史前经济的发展在中国文明化进程中起到了相当重要的作用,故“洪范八政,一日食,二日货”〔1〕,食货为首。而衣食所得在于农业,货殖之利首仰盐铁,这几项指标遂成为中国古代经济问题研究的关键。远古的衣食生计虽取之于当地,然以中国之大,各地的农业经济必有特色,盐、铁(在史前为石器)之利则由于资源所限,非由贸易而不可得,因此,对于史前农业、资源、手工业和贸易的研究势所必然。这其中,古代经济的地理分布及其变化情况是这类研究的基本方面。早期文献对中国古代经济 The development of prehistoric economy played a very important role in the process of civilization in China. Therefore, “Hongfan eight government, one day food, two Japanese goods” [1], food and beverage led. The income derived from food and clothing is the key to the study of the ancient Chinese economic problems due to the benefits of agriculture and breeding. Although the ancient food, clothing, and livelihood were taken from the local area, the agricultural economy of all parts of China must have its own characteristics. The profits of salt and iron (prehistoric stone tools) were not available due to limited resources and non-trade. Therefore, The research on prehistoric agriculture, resources, handicrafts and trade is inevitable. Among these, the geographical distribution of the ancient economy and its changes are the basic aspects of this type of research. Early literature on ancient Chinese economy