1979～1984年间北京大学考古专业(考古系)、湖北省和宜昌、荆州等地县文物考古工作者,在鄂西当阳、江陵、沙市、枝江、宜都一带进行一系列以寻找楚文化渊源和探索鄂西地区古代文化发展系列为目的的考古调查和发掘工作,取得了许多重要成果。先后发掘的季家湖、石板巷子和鸡脑河、茶店子、蒋家桥、王家渡等六处新石器时代晚期遗址,为填补鄂西地区古代文化缺环具有重要意义。由于这六处遗存存在许多 From 1979 to 1984, archaeologists from Peking University (Department of Archeology), Hubei and Yichang, Jingzhou and other counties and counties and cultural relics archaeologists in western Hubei when Dangyang, Gangneung, Shashi, Zhijiang, Yidu area to find a series of Chu culture Origin and explore the western region of ancient culture development series for the purpose of archaeological investigation and excavation work, and achieved many important results. The six Neolithic sites successively excavated, such as Jihu Lake, Slab Alley and Juruehe, Chadianzi, Jiangjiaqiao and Wangjiadu, are of great significance in filling the lack of ancient culture in western Hubei. Because there are many six survivors