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五百年前,哥伦布“发现”美洲。在纪念这一重大历史事件之际,探讨古代中国与美洲的交往问题,更具有特别重要的意义。从18世纪中叶起,国内外史学界对古代中国与美洲的交往问题进行了多次热烈讨论。自本世纪50年代开始,这一问题又成为人类学、考古学的一个重要课题,至今悬而未决。现代学术界探讨古代中国与美洲的交往问题,并不是为了猎奇,它实际上涉及到这样一些基本问题:美洲文化是独立发展起来的,还是外界影响的结果?在人类文化的发
Five hundred years ago, Columbus “discovered” the Americas. In commemoration of this major historical event, it is of even more significant significance to explore the issue of the exchanges between ancient China and the Americas. From the middle of the eighteenth century, the history circles at home and abroad held many heated discussions on the exchanges between ancient China and the Americas. Since the 1950s, this issue has become an important topic in anthropology and archeology and has so far remained unresolved. It is not a matter of curiosity that modern academic circles should discuss the issue of the interaction between ancient China and the Americas. Actually, it involves some basic questions: Are American cultures developed independently or are the result of external influences? In the development of human culture