山西芮城寺里—坡头遗址调查报告

一、寺里-坡头遗址的自然及历史地理环境(一)地理位置芮城县隶属于运城市,位于山西省西南部黄河拐弯处(黄河于此受秦岭阻挡,折向东流),地理坐标为东经110°14’30'~110°57’34',北纬34°35’16'~34°50’20'。西、南隔黄河分别与陕西大荔、潼关及河南灵宝相望,素有'鸡鸣三省闻'之称;北依中条山,与永济市、盐湖区毗连;东与平陆县接壤。县境东西长65公里,南北最宽约24公里,总面积1178平方公里。寺里一坡头遗址就位于这一狭长地带的东北边缘(图一)。

The Sili-Potou site is famous for its Neolithic ritual jades discovered in recent years.In the late spring and early summer of 2003 the resident archaeologists conducted a survey at the site and confirmed that those ritual jades were unearthed from a cemetery about 4500 BC.The survey also reveals that some of the burials belonged to the second period of Miaodigou culture,which was equal to the time of Yao,Shun and Yu mentioned in documents,and that the cemetery is one of the earliest sites with jade articles discovered in the Central Plains to date.The discoveries at the site provide valuable materials for the study of the rising of Chinese ancient civilization and for the coming excavation.