世纪之交,考古学界在香港、北京等地召开了几次大型学术会议,《考古》、《东南文化》等杂志也推出了专家笔谈,讨论的主题都直指中国考古学在新世纪的发展。“世界的中国考古学”成为学界共同的诉求和期望,中国考古学处于转型的路上。笔者以为,新近出版的《桃李成蹊集》(以下简称《桃李》)一书,是观察这些转型的一个极好例子。《桃李》是为庆祝著名考古学家安志敏 At the turn of the century, the archaeological community held several large-scale academic conferences in Hong Kong and Beijing, and magazines such as Archeology and Southeast Culture also launched experts’ speeches on the development of Chinese archeology in the new century . “Chinese Archeology of the World ” has become the common aspirations and expectations of the academic community. Chinese archeology is on the way to transformation. The author believes that the recently published book “The Peach and Lecture of the Tao Li” (hereinafter referred to as “Tao Li”) is an excellent example of observing these transformations. “Peaches and plums” is to celebrate the famous archaeologist An Zhimin