巴州地区的古代文化遗存概说

Brief Introduction of Ancient Cultural Remains in Bayingolin Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture

巴州地区是新疆境内面积最大的一个行政区划单元，这里蕴藏着丰富的古代历史文化遗存，既有史前时期的石器时代、青铜时代和早期铁器时代的遗迹和遗物，又有历史时期的城址、墓葬、寺院、烽燧、渠道、岩画、石人等。它们反映了这个地区古代人们社会生活的各个方面，记录了中西文化在这里的交流和融合。

Bayingolin Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture is the biggest administrative unit in Xinjiang with abundant ancient historical cultural remains including ruins and items of Stone Age, Bronze Age and Early Iron Age of prehistoric period, and city sites, tombs, temples, beacon towers, trenches, petroglyphs and stone human figures of historical period. All those stuff reflect every aspect of the social life of the ancient people who lived in this area, and also record the cultural exchanges and combinations between East and West happened in the region.