邕宁顶蛳山贝丘遗址

Shell Mound Site at Dingshishan

顶蛳山贝丘遗址是一处典型的内河流域淡水性贝丘遗址。在1000平方米的范围内发现了房屋建筑遗迹,数量众多的墓葬,大量陶器、石器、骨器和蚌器等以及人类食用后遗弃的水陆生动物遗骸。遗址有较明确的功能分区,大致可分为居住区、墓葬区和垃圾区三部分,该遗址发现的肢解葬葬式,为过去考古所未见,相似的葬俗在世界其他地区尚未见到。保存较好、数量众多的人类遗骸的发现,提供了目前广西最完整的史前人骨资料,是探讨广西地区史前时代的人类种属、体质特征以及与东南亚地区史前人种关系的珍贵资料。顶蛳山文化的命名,结束了广西史前没有考古学文化的历史。其文化内涵丰富,特征鲜明,文化发展序列清楚,已成为研究广西地区史前考古学文化的标尺。

The Shell Mound at Dingshishan is a typical relic of freshwater in inland waters river basin.within the range of 1,000 square meters,many relics of buildings,numerous graves,a large quantity of potteries,stone implements,bone artifacts,clam objects and the remains of aquatic and terrestrial animals discarded by human beings after consumption.There are clear functional divisions for remains--residence,graveyard and dust heap.It has never been discovered in archaeological history to bury the body after dismemberment.The simtlnr burying custom has never been perceived in other parts of the world.The discovery of such a great number of well-preserved human body remains provided the most intact prehistoric materials of human bones,which are precious materials for the study of prehistoric Guangxi human race attribute and physiological features,and of prehistorical human beings relations in southeast Asia.The nomination of Dingshishan culture terminates the proposition that there is no archeologieal culture in Guangxi's prehistory.As a matter of faCt,the meaningful culture there has developed in a clear order with vivid characteristics which has already become a benchmark for the study of prehistorical archeology in Guangxi.