“‘早期文明中的权力与信仰’学术沙龙”纪要

Summary of the Workshop“Power and Belief in Early Civilizations”

2015年6月13日,北京大学赛克勒考古与艺术博物馆"权力与信仰——良渚遗址群考古特展"系列学术活动之一的"‘早期文明中的权力与信仰’学术沙龙"在北京大学考古文博学院举行,国内多家学术机构的20余位学者围绕良渚遗址及良渚文化的考古新发现、良渚社会的性质与运行机制、良渚文化与其他考古学文化的关系、中国文明起源和早期发展的理论与方法等议题展开讨论。本次沙龙尝试从研究社会的角度,用历史学、政治学语言描述考古学物质文化遗存;而展览亦尝试运用社会学和历史学的视角对考古学物质文化进行展示,体现了考古学学科的前进和发展。

The workshop of Power and Belief in Early Civilizations was held at the School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, on June 13, 2015. It was one of the academic activities of＂Power in Things： New Perspectives on Liangzhu＂, the special exhibition of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology, Peking University. More than 20 scholars from different academic and research institutions in China attended the workshop and conducted discussions on the following topics： new archaeological discoveries of Liangzhu Archaeological Sites and Liangzhu Culture; the nature and operating mechanism of the Liangzhu society; the relations between Liangzhu Culture and the other archaeological cultures; theories and methods adopted in studying the origins and early stages of Chinese civilization. Taking a social studies perspective, the workshop tried to describe archaeological material heritage by borrowing concepts and ideas from historical and political studies. The exhibition itself also adopted a sociology and history perspective in exhibiting the material culture of archaeology with a reflection of the progress and development of the archaeology discipline.