辽西新石器时代的海陆互动--以出土海贝为中心

The Interaction of Sea and Land in the Neolithic Age in Liaoxi Area—Centered on the Unearthed Seashells

根据目前的考古资料,辽西地区自新石器时代中期的兴隆洼文化开始到春秋战国时期的夏家店上层文化中均有海贝出土,可见该区域有着浓厚的海洋文化色彩。但目前对于辽西地区海贝的研究,多集中于青铜时代出土遗物,尤以夏家店下层文化中出土宝贝科海贝的相关研究最为丰富。而新石器时代出土的海贝,除部分动物考古学的相关研究中对其种属进行了简单辨识,尚未有专文对海贝进行更深入的研究。尤其是这类遗物的来源与传播途径,以及由此反映出的海陆互动等问题的讨论至今仍旧是空白。因此,笔者拟以辽西出土海贝为中心,对上述问题进行进一步的研究和讨论。

The Neolithic people in Liaoxi Area have a long and stable tradition of using seashell.Some of the seashell originate from the coast of the Jiaodong peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula,and some of the seashell excavated from the Xinglongwa culture and the Xiaoheyan culture should be from the waters of the East China Sea and the South China Sea,the cowry from Hongshan cultural were probably acquired directly from the Indian Ocean through the Eurasian Steppe.The close communication between the Liaoxi Area and the inshore of China and the Indian Ocean shows that the Liaoxi Area has a strong marine culture color,which provides a new perspective for us to sort out the cultural interaction network and path of the Neolithic Age in the Liaoxi Area.