革命前辈徐特立同志对考古工作十分重视,在考古学、历史学方面有着浓厚的兴趣。一九五一年他到东北去了一次,参观了当时的东北博物馆、东北图书馆以及沈阳故宫等处,以兴奋的心情仔细观察并询问一些文物、图书的情况。当时徐老已是七十五岁的高龄,终日参观活动,孜孜不倦,而且坐下来的时候经常手不释卷.临行留下了这份珍贵的手迹。在这里他提出了史前学研究的主要任务,这对我们今天的考古工作仍有着重要的指导意义。现在《史前研究》杂志创刊,特刊于此,以饷读者,并以纪念我们这位老一辈的无产阶级革命家。 Comrade Xu Teli, a revolutionary predecessor, attached great importance to archeology and has a keen interest in archeology and history. In 1951 he went to the northeast once, visited the then Northeast Museum, the Northeast Library and the Forbidden City and other places in Shenyang, with an excited mood carefully observed and asked a number of cultural relics, books. At that time, Xu Lao was already a seventy-five-year-old senior who went all out to visit the event and worked diligently. However, he often left the precious handwriting when sitting down. Here he put forward the main task of prehistoric study, which still has important guiding significance for our archeology work today. Now the publication of “Prehistoric Studies”, a special issue here, with a readership, and in honor of our older generation of proletarian revolutionaries.