一、解题中华文明起源问题,至今仍是考古学和先秦史学界研究的热门课题。经过多年讨论已经取得了进展,主要是在两个问题上取得了共识。一是把文化起源和文明起源的概念分清楚了。二是文明起源还是在黄河流域。但对文明起源的时间,分歧仍然不小。究其原因,我认为在于研究者在理论和方法上还有缺陷。理论上的缺陷,是对文明社会的出现,只从文化表现上,如文字、殿堂、城市、财产分化等现 First, solving the problem of the origin of Chinese civilization is still a hot topic in the study of archeology and pre-Qin history. After years of discussion, progress has been made, mainly in reaching consensus on two issues. First, the concept of cultural origin and origin of civilization is clearly defined. Second, the origin of civilization is still in the Yellow River. However, at the time when civilizations originated, the differences were still not small. The reason, I think, is that researchers have some flaws in theory and method. The theoretical flaw is the emergence of civilized society, only from the cultural performance, such as words, temples, cities, property differentiation, etc.