2010年6~11月,对西城驿遗址进行发掘,发现房址、墙体、灰坑、灰沟、墓葬等遗迹,出土陶器、石器、玉器、骨器、铜器、炼铜炉渣、矿石等遗物千余件。遗存可分为马厂晚期至四坝早期之间和四坝文化时期两个阶段。本次发掘对研究四坝文化来源、河西走廊早期冶金技术及东西方文化交流具有重要意义。 From June to November 2010, excavations of Xichengyi site were carried out to discover the remains of houses, walls, ash pits, gray ditches and tombs, and unearthed pottery, stoneware, jade, boneware, bronze, copper smelting slag, ore, etc. Relics more than a thousand pieces. Remains can be divided into the late Ma Court and the early four Siba cultural period of two periods. This excavation is of great significance for studying the source of Siba culture, the early metallurgical technology of Hexi Corridor and the cultural exchange between East and West.