海南东方市荣村遗址试掘简报

Trial Excavation on the Rongcun Site in Dongfang City, Hainan

东方市位于海南省西部,地处昌化江下游,西濒北部湾。境内河流纵横,沿海地带分布有平原和台地,这里属热带海洋季风气候,自然环境优越,较适宜于古代先民生活。荣村遗址(原名付龙园遗址)位于东方市北约20公里的四更镇荣村村北,紧邻村屯,

This site lies on the second terrace by the Changhua River, to the north of Rongcun Village in Sigeng Town, Dongfang City, Hainan Province. In Fabruary -March 1998, drilling and trial excavation were carried out here on a large scale. The work resulted in the revelation of ash-pits, ash-trenches and tombs, as well as the discovery of a number of pottery fu cauldrons, jars, bo bowls, basins and dishes, various bone and horn artifacts and some porcelain, stone, iron and bronze objects. Judging from the stratigraphical evidence, the typological features of the objects and the 14C data, the cultural deposits on the site can be divided into three phases, which belong to the early Spring-and-Autumn period, the early Eastern Han Dynasty and late Southern Dynasties times respectively.