Based on reviewing debates on how to reconstruct genealogy of late Neolithic cultures in middle Yangtze River region since1970 s, this paper discusses how to identify intertwined cultures and how to term culture and type in archaeology.

• 本文系统回顾了上个世纪七十年代以来在长江中游地区新石器时代晚期考古学文化时空重建过程中的各种探索与争鸣,并对如何处理考古学文化交集现象,以及如何对考古学文化与类型进行界定进行反思。