经济交换中心与中国早期城市的起源

Trading Centers and the Origin of the Earliest City in China

运用赛维斯理论中的一个酋邦兴起模式,详细解剖了位于澧阳平原的城头山城址及其所属聚落群,认为城头山城址作为当地的经济交换中心,其形成标志着中国早期雏形城市的产生。这种由经济交换中心进而发展成为早期城市的模式是中国早期城市起源的典型模式之一。

This article was enlightened by one of the Elman R. Service＇ s ehiefdom theory; investigated the ChengTouShan wall-site and the settlements in the LiYang Plain, considered that as the local eco nomie exchange center, the ChengTouShan wall-slte symbols the appearance of Chinese early cities, This process is one of the typical models about the origin of early city.