辽海地区史前积石冢浅识

On the prehistoric mound tombs in the Liao Hai area

积石冢是辽海地区史前时期最具区域特色的文化遗存。其产生之初的兴隆洼文化积石冢即为少数上层人物设祀之所,而不是普通意义的墓葬。考察兴隆洼、红山文化积石冢遗存,可以观察到我国国家文明产生之际的内在关联;辽东地区积石冢遗存则表明,至新石器时代晚期,以积石冢设祀的模式逐渐转变为氏族公共墓地,应是受中原文化影响所致。

The mound tomb is the most regional cultural feature of the prehistoric period in the Liao Hai area.By investigating the remains of the stone mounds in Xinglongwa and Hongshan cultures,we can see that a few upper-class people were offered sacrifices at the beginning of their birth,not tombs in common sense.The remains of graveyards in eastern Liaoning indicate that by the late Neolithic period,the pattern of offering sacrifices to graveyards was gradually transformed into a clan public cemetery.