论大地湾一期文化与中国农业起源的关系

距今8 200年至7 400年的大地湾一期文化,是我国北方发现的最早的原始农业文化之一。但大地湾一期文化不是中国新石器农业文化的源头,它处于原始农业向＂刀耕火种＂农业的过渡阶段,仅仅是漫长的农业起源过程中的一个重要环节;大地湾一期文化所在的渭河上游也不是中国北方旱作农业的唯一起源地,仅仅是黍作、粟作农业起源地带的一部分。不过,从史前自然条件和经济条件看,渭河上游应该是西北地区黍、油菜等农作物和羊等家畜的重要培育地;考古亦发现大地湾农业文明向四周传播的证据。

On Relationship Between the First Stage of Dadiwan Culture and the Origin of Chinese Agriculture

The first stage of Dadiwan Culture 8200 to 7400 years ago is one of the earliest primitive agricultural cultures ever found. However,it is not the source of the Chinese Neolithic farming culture. It is the transition phase from primitive agriculture to the ＂slash and burn＂ agriculture ,merely an important part of a long process of agricultur- al origin. The upper reaches of the Weihe River that breeds the first stage of Dadiwan Culture is not the only origin of agriculture in North China, but a part of the belt where the planting of millet crops is originated. However,viewed from the prehistoric natural conditions and economic conditions, the upper reaches of the Weihe River should be an impor- tant cultivating land of millet, rape and sheep, and archaeological findings also prove the evidence that Dadiwan agri- cultural civilization spreads to the surrounding areas.