The year of 2004 is the 45^th anniversary of the beginning of field work on the Erlitou site. During the past 45 years, the drilling exploration and planned excavation of the site have been carried out continuously, t...The year of 2004 is the 45^th anniversary of the beginning of field work on the Erlitou site. During the past 45 years, the drilling exploration and planned excavation of the site have been carried out continuously, the excavated area has reached more than 40,000 sq m in total, and important achievements have been obtained in many aspects. The present paper makes a brief review and summary on the course of excavation and study of this important site, dividing the researching course centered upon field work into four stages. Meanwhile, the author devotes a preliminary discussion to some related problems, such as the periodization of the site and the culture it represented, the relationship between its ^14C dating and archaeological chronology, as well as its climatic and environmental conditions and other human ecological studies.展开更多
文摘The year of 2004 is the 45^th anniversary of the beginning of field work on the Erlitou site. During the past 45 years, the drilling exploration and planned excavation of the site have been carried out continuously, the excavated area has reached more than 40,000 sq m in total, and important achievements have been obtained in many aspects. The present paper makes a brief review and summary on the course of excavation and study of this important site, dividing the researching course centered upon field work into four stages. Meanwhile, the author devotes a preliminary discussion to some related problems, such as the periodization of the site and the culture it represented, the relationship between its ^14C dating and archaeological chronology, as well as its climatic and environmental conditions and other human ecological studies.