商都与商城的研究是考古学界和历史学界普遍关注的重大学术课题。研究者们曾围绕这一课题挥毫泼墨,发表了不少重要论著,取得了多方面的成果。以往的研究,多从商都与商城的规模、形制、布局、建筑特征和年代分期等方面考虑问题。这里,我们以商文化的分布为主要着眼点,具体分析考古发掘所见商都与商城在商文化分布区域中的位置,进而结合其他情况,对这些商都与商城的作用与性质问题进行初步探索。一、商文化分布区域的变化概况商文化在其各个发展阶段中的分布范围是不相同的,因此要讨论商文化的分布,就应该考虑到商文化分布区域的变化情况。本文从所探讨问题的实际需要出发,分三个阶段来考察商文化的分布。在商文化二里冈下层期偏早的阶段,商 Research on both commercial and shopping malls is a major academic issue that archaeologists and historians generally pay attention to. Researchers have penned ink on this topic, published a number of important treatises, and made many achievements. In the past, many problems were considered in terms of the scale, shape, layout, architectural features, and the age of the merchants. Here, we focus on the distribution of business culture, the specific analysis of the archaeological excavation and the Mall in the distribution of business culture in the location of the location, and then combined with other circumstances, the business and the mall’s role and nature of a preliminary exploration. First, the changes in the distribution of business culture Overview Business culture in its various stages of development is not the same distribution, it is necessary to discuss the distribution of business culture, business district should take into account the distribution of changes. Based on the actual needs of the issues discussed, this paper examines the distribution of business culture in three stages. In the lower stage of commercial culture two years Gangli stage, business