三国两晋南北朝时期，起始于东汉建安年间曹魏、蜀汉、孙吴三个政权实际形成，自此古代中国从大一统进入长期分裂混乱的格局，直到隋朝重新统一全国，长达四个世纪之久。也正是自汉至唐之间的漫长的过渡时期。在这段历史时期，从三国分立到隋朝统一，中间只是在西晋王朝灭吴后有36年短暂的统一，其余时间都在分裂和战乱之中。同时出现了史无前例的由民族迁徙引起的移民狂潮，众多古代少数民族内迁中原北方地区，北方的汉族又大举渡长江南徙，挤压许多江南古代民族向东南移动。还有西域人士经由丝路内迁归附华土。汉族传统文化与内迁的众多古代民族文化，仍至外来文化，不断接触、碰撞、争斗乃至溶合，使中华文明步入更加灿烂光辉的新阶段。从辉煌的汉文化，经过这一段漫长、痛苦而又生机勃勃的过渡时期，孕育出更加辉煌的站立在当时世界文化巅峰的唐文化。三国两晋南北朝考古学，正是用田野考古获得的有限遗迹和考古标本，努力反映和解析这一伟大历史过渡期的历史与文化。

《三国两晋南北朝卷》是《中国考古学》（九卷本）的第七卷，这卷的内容，主要是综合介绍20世纪、主要是1949年中华人民共和国建国以来迄今，三国两晋南北朝时期田野考古调查发掘和研究的成果。重点介绍对三国两晋南北朝时期城市（以都城为代表）遗迹的考古新发现和研究，究明其在中国古代都城发展历史中的重要地位。对这一时期的墓葬发掘工作，也进行了全方位的介绍，还对壁画墓的艺术价值予以特别关注。由于这一历史过渡时期在文化上与前不同的特点，佛教考古与石刻和简牍文书的研究，在本卷中进行了仔细的梳理和阐述。并选择从考古标本能够阐明的几个侧面，阐述了三国两晋南北朝生产技术和社会生活。本卷尽量依据有限的考古发掘成果，构筑三国两晋南北朝考古的学科体系。对三国两晋南北朝这一汉唐之间的历史过渡阶段的历史，特别是物质文化的发现，进行还原和解析。

本书运适合研究历史、考古、文博和艺术史的专业人员及广大历史、考古爱好者阅读。

The Three Kingdoms, Two Jin Dynasties, and Northern and Southern Dynasties periods began with the actual formation of the three regimes of Cao Wei, Shu Han and Sun Wu during the Jian'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and since then ancient China has entered a pattern of long-term division and chaos from great unification, until the Sui Dynasty reunified the country, which lasted for four centuries. It was also a long transition period from the Han to the Tang Dynasty. During this historical period, from the separation of the Three Kingdoms to the unification of the Sui Dynasty, there was only a brief unification of 36 years after the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu, and the rest of the time was divided and war. At the same time, there was an unprecedented wave of migration caused by ethnic migration, many ancient ethnic minorities moved inward to the northern part of the Central Plains, and the Han people in the north crossed the Yangtze River to the south, squeezing many ancient ethnic groups in the south of the Jiangnan to move southeast. There are also people from the Western Regions who moved to China through the Silk Road. The traditional culture of the Han people and many ancient ethnic cultures that have migrated inward, and still foreign cultures, continue to contact, collide, fight and even merge, so that Chinese civilization has entered a more brilliant new stage. From the glorious Han culture, after this long, painful and vibrant transition period, a more brilliant Tang culture standing at the peak of world culture at that time was bred. The archaeology of the Three Kingdoms, the Two Jin Dynasties, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties uses the limited relics and archaeological specimens obtained from field archaeology to strive to reflect and analyze the history and culture of this great historical transition. The Three Kingdoms, Two Jins, and Northern and Southern Dynasties Scrolls is the seventh volume of Chinese Archaeology (nine volumes), which mainly introduces the results of field archaeological investigation and research in the 20th century, mainly since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. It focuses on the new archaeological discoveries and research on the remains of cities (represented by the capital) during the Three Kingdoms, Two Jins and Northern and Southern Dynasties, and explores its important position in the history of the development of ancient Chinese capitals. The excavation of tombs in this period is also comprehensively introduced, and special attention is paid to the artistic value of mural tombs. Due to the culturally different characteristics of this period of historical transition, Buddhist archaeology and the study of stone carvings and simple texts have been carefully sorted out and elaborated in this volume. Several aspects that can be elucidated from archaeological specimens were selected to expound the production technology and social life of the Three Kingdoms, the Two Jins, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. This volume tries to build a discipline system of archaeology of the Three Kingdoms, the Two Jin Dynasties, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties based on the limited results of archaeological excavations. The history of the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which is the historical transition stage between the Han and Tang dynasties, especially the discovery of material culture, is restored and analyzed. This book is suitable for professionals who study history, archaeology, cultural museums and art history, as well as history and archaeology enthusiasts.（AI翻译）