恩格斯早在1884年就指出,一门科学的发展是同前一代人遗留下来的知识量成比例的。①而且,今天看来,一门学科只有突破本学科的界限,才能求得本学科的真正发展。作为一门学科的考古学也不能例外。最近,有人著文论述自然科学方法对考古学发展的重要性,②这是引人注目的一个方面; As early as 1884, Engels pointed out that the development of a science is proportional to the amount of knowledge left over from the previous generation. Moreover, today, it seems that only by breaking the boundaries of a subject can a subject achieve its true development. Archeology as a discipline is no exception. Recently, some people have written about the importance of natural science methods to the development of archeology. 2 This is an attractive aspect.