试论中国史前宗教巫术对聚落形态的影响

Research on the Influence of Prehistoric Chinese Religion on the Contemporary Settlement Pattern

据严文明先生研究,中国新石器时代的聚落形态由早到晚经历了聚落遗址的发生、扩大与发展,进入到铜石并用时代早期时,聚落遗址开始分化,而到了铜石并用时代晚期,亦即考古上常说的龙山时代,开始出现早期城址。

In the two cultures of the prehistoric China,the Hongshan Culture in the western Liaoning and the Liangzhu Culture around the Taihu Lake,primitive religion was flourishing.Most of the social resources of these two cultures was used not for the building of cities but for the religious constructions(such as the altar,the temple and the grave) and the making of ceremonial jade.From this we may be know why not a city but a religious center did the central settlement of these two cultures developed into.