一1980年,邹衡先生首次提出豫北冀南地区二里头文化时期的遗存应是一种独立的考古学文化,鉴于这种文化的分布范围与商族先世的活动范围有相当程度的重合,年代在早商文化之前,且内涵上也可视为早商文化的前身,故可称为先商文化。对于其绝对年代,邹衡先生认为“约相当于成汤灭夏以前”~①。1989年,李伯谦先生将先商文化定义为“汤灭夏以前商族(或以商族为主体)创造和使用的文化”~②。可见,邹、李二位先生均认可与商族有关的人群所创造的物质文化可以“汤革夏命”这一政治事件划分早晚,即先商文化和早商文化,这种观点得到多数学者的认同。 In 1980, for the first time, Mr. Zou Heng proposed that the relic of Erlitou Culture during the period of Erlitou Culture in the south of North Henan should be an independent archeology culture. In view of the overlapping of the scope of this culture and the scope of the ancestral activities of Shang people, Before the early business culture, and connotation can also be regarded as the predecessor of early business culture, it can be called pre-commercial culture. For its absolute age, Mr. Zou Heng believes that “about the same as Cheng Tang before the summer ” ~ ①. In 1989, Mr. Li Boxian defined the preconcentration culture as “the culture created and used by the Shang people before Tangxia (or mainly by Shang people).” It can be seen that Zou and Li Erren both recognize that the material culture created by the people related to the Shang ethnic group can be divided into “political life of the Tang Dynasty” and “early life” Most scholars agree.