四川汉源县麦坪新石器时代遗址2007年的发掘

2007 Excava- tion on the Neolithic Site at Maiping in Hanyuan County,Sichuan

麦坪遗址位于四川省汉源县大树镇麦坪村，地处大渡河中游南岸的二、三级台地及其以上缓坡地带，海拔高度为820--860米，遗址总面积约为10万平方米（图一）。此区域在20世纪50年代以来历经多次大规模的围河造田、开山改土等基本建设活动，从而对遗址造成较为严重的破坏，现存地表已被辟为梯田。中国社会科学院考古研究所等单位于2001年首次对该遗址进行了试掘，

In 2007, the Sichuan Provincial Academy of Cultural Relics and Archaeology carried out excavation on the Maiping site in the middle Dadu River valley. In the excavated area of about 1,800 sq m they revealed above 30 house-foundations, more than 100 ash-pits and eight tombs, and brought to light quantities of stone implements and pottery vessels. The cultural contents of the site belong mainly to the late Neolithic Age and represent a newly discovered archaeological culture. The excavation has great significance to the study of the Neolithic cultural pedigree in the Dadu River valley and even the whole Sichuan region. As a large-sized prehistoric settlement with densely built houses and a clear evolutionary line of building form, the site is of important value to promote settlement archaeology in this region and the study of the environmental changes and human life style of that time in the middle Dadu River valley.