跨湖桥文化的命名及年代学的讨论

作为2001年全国十大考古新发现之一的跨湖桥新石器时代文化遗址,及其与它同一类型的下孙遗址,在器物形态及其组合、制陶技术、彩陶风格等有其自身的特点和相对独立性,文化内涵迥异于附近地区发现的同时期的河姆渡文化和马家浜文化,可明确为浙江境内一个新型的、独立的新石器时代文化类型,即跨湖桥文化。跨湖桥文化的命名,有助于加深对浙江省境内新石器时代考古学文化类型及其相互间关系问题的认识,有助于认识当时的生态环境,有助于加强对长江流域新石器时代文化交流的探讨,有助于进一步开展的田野考古工作。

On the Kuahu Bridge Culture

As one of China's ten new archaeological findings in 2001,the relic of Xiaoshan Kuahu Bridge in the New Stone Age has so far become the earliest cultural heritage of the New Stone Age discovered in Zhejiang Province,with a history of 8000 years.The excavation shows that the Kuahu Bridge culture heritage has its distinct features and relative independence,especially with regard to the shape and combination of the unearthed implements,pottery making technique,and the style of the colored pottery.Its cultural connotations are totally different from the Hemudu Culture and the Majiabang Culture discovered in the nearby area.It can be defined as a new and independent cultural pattern of the New Stone Age in Zhejiang,that is,the Kuahu Bridge Culture.