陶寺文化火葬墓试析

A preliminary investigation of the cremation tombs in the Taosi culture

火葬墓是陶寺文化较为特殊和少见的埋葬现象,它并非晋南地区的文化传统,而是“半月形文化传播带”常见的葬俗。从龙山时代开始,“半月形文化传播带”强势兴起,中原与“边地”的文化交流更加频繁和密切。火葬墓正是在这种文化背景下传入晋南地区,是陶寺文化葬俗多元化的表现之一,也是“中心”与“周边”文化交融和人群变迁的重要体现。但是由于丧葬观念及文化传统的差别,火葬墓并未被陶寺人群广泛接受。

Cremation was a relatively special and rare mortuary practice in the Taosi culture.It was not an indigenous cultural tradition in the Jinnan(south Shanxi)region,but a common burial custom in the socalled‘arc-shaped cultural diffusion zone’.With the powerful rise of the‘arc-shaped cultural transmission zone’from the Longshan era onwards,the cultural interactions between the Central Plains and the‘peripheral areas’became more frequent and intensive.It was under this cultural background that cremation began to be introduced to the Jinnan region and became a part of the diverse burial customs in the Taosi culture.Its appearance was also an important manifestation of the cultural assimilation and demographic shift between the‘center’and the‘periphery’.However,because of the difference in mortuary belief and cultural tradition,cremation was not widely accepted by the Taosi population.