陶寺文化是以陶寺遗址命名的。自20世纪50年代初发现陶寺遗址至今已近半个世纪,陶寺文化研究在几代学者的不懈努力下,取得了可喜的成果。陶寺文化得以确认,人们对陶寺文化的面貌、性质、年代、分期等有了明确的认识,尽管这些认识存在着一定的分歧。当前,中国文明起源研究掀起了新一次浪潮。“中华文明探源工程预研究”于2002年启动,陶寺城址被纳入“聚落形态反映社会变迁”子课题中,有关陶寺城址聚落形态的发掘与探索有了重大进展,为陶寺文化社会形态的研究打下了坚实的基础。陶寺文化谱系的研究与成果则面临着如何为研究陶寺文化社会形态服务这一 Tao Temple culture is named after the Tao Temple site. Nearly half a century has passed since the discovery of Taosi Site in the early 1950s. The study of Taosi culture has made gratifying achievements with the unremitting efforts of several generations of scholars. Taosi culture was confirmed, people have a clear understanding of the Tao Si culture appearance, nature, age, stage, etc., although there are some differences between these understanding. At present, the study of the origins of Chinese civilization set off a new wave. “Pre-research on the origin of Chinese civilization ” started in 2002, Taosi city site was included “settlement reflects the social changes ” sub-topics, the settlement of Taosi city site settlement has made significant progress in the form of Taosi culture and social forms of the study laid a solid foundation. Taosi cultural pedigree of the research and results are faced with how to study the Tao Si culture and social services