学术界将殷墟文化分为四期~([1])。四期说反映了殷墟文化的发展演变规律,被学术界广泛采用,成为研究晚商考古学文化最常用的编年标尺。也正是因为如此,对殷墟文化各期的年代辨微工作就更有意义。本文主要讨论殷墟文化第四期的年代与性质。依照过去较普遍的看法,殷墟文化第四期属晚商帝乙、帝辛时期~([2]),而目前我们的意见是:殷墟文化第四期最末阶段的部分遗存,尽管文化属性仍可归于商文化,但其年代应已进入西周初年~([3])。现论证如次。 Academics will Yin Ruins culture is divided into four ~ ([1]). The four phases reflect the development and evolution of the Yinxu culture and are widely adopted by academics and become the most commonly used chronology for studying the late Shang archaeological culture. Precisely because of this, it is even more significant for the differentiating work of the various periods of Yin Ruin culture. This article mainly discusses the age and nature of the fourth period of Yin Ruin culture. According to the more common view in the past, the fourth period of the Yin Ruin culture belonged to the late Shang Emperor B and Emperor Xin (~) [2]. At the moment, our opinion is that some remains of the last stage of the fourth period of the Yin Ruin culture, Still can be attributed to the business culture, but its age should have entered the early Western Zhou ~ ([3]). The argument is as follows.