城是原始聚落发展的较高形式,也是文明产生的重要标志之一。近年来,关于中国文明的起源已成为学术界研究的热点,全国各地发现的早期古城址自然也成为了学术界瞩目的研究对象。本世纪70年代末至80年代初,以包头市阿善遗址及凉城县老虎山遗址的发掘为肇端,在内蒙古中南部也发现了新石器时代晚期的石城址。进入90年代,通过大规模考古调查及发掘,这一时期石城址的发现已达十余座。由于这批石城址年代早、地方特点显著,从而引起了研究者广泛的 The city is a higher form of primitive settlement development and one of the important symbols of civilization. In recent years, the origin of Chinese civilization has become a hotspot in academic research. The early ancient city sites discovered throughout China have naturally become the subject of academic research. From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, excavations at the Asan ruins in Baotou City and the Laoshan sites in Liangcheng County originated. In the middle and southern Inner Mongolia, Shihcheng sites were also discovered in the late Neolithic. Into the 90’s, through large-scale archaeological surveys and excavations, the discovery of Shicheng site during this period has reached more than 10 seats. Because of these stone city site early, local characteristics significantly, which caused a wide range of researchers