关于中国古代都市文明的形成

The Formation of the Urban′s Civilization in the Ancient China

金属器、文字、礼仪性建筑物以及从大型环状壕沟聚落发展到城郭都市的真正出现 ,才能作为中国古代都市文明形成的重要标志。所以说 ,其形成的上限年代并不是相当于夏代的二里头文化 ,而应是河南安阳殷墟文化的晚期。

It is the appeareance of metalware, the script, the protocal building and the urband that mark the formation of the Urban′s cirilization in the ancient China.That is to say, the toplimit about this civilization is not the ErliTon Culture but the latter part of Yin Dynasty ruins.