一、前言陶球,尤其是空心镂孔陶球,是长江中游地区新石器时代诸考古学文化中较为常见的一种器物,具有非常明显的地域特征,如长江中游地区的大溪文化、屈家岭文化及石家河文化等都有大量出土。而介于长江中游和下游地区的薛家岗文化亦发现有数量颇多的陶球。陶球的出土虽引起诸多学者们的注意,但真正系统地研究陶球,并将其作为一种重要物质媒介进而来研究当时社会生活的仍比较少。以陶球为载体,通过深入细致的研究 First, the preface Tao ball, especially the hollow hole Tao ball, is a more common artifact in the Neolithic archeology culture in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, with very obvious geographical features, such as the Daxi culture in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, flexor Jia Ling culture and Shijiahe culture have a large number of unearthed. Xuejiagang culture between the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River also found a large number of pottery balls. Although the unearthed pottery balls have drawn the attention of many scholars, it is still relatively rare to study the Tao Ball systematically and systematically as an important material medium to study the social life at that time. With the ball as the carrier, through in-depth and meticulous research