莱州湾南岸地区发现的龙山时期制盐遗址

Salt-making Remains of the Longshan Age Found at the South Coast of Laizhou Bay

<正>一莱州湾,西起山东省广饶县支脉河口(一说今黄河入海口),东至莱州市虎头崖(一说三山岛),海岸线全长120余公里,是山东境内最大的海湾。莱州湾南岸地区主要包括昌邑、潍坊市滨海经济开发区(原寒亭区)、寿光、广饶等县市的北部和西北部滨海平原。滨海平原的南界大体在现今的咸淡水分界线一带,也即是全新世大海侵庸期海水到达的范围。平原宽度为30~40公里,海拔高程在6米以下,面积超过4000平方公里;地貌形态从海岸至内陆呈条带状分布,依次为潮滩、海积平原、冲积-海积平原、冲积平原。

Many salt-making remains of the Longshan Age have been found at the south coast of Laizhou Bay. These settlement remains are usually located in the areas abundant with shallow underground brine and saline-soil. Normally, the sites are small and the deposits are thin. Burnt clay clods, plant ash and white massive deposit arc frequently discovered and the most common pottery wares arc sandy jars and ding-tripods which were used for boiling. The short duration of every settlement indicates that they were just temporary salt-making places. Meanwhile, the appearance of the large amount of salt-making settlements and the related remains also indicate the large scale and the specialization of salt production in the l_x）ngshan Age at the bay area, which wax highly related to the population growth, social division of labor and the civilization of the nearby inland areas.