The Circumambient Ditch of Prehistory Settlement in China had the obvious diff erence from the moats of a city and a settlement. Many characters of the ditch d eveloped from south to north.

• 史前聚落围沟是一种与聚落环壕、城址城壕有很大区别的聚落设施,中国史前聚落围沟许多特点在时间上、空间上存在一种由南向北逐步推进演变的历史现象,其形成发展既受制于自然环境;