一、引言 “先周文化”或“早周文化”一经提出,便在国内外考古界引起了热烈讨论,成为三代考古学的重要议题。随着田野工作的展开和对西周早期文化趋向纵深的了解,先周文化的研究也取得了重大进展,特别是近年来许多重要的论点相继提出,一步步把研究引向深入。但是,分歧仍然存在:由于对“先周文化”一词界说不同,每个人在研究中把握的辨识先周文化的标准也就不同;由于对各遗址的年代及文化属性看法不同,得出的先周文化的基本特征亦有不同,进而在先周文化渊源上的认识也必然存在差异。 I. INTRODUCTION Once “Zhou Culture” or “Early Zhou Culture” has been put forward, it has aroused heated discussions in the archeology circles both at home and abroad and has become an important topic of the three generations of archeology. With the commencement of field work and the deep understanding of cultural trends in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, great progress has been made in the study of the pre-Zhou culture. In particular, many important arguments have been put forth in recent years and the research has been gradually carried out. However, the differences still exist: because of the different definition of the term “culture of Zhou Dynasty”, the standard of identification of culture of the predecessor Zhou held by everyone in their study is also different. Because of the different ages and cultural attributes of the sites, There are also differences in the basic characteristics of the culture of the first week of Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, there are also some differences in the understanding of the origins of the earlier Zhou culture.