辽西地区史前人像造型特征与功能探析

辽西地区是中国史前时期人像材料发现最丰富、人像使用传统最为悠久的地区之一,自小河西文化至小河沿文化,共发现材质多样、造型各异的人像近50件。本文在全面搜集人像材料的基础上,对辽西地区史前时期人像的发现、分类、造型特征及功能进行系统梳理和分析,在此基础上对人像蕴含的宗教内涵及社会意义进行初步探讨,揭示该地区祖先崇拜、天神崇拜、生殖崇拜、丰产崇拜的发展和演变过程及在文明化进程中的特殊地位。

During the Neolithic pe riod of Liaoxi area,nearly 50 statues of different materials with great academic meaning have been unearthed from Xiaohexi Culture to Xiaoheyan Culture,forming a strong tradition about the manufacture and utilizaton of prchistoric statues.This paper focuses on some relevant isues about those statues includ-ing cassifcation,features and function based on archacological discoveries.A further study will be carried out aiming for the intrinsic religious and social values contained in the statues,in order to understand the evolution and civilizing significance of ancestral worship,celestial worship,phallic and fertility worship in the prehistoric Liaoxi area.