高坎垅遗址位于湘西怀化县新建乡牛眠口村的小沙河南岸二级台地上,总面积约1万平方米。整个遗址表面已辟为农田,受到严重破坏。遗址西距怀化市区25公里,东10公里为沅水主流,北约0.5公里为新建乡政府所在地,南为山坡梯田。其北缘之小沙河是由遗址北面约200米许的原大溪河改道而成,东注入沅水(图一)。 The site of Gaokangao is located on the south platform of Xiaosha River on the south bank of Niudukou Village, Xinjian Township, Huaihua County, western Hunan Province, with a total area of ​​10,000 square meters. The surface of the entire site has been turned into farmland, severely damaged. The site is 25 km west of Huaihua City, 10 km east of the mainstream of the Yuan River, about 0.5 km north of the new township government is located, the southern hillside terraces. Its northern margin of Shahe River is about 200 meters north of the ruins of the original Daxi River diversion from the East into the Yuanshui (Figure 1).