中国磨制石器起源的南北差异

Differences between the North and the South of the Origin of Grinding Stone in China

磨制石器的起源是学界关心的问题之一,本文试图探讨中国早期磨制石器的主要种类、发展阶段及南北差异的原因,以期揭示磨制石器起源的内在机制。磨制石器的起源与生业经济紧密相关,中国旧石器向新石器过渡阶段对于植物资源的利用促使了中国磨制石器的起源。由于中国南北环境的差异,对于植物资源的利用种类和利用方式有所区别,因此导致中国南北磨制石器种类的不同。

The origin of the polished stone implements is one of the main interests in prehistoric archaeology, in order to disclose the internal mechanism of this origin, the present study discusses the major types of early polished stone implements, their development and the probabile reasons for the differences of findings from northern and southern China. Plant resources that ancient humans used are closely linked with the origin of polished stone implements, it can even be said that it＇s the use of particular plant resources made during the transitional stage from palaeolithic to neolithic era that prompted the beginning of the production of polished stone implements. Finally, environmental diversity between northern and southern China caused a different use in types and patterns of plant resources, that generated differences in the implements＇ assemblages from the two areas.