中文摘要：

从目前的考古发现和研究结果来看，红山文化的起始年代约为公元前4500年，结束年代约为公元前3000年。在这前后历时约1500年的时间跨度里，红山文化本身到底应该划分为几个发展阶段，学术界的认识大致经历了一个由浅入深、由模糊到逐渐清晰的过程。以年代先后为序，可将以往观点归纳总结如下。1985年，郭大顺、马沙从当时新发现的各遗址材料间的差别出发，提出了红山文化的分期及地方类型划分，应该是一个值得学术界注意的问题。

英文摘要：

Hongshan Culture is a very important archaeological culture of the Neolithic Age distributed in the western Liaoning Province and nearby area. Since its discovery in the 1930s, the researches on Hongshan Culture have been concerned by the academic circle, especially the topics on the chronological and the periodization issues. In the past, the opinions on these topics have been numerous but in controversy. Through the re-trimming of all of the published materials about Hongshan Culture and based on the stratigraphy and the coexistence and typological comparison of the potteries, this paper divided Hongshan Culture into three phases from the beginning to the end. Phase I is represented by the Group 1 marked by the lower strata of Locality 5 of Niuheliang Site and the F13 and Stratum 2 of Xishuiquan Site; Phase Ⅱ is represented by the Group 2 marked by the middle strata of Locality 5 of Niuheliang Site and the F17, H18, H1 and Stratum 1 of Xishuiquan Site; Phase Ⅱ is represented by the Group 3 marked by the upper strata of Locality 5 and the Chengzishan Group at Locality 16 of Niuheliang Site. These three phases roughly corresponded to the early, middle and later periods of Yangshao Culture in the Central Plains. Phase I was around 4500-4000 BC, coinciding with the later period of Banpo Culture and Hougang Phase I Culture; Phase 11 was around 4000-3500 BC, coinciding with Miaodigou Culture; Phase Ⅱ was around 3500-3000 BC, coinciding with the Banpo Phase IV Culture in the Central Plains and Miaozigou Culture in the Hetao area.