河南洛阳市偃师商城遗址“一”字形水道与新西门发掘简报

Brief Report on the Excavation of the Linear Canal and New West Gate at the Yanshi Shang City Site in Luoyang City,Henan

2020~2022年的田野考古工作确认偃师商城中南部存在“一”字形水道,新发现大城西墙新西门,还有小城城墙、护城壕、灰坑、沟状遗迹、人骨遗存等。出土遗物有陶器、原始瓷器、铜器、石器、骨器、蚌器等。此次发掘为研究偃师商城遗址年代与性质、城市布局和水资源利用设施演变提供了重要资料。

From 2020-2022,Henan Work Team No.2,Institute of Archaeology,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences confirmed the existence of a linear canal running from east to west within the central-southern part of the Yanshi Shang city site through coring and excavation.This canal was demarcated by a water reservoir within the palatial city,dividing it into an inlet channel and a drainage channel.The initial construction of this canal dates back to no later than PhaseⅡ,with the main part abandoned by no later than PhaseⅣ.A new discovery also included the west gate of the outer city,which was established no earlier than PhaseⅣand abandoned no later than PhaseⅥ,in addition to the inner city's walls,moat,midden pits,trench-like deposits,and human skeletal remains.Unearthed artifacts mainly consist of pottery,with a small number of protoporcelains,as well as objects made of bronze,stone,bone,and shell.Through this excavation,archaeologists have achieved preliminary understanding of the distribution,structure,and chronology of the linear canal.This excavation provides valuable data for in-depth study of the date and nature of the Yanshi Shang city site,as well as the evolution of its urban layout and water resource utilization facilities.