Knot is a sort of frequently-used object in daily life. There exist different explanations on its origin in the academic circle. The paper classifies knot into tool knot, symbol knot and decoration knot through analyzing the real object of knots and the trace of knots on oracle bones, pottery and cliff paintings. According to the trace of knots on bone harpoon, bone spade, bone needle, stone arrowhead, sling proves the necessity of the knot as a tool on the composite tool. The paper also demonstrates that knot originated in hunting tools, and then developed into symbol knot, and then decorative knot based on time sequence of the real object of knots and the trace of knots, as well as, the food demand which is the first survival demand for primitives. Moreover, according to the age of stone implement with knot trace, we can infer that knot at least appeared in the Middle Paleolithic while symbol knot and decorative knot may not appear at this time because they belong to the objects in spirit aspect. It means that the knot originated from tool is the only correct interpretation.%结是生活中常用常见的物件,关于它的起源,学术界有不同的观点。通过分析结的实物及甲骨文、陶制品、岩画上的结痕迹将结归纳为工具结、符号结、装饰结三类。依据骨鱼镖、骨耜、骨针、石镞、投石索等复合工具上的结痕迹,说明复合工具上工具结存在的必需性。以结的实物和痕迹证据的时序为根据,结合原始人类生存的第一需求为食物需求,论证出结起源于狩猎工具,而后依次发展成符号结和装饰结。同时,根据带有结痕迹石器的出现年代,推测结至少出现于旧石器时代中期,而属精神层面的符号结和装饰结此时尚未出现,以此证明工具说为结起源唯一正确的解释。
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