广东英德史老墩遗址的石器分类与农业生产 --兼论广东地区新石器时代的农业发展

农业是新石器时代产生的标志 ,柴尔德称为“新石器时代的革命”(1) 。在新石器时代 ,石器是主要的农业生产工具。由于南方土壤呈酸性 ,有机物难于保存 ,石器在大多数情况下是得以保存下来的主要的古代人类文化遗物 ,因此 ,石器成为探讨南方新石器时代农业生产的重要材料。史老墩遗址位于广东英德市沙口镇的北江东岸 ,是一处新石器时代中期遗址 ,距今 60 0 0 - 5 0 0 0年左右(2 ) 。同时期的遗址在北江流域还发现极少。史老墩是一处石器制造场遗址 ,出土的石器数量众多 ,石器功能研究尚待进一步深入。宾福德提出 ,人们为了某种专门目的而制造…

Classification of stone tools and agricultural production ～ A review of Shi Lao Duang neolithic site in Ying De County Guang Dong Province

The paper contains an analysis of the function of the agricultural stone tools from the excavation at Shilaodun. It was found that there were many types of agricultural tools present, for example, those used for felling trees, planting seeds, and ploughing , cultivating ,or harvesting crops, and so on. These tools belonged to two different sets of stone tools used for farming, one reflected the using-reamer and-fire agriculture, another reflected the using-toe agriculture. In addition, the article includes an investigation of the rise of agriculture in the Guangdong Region.