殷墟四期晚段遗存年代窥观

On the Date of Phase Ⅳ of the Yinxu Remains

史称武王克殷后,＂封纣子武庚、禄父,以续殷祀,令修行盘庚之政,殷民大说＂。其后武庚叛乱,周公再度东征,＂迁顽民＂。据此可知,自牧野之战至于成王时期,小屯一带仍有殷遗民居住。既然如此,在殷墟显然应该有西周初期文化遗存。50年前笔者即撰文提出。

After the conquest of Yin by King Wu of the Western Zhou,the adherents of the destroyed Yin（Shang） were still living in present-day Xiaotun Village,Anyang,therefore there must have been the remains of the early Western Zhou Dynasty in Yinxu Site.Referring to his article on the round burial pit at Hougang（HGH10） published 50 years ago,the author undertakes analysis of both the shape of the unearthed bronze vessels and paleographic characteristics of their inscriptions.The results of his study provide new evidences in favor of the viewpoint that the latest strata of Yinxu Site belonged to the Early Western Zhou period,and the round burial pit at Hougang and the tomb M1713 belonged to the reign of King Cheng of the Western Zhou Dynasty.