引言遐迩闻名的河南偃师二里头遗址是1959年夏天徐旭生先生等人在豫西调查“夏墟”时发现的。同年秋季,中国科学院考古研究所(即现在的中国社会科学院考古研究所)组织力量进行了首次发掘,至今已经整整35年。在这35年当中,随着对该遗址工作的深入开展,一些十分新颖而重要的遗存也陆续被发现出来,使我们对其文化内涵的认 Introduction The famous Erzhongtou site in Yanshi, Henan Province, was discovered by Mr. Xu Xunsheng et al. In the West of Henan Province in the summer of 1959. In the autumn of the same year, the Archeology Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (now the Institute of Archeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) conducted its first excavation for 35 years. During these 35 years, with the deepening of the work of this site, some very new and important relics have been discovered one after another, enabling us to recognize the cultural connotation