试论史前城址的社会历史意义

A Discussion On the Role of the Prehistoric Walled-town Sites in the Development of the Society

从聚落考古学的角度认为 ,中国史前尤其龙山时代有相当数量的城址当为中心或次中心聚落 ,集中体现着当时社会政治变革方面的重要内容。其中史前城址与早期国家的发生发展密切相关 ,龙山时代已逐渐形成了以筑城建国为基本特征的“王国”林立局面 。

This article, written from the point view of settlement archaeology, expounds that the considerably numerous walled town sites in prehistoric age, especially in Lonshan period, should be the central or sub central settlements, which reflected concentrately the significant content in the social political changes. The prehistoric walled-town sites had a close connection with the emergence and development of the early states, while in Lonshan period a great number of kingdoms with the basic characters, such as building the walled town and establishing the kingdom had gradually come into being. And all these laid the foundation for the forming of the kingdoms union of Xia, Shang and Zhou.