山西夏县辕村遗址2022—2023年调查、勘探简报

Brief report on investigation and exploration of Yuancun site during 2022-2023 in Xiaxian County,Shanxi Province

辕村遗址是目前发现的环盐湖地区面积最大的新石器时代至夏商时期聚落遗址。遗址的形成、发展与盐湖之间有密不可分的关系,是史前先民对盐湖自然资源开发、利用和管理的一处重要据点。2022年至2023年,山西省考古研究院联合市县文物部门在该遗址开展了考古调查与勘探工作,发现了仰韶文化中期环壕聚落,为研究仰韶文化时期运城盆地盐湖附近先民的生业模式和聚落结构提供了新资料。

Yuancun Site,dating back to Neolithic Age,Xia downwards Shang Dynasties is one of the largest settlement sites discovered in Salt Lake area,Yuncheng Basin so far.The origination and development of this settlement is closely related to the Salt Lake near by.Therefore,it is an important stronghold of the prehistoric inhabitants to utilize and manage the natural resources of the Salt Lake.Since 2022,the archaeologists from Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology have investigated and explored this prehistoric site and discovered a moat-surrounded settlement from the middle phase of Yangshao culture.These discoveries provided new materials for studying the inhabitants'livelihood near the Salt Lake and settlement structure in Yuncheng basin during Yangshao period.