从上个世纪20年代中国现代考古学诞生到80年代中期,是中国文明形成研究的准备阶段。
From 20's of last century, when Chinese modern archaeology was born, to the middle of 80's, that is the preparing stage of research for the formation of Chinese civilization.
20世纪初的疑古思潮对中国现代考古学的起步产生了很大的影响,也对它的学术定位起到了决定性的作用。
Historical skepticism in the early 20th century had great influence on the beginning of modern Chinese archaeology, and also played a decisive role in its academic orientation.
然而,现代考古学通过运用适当的技术和比较的方法,在从泥炭、沙漠和冻土中所获得的一些幸运发现的辅助下,能够填充这个空缺的很大部分。
Still modern archaeology, by applying appropriate techniques and comparative methods, aided by a few lucky finds from peat-bogs, deserts, and frozen soils, is able to fill up a good deal of the gap.
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