中国新石器时代早期文化遗存的新发现和新思考

本文依据中国新石器时代早期文化遗存的新发现，提出稻作农业的起源和早期发展形式是中心起源、边缘发展的看法，即稻作农业大约在公元前１００００年起源于自然食物来源充足的中国南方腹心地带，于公元前７０００年后发展于“富裕的食物采集文化”区边缘的两湖平原西部地区和钱塘江流域，并逐步向淮河流域推进。

On the Culture Vestiges in the Earlier Neolithic Age

Acording to the new discoveries from the cultural vestiges in the earlier Neolithic age,this thesis argues about the origin and the early developing style of the rice agriculture.That is,about 10,000 BC. the rice agriculture was derived from the center of Southern China abounding in natural food;then about 7,000 BC it developed in the western part of Two-Lake-plain and the valley of Qiantang river,which were on the margin of the cultural area of plenty food collection;later,it moved foward to the valley of Huai river.