一、郑州商城外夯土墙基的发现确认郑州商城这一重要城址之前,1953年在郑州老城东南郊二里岗地下曾发现一段东西向的夯土遗迹。1986年6月在郑州商城西南方,一马路中段路东地区,建设振兴商场工程中,地下也发现一段南北向的夯土遗迹。因此,郑州商城外夯土遗迹问题更加引起了我们的重视。经国家文物局批准,由河南省文物研究所负责,进行了一系列的钻探调查和试掘工作:①1986年11月在郑州商城南城墙外,依据《郑州二里岗》一书中提供夯土的资料进行核对,于市木材公司货场南部找到了夯土,并顺其走向西南所经过的南仓西街南头、二轻局仓库进行调查,也都验证了夯土的存在,再向西南延伸通过烟厂街南端的陇海铁路闸口,至铁路以南国棉二 First, the Zhengzhou Mall outside the rammed earth wall found found Zhengzhou City Mall before this important site, in 1953 in the southeastern suburbs of Zhengzhou City, Erligang found underground east-west of the rammed earth relics. In June 1986, in the south east of Zhengzhou Mall and east of the middle section of Yima Road, in the project of rejuvenating shopping malls, a relic of rammed earth north and south was also found underground. Therefore, Zhengzhou Mall rammed earth remnants of the problem more aroused our attention. Approved by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Institute of Cultural Relics of Henan Province is responsible for a series of drilling surveys and excavation work: ① November 1986 in Zhengzhou Mall south of the city wall, according to “Erligang, Zhengzhou,” a book provides rammed earth Of the data to check, in the city timber yard in the southern found rammed earth, and follow its southwest through the South West Street West, two light bureau warehouse survey, also verified the presence of rammed earth, and then to the southwest Stretching through the gate of the Longhai Railway at the southern end of the Tobacco Factory Street, to the south of the railway, cotton two