文明时代的标志(为了叙述的方便,下文中有时简称为“文明标志”)究竟是什么?或者说,如何确定文明时代的所谓“起点”?这是国内外学界的文明起源研究中的重大理论问题。对此,学界长期以来争论不休,难有定论,存在着“文字标志论”、“国家标志论”、“城市标志论”、“多标志论” What is the sign of the civilization era (for the convenience of narration, hereinafter sometimes referred to simply as “the sign of civilization”)? Or how to define the so-called “starting point” of the civilized era? This is a major theory in the study of the origins of civilization by the domestic and foreign scholars problem. In this regard, the academic circles have long been arguing endlessly and are hard pressed to conclude that there are “literary landmark theory”, “national landmark theory”, “urban landmark theory” and “multi-symbolism”