桂林是我国发现史前洞穴遗址数量较多、分布较集中的国家历史文化名城,历次文物普查在市区范围发现史前洞穴遗址72处,形成了“桂林洞穴遗址群”。考古研究表明,桂林洞穴遗址群年代从距今35000年延续到3500年,遗址文化内涵整体上涉及了原始制陶、原始农业、原始驯养业的起源,以及华南地区从旧石器时代向新石器时代过渡等一系列世界性的重大学术课题。 Guilin is a national historical and cultural city with a large number of prehistoric cave sites found in China. The census of cultural relics has found 72 sites of prehistoric caves in the urban area and formed the “Guilin Cave Site Group”. Archaeological studies have shown that the age of Guilin cave ruins has lasted 35,000 years to 3500 years. The cultural connotation of the site as a whole involves the origins of primitive pottery, primitive agriculture and primitive domestication, as well as the origins of South China from Paleolithic to Neolithic Transition and a series of major academic topics worldwide.