architectural form was the bamboo-and-wood wattle-wall hut or the pile-supported dwelling. The red-burnt clay lumps unearthed from prehistoric cultural remains in the area of Pearl River mouth, therefore, should not be taken as traces of earth walls with fire-baked timber frames. It can be inferred that these clay lumps with textile impressions might be remains of details of stoves that were concerned with the marine economy of making salt by boiling seawater.