一、导言今天我将讨论编年问题,它过去是并且仍将是我们的一个主要课题。我所要讲的要点已详细地发表在我的专题论文(White,1986)上,文中对班清(Ban Chiang)的编年提出了修正.你们中许多人大概已被有关遗址的断代并尤其是金属器物年代的各种不同说法搅糊塗了,并因缺乏有助于评价这些说法的资料而感到垂头丧气。被这一遗址搅糊塗情有可原, I. Introduction Today, I will discuss the issue of chronology, which was and will remain one of our major subjects. The key points I want to make have been published in detail in my monograph (White, 1986), which amends the chronology of Ban Chiang, many of whom you may have been ordained, and in particular, The various accounts of the age of the metal artifact were confused and were overwhelmed by the lack of information that helped to assess these claims. Confused by this site,