北方游牧民族历史文化研究中考古学资料应用问题的思考

On the Use of Archaeological Data in Nomadic Culture Studies

在游牧民族历史文化的研究中,考古学资料占有非常重要的地位。考古学资料本身在形成、埋藏以及发掘研究过程中存在信息的有限性。通过对北方民族游牧生活方式下考古遗存资料的特点、草原地带古代文化遗存的属性判断问题以及考古学文化遗存与古代民族的对应关系问题等几方面的考察,强调在北方游牧民族文化的研究过程中对考古学资料的应用要意识到其局限性,认真谨慎地分析使用考古学资料,避免简单化、绝对化。

It is well known that the archaeological data are very important in history and culture studies,especially in nomadic culture studies.The paper focuses on the three aspects： the limitations of archaeological data,the characteristics of nomadic relics,the difficulties in the nomadic studies.It argues that we should be aware of the limitations of archaeological data in nomadic culture studies.We need strictly analyze and use the archaeological data and avoid oversimplification and absoluteness.