“史前文化”是指文字产生以前的人类文化。历史学家在研究历史的时候,将人类的整个历史简单划分为四个时代:史前、上古、中世、近代,此外还可加上现代。史前时期的研究范围虽然是文字出现前的人类历史,但是世界各地文字的出现有早有晚,所以世界各地史前考古学研究的下限也不同。如在古埃及史前时期终止于公元前3000年代后半期,中国的史前时期终止于公元前21世纪。一般说来,中国的史前时期,大体上包 “Prehistoric Culture ” refers to the human culture before the writing. Historians in the study of history, the entire history of mankind can be simply divided into four periods: prehistoric, antiquity, the Middle Ages, modern times, in addition to add modern. Although the scope of the study in prehistoric times is the human history before the appearance of words, the writing of characters in various parts of the world has been delayed. Therefore, the lower limits of prehistoric archeology around the world are also different. As in the prehistoric period of ancient Egypt ended in the second half of the third millennium BC, China’s prehistoric period ended in the 21st century BC. In general, China’s prehistoric period, in general, package