村落既是一个地理学的概念,也是一个人类学和社会学的概念。村落是人口集中分布的区域,通常指自然村,也指称村庄区域。因而,一个村落就是一个大的乡村聚落或由多个乡村聚落而形成的群体。聚落通常是指固定的居民点,只有极少数是游动性的。聚落大约起源于旧石器时代中期,随着人类文明的进步在逐渐演化。在原始公社制度下,以氏族为单位的聚落是纯粹的农业村社。进入奴隶制社会后出现了不直接依靠农业产生而存在的城市型聚落,但奴隶 The village is not only a concept of geography, but also a concept of anthropology and sociology. Villages are areas where population is concentrated and usually refer to villages as well as village areas. Thus, a village is a large rural settlement or a group formed by multiple rural settlements. Settlements usually refer to fixed settlements, and very few are motivated. Set about originated in the mid-Paleolithic, with the progress of human civilization gradually evolved. Under the primitive commune system, the settlement by clan was a purely agricultural village. After entering the slavery society there emerged urban settlements that do not depend directly on agriculture to produce, but slaves