据文献记载,今周原遗址是周人早期的都邑之所在。因此在20世纪的40年代即引起了考古学者的关注。新中国建立之后,这里的考古工作几乎不曾间断过。尤其是1976年进行的大规模的考古发掘,对西周考古及历史研究产生了巨大的影响。遗憾的是,由于种种不该发生的人为的原因,使得本该持续发展下去的考古活动受到了极大的限制,在相当长的一段时间里,周原考古几乎处于一种沉寂的状态。鉴于遗址的重要性和遗址本身所面临破坏的严峻形势,1998年北京大学考古文博院院长李伯谦教授 According to historical records, the ruins of the original week this week are located in the early years of the city. Therefore, in the 1940s of the 20th century, archeologists attracted the attention. After the founding of New China, archeology here has hardly ever been interrupted. In particular, the large-scale archeological excavations conducted in 1976 have had a tremendous impact on the study of archeology and history in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Unfortunately, due to various unwarranted man-made causes, the archeological activities that should have continued to develop have been greatly restricted. For a long period of time, the archeology of Zhouyuan was almost in a state of silence. In view of the importance of the ruins and the serious situation of destruction of the ruins themselves, Prof. Li Boqian, Dean of the Archeology and Museology School of Peking University in 1998