从仰韶时代中晚期开始,出于土地崇拜的观念,为建筑建造举行奠基祭祀成为黄河流域一种较为普遍的习俗。龙山文化时期,建筑奠基习俗的分布区域不断扩展,但黄河中游的郑洛平原一直是分布中心。仰韶晚期以降,随着史前城址的涌现,黄河流域出现了位于城墙夯土中的奠基遗存,这标志着奠基习俗发展到了一个新的阶段。结合考古发现和民族志材料,可以看出,部分位于城墙夯土中、房屋墙体下或居住面下等特殊位置的瓮棺,当不是一般的墓葬,而很可能是奠基仪式或祭祀的产物,其目的无非是借牺牲来慰解鬼神,以求建筑的稳固。 Starting from the middle and later Yangshao period, out of the idea of ​​land worship, it has become a common practice in the Yellow River valley to lay the foundation stone for the building construction. During the Yongsan Culture, the distribution of the foundation of the building foundation continued to expand, but the plains of the Lo River in the middle reaches of the Yellow River have been the distribution center. In the late Yangshao period, with the advent of prehistoric sites, the founding relics in the rammed earth of the wall appeared in the Yellow River Basin, marking a new stage in the foundation-laying custom development. According to the archaeological findings and ethnographic materials, we can see that the urn coffin, which is located in some places such as the rammed earth in the wall, under the wall of the house, or under the living surface, may be the product of the foundation laying ceremony or sacrifice when it is not a general grave , Its purpose is nothing more than to sacrifice to comfort ghosts and gods in order to build a stable.