大约从半个世纪以前至今,不少国家有关考古遗址中动物骨骼的研究,依然停留在较落后的水平,人们往往是在遗址研究报告末尾附上一张动物群的名单。就是这样一个名单也常常是残缺不全的,因为在遗址发掘过程中,人们对文化遗物的采集往往非常细致、精心,而对于自然遗物、特别是对于动物骨骼,则常抱以漫不经心的态度:或只进行部分采集、或只挑选骨骼中较完整者,因此即便将这些材料交给专门家去鉴定,所得结果也不能反映遗址中原有动物的全貌,更不能很好地解决考古学提出的问题。 About half a century ago, studies on animal bones in archeological sites in many countries still remain at a relatively backward level. People often attach a list of fauna to the end of the site’s research report. It is often the case that such a list is incomplete because the collection of cultural relics is often very meticulous and meticulously carried out during excavation of the site and the careless attitude towards natural relics, especially animal bones, or Only part of the collection, or only the more complete selection of bones, so even if these materials are handed over to the experts to identify, the results can not reflect the original site of the original animal, but also can not solve the archaeological problems.