位于长江下游的太湖,为我国第四大淡水湖。太湖古称震泽、具区、笠泽,面积2213平方公里,湖光山色,风景秀丽。太湖西南纳苕溪、荆溪诸水,东由浏河、吴淞江、黄浦江泄入长江,成为江南水网中心。通常所说的太湖地区,就是太湖水网的流域地区,其范围包括今天的苏南、浙北和上海市。太湖地区历来是我国著名的“鱼米之乡”。我们的祖先,至迟在新石器时代就在这块土地上劳动生息,创造了独特的光辉灿烂的原始文化,在中华文明史上具有重要的地位。考古发掘证明,在距今七千年至四千年的新石器时代,太湖地区原始文化持续发展,史前历史连绵不断①。早期为马家浜文化(距今 Taihu Lake, located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, is the fourth largest freshwater lake in China. The ancient name of the Taihu Lake Zhenze, with area, Kasize, an area of ​​2213 square kilometers, lakes and mountains, beautiful scenery. South Lake in Taihu Lake Naxi, Jingxi water, the East by the Liu River, Wusong River, Huangpu River into the Yangtze River, Jiangnan Water Network Center. Commonly referred to as the Taihu Lake area is the basin area of ​​the Taihu Lake water network. Its scope includes today’s southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai. The Taihu Lake area has always been famous in our country. Our ancestors, working and living on this land as late as the Neolithic, created a unique and glorious primitive culture that has an important place in the history of Chinese civilization. Archeological excavations proved that in the Neolithic period from 7000 to 4000 years ago, the primitive culture in the Taihu Lake continued to develop and the history of the prehistoric period continued. Early Majiabang culture (since