长江中下游地区史前鱼类遗存初步研究

Preliminary Study on the Prehistoric Fish Remains in the Lower Reaches of Yangtze River

有学者指出,长江中下游地区"鱼米之乡"的文化景观,是从新石器时期就开始出现的。本文是以考古遗址出土的鱼类骨骼为研究视角,通过对这一区域28处遗址出土鱼类骨骼数量、种属、骨骼部位、最小个体数、可鉴定标本数等相关数据的统计,分析考古遗址出土鱼类骨骼的特点和长江流域史前先民捕获鱼种的利用情况,探讨了长江中下游流域新石器时代捕鱼经济的区域性特征和不同时段捕鱼经济发展的历时性特点。

From the perspective of the unearthed fish bones in the archaeological sites, this paper analyzes their characteristics and the fish species captured by prehistoric aneestors in Yangtze River ,through statistics on the relevant data such as quantities, species, skeleton locations, minimum number individuals, and number of identified specimens. It also discusses the regional and diachronic evolution features of the fishing economy in the Neolithic period ahmg the middle and lower Reaches of Yangtze River.