记号与象形—我国新石器陶符中“水的图像”的研究

Sign and Pictogram—The Study of “Water Image” on the Inscription on Pottery in China’s Neolithic Age

摘要: 从古至今，“水”在人类生产生活中扮演着不可缺少的角色，由此推测，我国出土的新石器时代陶符(文)中必然有水的记号或图像的造型。以图像学及考古学的方法展开了对我国新时期文明遗址中陶符(文)中水的记号或图像的甄别，对于理解上古时期人类用图像或记号表达抽象事物的认知规律，以及揭示地球自然地理气候变化，都有其深远意义。

Abstract: From ancient times, "water" plays an indispensable role in the human’s life and procedure of production. Speculated from this, the signs (characters) of potteries that our country unearthed in the Neolithic Age must have water’s signs or images. Using the methods of Iconology and Archaeology, we can screen for the water’s signs or images from the signs (characters) of potteries unearthed in the neolithic ruins. This study has far-reaching fluence on helping us to understand the cognitive regularity of how the ancient human uses the images or signs to express abstract things and reveal the change of climate and geography on earth.