天山北坡东段北庭故城遗址区近2000年人地关系初探

Preliminary Discussion on the Relationship between Human and Nature of Beiting Ancient Town Site Area in the Eastern Section of the Northern Slope of the Tianshan Mountain in Nearly 2000 Years

摘要: 新疆自古以来就是多民族聚居，多元文化、多种宗教并存的地区，是古代东西方经济、文化交流汇融的重要地区，遗留下丰富的文化遗存，是开展环境考古研究的理想区域。天山北坡东段的北庭故城遗址，是北疆地区现存最大的故城遗址，正在建设新疆第一个国家考古遗址公园，在古代新疆(西域)交通史、军事史、民族关系史、民族文化史、东西经济和文化交流史研究方面具有重要价值。本文对北庭故城地区近2000年来人类活动规模较大时段的环境变化进行了初步探讨，为更深入地挖掘北庭故城遗址的深厚文化内涵，对该遗址开展可持续的考古与保护研究，推动国家考古遗址公园的建设等方面提供科学的依据和参考，也为进一步探讨该区历史时期的人地关系奠定基础。

Abstract: Xinjiang is always a coexistence region of multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious since ancient times and the intersection of the Eastern and Western economics and culture. It left behind a wealth of cultural relics and became an ideal area of environmental archaeological research. The Beiting Ancient Town located in the eastern section of the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountain. It is the largest extant Old City site in northern Xinjiang and is under contruction in Xinjiang first National Archaeological Park. The Beiting Ancient Town has important research value for the transportation history, military history, the history of ethnic relations and history of the national culture and so on. This paper conducted a preliminary discussion on the environmental change of Beiting Ancient Town area nearly 2000 years especially in periods of larger human activity, which can provide a scientific basis and reference to get better excavation of cultural connotation of Beiting Ancient Town and to promote the construction of the National Archae- ological Park, and also laid the foundation to further research on the relationship between human and nature in this area.