20世纪以前,我国基本上没有什么考古可言,当然也谈不到西夏考古。被视为金石古物的西夏文物,也是屈指可数,十分稀少。20世纪50年代以后,中国的考古事业进入了一个新的时期。70年代以来,银川西夏陵的发现,对西夏考古工作产生了重大的影响。此后,在西夏故地的宁夏、甘肃、内蒙古西部、陕西北部和青海东部,都有西夏遗迹发现。地下的有墓葬、遗址、窑址、窖藏等;地上的有城址、寺庙、佛塔、石窟、碑刻等。出土了各种文物、文书等,为我们解读西夏社会,认识西夏文化,提供了前所未有的条件。 Before the 20th century, there was basically no archeology in our country, of course, there was no mention of Xixia archeology. Xixia relics, which are regarded as precious stone antiquities, are also very few. After the 1950s, China’s archaeological career has entered a new period. Since the 1970s, the discovery of the Western Xia mausoleum in Yinchuan has had a significant impact on the archaeological work in Western Xia Dynasty. Since then, the sites of Xixia Ningxia, Gansu, western Inner Mongolia, northern Shaanxi and eastern Qinghai, Xixia sites have been found. Underground tombs, ruins, kiln sites, cellars, etc .; on the ground there are city sites, temples, pagodas, grottoes, inscriptions and so on. Unearthed a variety of cultural relics, instruments, etc., for us to interpret the community in Western Xia, Xixia culture, providing an unprecedented condition.