试论龙山文化时代的人殉和人祭

龙山文化时期是中国从原始社会向阶级社会过渡的重要时代，生产力的飞跃发展带来了社会制度、生产关系的深刻变化。本文通过对龙山文化时代的人殉人祭遗存的考察，以探讨龙山文化时代的社会性质。

On the Burial and Sacrifice of Persons Alive in the Funerals and Sacrificial Rites in the Age of Longshan Culture

The period of Longshan culture was the important age for Chinese histroy to turn from primitivesociety to class society. In that period, the rapid development of productive forces brought about theimpressive changes in social system and relations of production. This thesis discusses the nature ofthe society in that period by examining the relics of burning persons alive with the dead and killingpersons in the sacrificial rites at that time.