中国史前文字与甲骨文(42)

hands, it has life and has become a work of art that speaks for history. A burned animal bone beside him tells us where he comes from? How old is he?
俗话说，一方水土养一方人。不同的气候，不同的地理环境，造就了不同
的人，不同的民族和不同的历史文化。考古发掘出土的古玉器，无论造型、文饰、
工艺、甚至材质都不相同。古玉上刻的文字就更不相同了。通过这些古文物和
古文字，我们不难看出：史前的经济，文化发展到一定的历史时期，古文字应
运而出。这些古文字虽然各自风格不同，刻写的工艺不同，但它们都是社会生产发展的必然产物。人类的进步，经济的发展，催生了文字的产生。
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PREHISTORIC CHINESE CHARACTERS AND ORACLE BONES 四、中国古文明的时空分布
As the saying goes, one side of soil and water nourishes another. Different
climates and geographical environments have created different people, different
nationalities and different historical cultures. The ancient jades unearthed in
archaeological excavations are different in shape, decoration, technol ogy and even
material. The words engraved on ancient jade are even more dierent. Through these
ancient relics and characters, it is not dicult for us to see when prehistoric economy
and culture developed to a certain historical period, ancient characters should be