中文摘要：

阐发中华文明起源的难点，在于寻找从龙山文化到夏商周文化的过渡契机，说明中华版图从新石器时代多中心分立格局（“满天星斗”说）到有史以来的一元中心格局（华夏国家）的转换及动因。青铜时代商周国家建构和意识形态所必须的青铜器生产，及其所需铜矿资源依赖问题，已有充分讨论，而先于青铜时代的玉器时代之资源依赖，只能以考古新发现为依据，聚焦到形成华夏礼乐文化之源的早期玉礼器生产和使用。中心与边缘的早期互动体现为东玉西传（以玉石神话信仰为核心的玉文化传播）和西玉东输（玉料资源的传播），探讨先于丝绸之路而存在的玉石之路，至关重要。2012年石峁遗址古城及建筑用玉器的发现，使得黄河对华夏文明起源的作用得到新审视：黄河不是作为灌溉农业的水资源，而是作为西部玉石资源调配之漕运交通线而发挥作用的。

英文摘要：

The difficulty in elucidating the origin of Chinese civilization lies in the looking for thetransition moment from Longshan culture to the Xia, the Shang and the Zhou Dynasty and explaining the transformation and the reason from the polycentric pattern of the Neolithic Age to the monocentric pattern of Huaxia. Much has been discussed about the dependence on copper ore in the Bronze Age. While the discussion of the dependence on resources in the Jade Age, before the Bronze Age, should be based on archaeological discoveries and focused on jade production and jade culture transmission. It is of great importance to discuss the Jade Route, which existed before the Silk Route, because the initial interaction between the center and the periphery started from the transmission of jade culture and the spread of jade material. In 2012, the discovery of Shimao relic and jade used for construction justified the reexamination of the influence of the Yellow River on Chinese civilization. The Yellow River was not so much the water resource for irrigation as the traffic line for jade resource from Western China.