齐家坪:齐家文化典型遗址研究的新进展

Qijiaping: Recent Research Progress at the Typical Site of the Qijia Culture

甘肃省洮河流域的齐家坪遗址是齐家文化的一处大型聚落。此次通过一系列地表调查、地球物理探测、数字测绘、采集遗物分析和针对性的试掘,对这座遗址的结构和内涵有了更加全面的认识,揭露了这座早期青铜时代遗址的复杂性。初步结果显示,齐家坪遗址有明显的分区规划,可分为生活居住区、公共墓地和制陶手工业区域。而且在生活居住区的中心也有墓葬的分布。上述结果有助于我们在齐家文化交互作用圈的脉络下深入考察齐家坪的聚落形态,同时也验证我们这个项目采用的方法在洮河流域考古研究中的潜力。

The Qijiaping site is a large-scale settlement of the Qijia culture located in the Tao river valley in Gansu.Our project team conducted a series of field walking survey, geo-physical survey, digital mapping, analysis of collected survey artifacts, and targeted excavation at the site. All these methods and techinques were combined together in order to enhance our understanding of the structure and nature of the site and, more importantly, to disclose the complexity of this early Bronze Age settlement. Our preliminary results show that the entire Qijiaping site was internally divided into different functional zones, including the residential zone, public cemetery zone, and ceramic craft-production zone. Also, tombs were sparsely distributed in the residential zone. The latest progress not only facilitates our research on the settlement pattern of the Qjiaping site within the interaction network of the Qijia culture but also demonstrates the potential of our multi-component methodology in the archaeological research of the Tao river valley.