南京石头城遗址1998～1999年勘探试掘简报

石头城是南京作为中国重要都城城市的起点,对研究六朝都城史、南京城市建设史等具有重大意义。1998年7月至1999年2月,南京市文物研究所在清凉山地区开展了野外调查、勘探和试掘工作。一系列考古工作证实现存于清凉山地区的土垣为六朝时期的石头城城垣遗存,其最初建造时间为东吴时期,东晋以后又有加筑,城垣的彻底弃用时间约在五代、北宋时期。

A Brief Report on the Exploration and Test Excavation at the Heritage Site of the Stone City in Nanjing,1998-1999

The Stone City was the site where Nanjing commenced its history as an important capital city of China.It is of great significance to the study of the history of the Six Dynasties and Nanjing’s urban development.Nanjing Research Institute of Cultural Relics conducted investigation,exploration and test excavations at the area of Qingliang Mountain from July 1998 to February 1999.A series of archaeological research has demonstrated that the earth wall located in current Qingliang Mountain area is the remains of the Stone City wall from the Six Dynasties.The wall was firstly built in the Eastern Wu time and was extended after the Eastern Jin period.It was around the period of the Five Dynasties or Northern Song that the city wall was abandoned.