新考古学视野下的茶叶文明起源研究

Research on the Origin of Tea Civilization from New Archaeological Perspective

浙江萧山、绍兴、宁波地区陆续出土了多种植物遗存,随着新考古学理论和实践的发展,多学科研究方法和新科技的应用,发掘及研究成果相继发布,对中药特别是茶叶文明利用起源的研究成为可能。因为族群繁衍对扩大食物的需求,先民在采集狩猎的同时驯化野生稻和猪等家畜,由此带来环境问题和疾病等问题,为应对这些问题的挑战,寻找中药,并发现茶叶和用茶叶,从而开启了人类利用茶叶文明的历史进程。

A variety of plant remains have been unearthed in the Xiaoshan, Shaoxing and Ningbo areas of Zhejiang Province. With the development of new archaeological theories and practices, the application of multidisciplinary research methods and new technologies, excavations and research results have been published, making it possible to research the origin of the use of traditional Chinese medicine, especially tea civilization. Because of the need to increase food for community reproduction, the ancestors domesticated wild rice and domestic animals such as pigs while gathering and hunting, which led to environmental problems and diseases. To meet the challenges of these problems, people searched for Chinese herbal medicine, discovered and made use of tea, thus starting the historical process of human using tea civilization.