敬爱的苏秉琦先生离开我们已经两年了。在迎接世纪之交的时候,回顾苏秉琦先生在本世纪最后的20余年中为中国考古学所开拓的道路,展望这条道路在新世纪可能的走向,不仅是对苏先生深深的怀念和感激,也会使我们对中国考古学的未来拥有更深刻的思索和更清醒的认识。一也许我们在谈论21世纪的中国考古学之前,还是应该把目光先移向即将逝去的这个世纪,移向苏秉琦先生所作出的学术贡献。显然,我们想要追寻一代宗师的足迹,不仅是感叹他曾作出的那些远见卓识的学科建 Dear Mr. Su Bingqi left us for two years. While greeting the turn of the century, we should review the road that Mr. Su Bingqi pioneered for Chinese archeology in the last 20 years of this century and look forward to the possible course of this road in the new century. This is not only a deep miss and gratitude to Mr. Su , Will also enable us to have more profound thinking and a more sober understanding of the future of Chinese archeology. Perhaps, before we talk about Chinese archeology in the 21st century, we should still shift our attention to the century to be passed away and to the academic contribution made by Mr. Su Bingqi. Obviously, we want to trace the footsteps of a generation of masters, not only to sigh the farsighted disciples he has made