KMS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
The contribution of use-wear for stone tool identification at the Upper Paleolithic site Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China | |
Zhang, Peiqi1,2,3; Zhang, Xiaoling1,2; Zwyns, Nicolas3; Peng, Fei1,2; Guo, Jialong4; Wang, Huiming4; Gao, Xing1,2,5 | |
2020-01-10 | |
发表期刊 | QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL |
ISSN | 1040-6182 |
卷号 | 535期号:1页码:29-37 |
摘要 | In North China, the archaeology of the Late Pleistocene is characterized by the persistence of flake-based lithic assemblages. Little is known about the use of stone tools and the reasons behind the success of a relatively simple core and flake technology are unclear. Most lithic studies in the region are traditionally based on a typological categorization of assemblages with the frequencies of cores and tool-types playing a significant role in the characterization of the site (e.g. residential vs. more logistical occupation). Hence, to discriminate stone tool from byproduct is essential to better understand variables such as site function or mobility but it remains particularly challenging in poorly standardized lithic assemblages. Here we present preliminary results of a study on the newly excavated material from cultural layer 2 and 3 at Shuidonggou Locality 2 (32.6-29.9 ka cal BP). We analyze use-wears on a sample of retouched and unretouched blanks using the low magnification technique and we compared our observations with several experimental referential. Our results can be summarized in two main points. First, we observe a similar frequency of use-wear on retouched tools and unretouched blanks. Second, differences in tool types do not match our basic identification of the working motions. Our results suggest that in Shuidonggou Locality 2, using retouch as a predictor for tool use is problematic (especially with regards to tool functions). Given that tool frequencies and tool diversity are data used to model site function, tool curation and hunter-gatherer mobility, we suggest that this issue should be further investigated in the context of `core and flakes' assemblage. |
关键词 | Upper Paleolithic North China Core and flakes Tool function Use-wear analysis Shuidonggou Locality 2 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.10.006 |
关键词[WOS] | RAW-MATERIAL ; ORGANIZATION ; SETTLEMENT ; ENVIRONMENT ; TECHNOLOGY ; REDUCTION ; MOBILITY ; PROGRESS ; ECONOMY ; MACRO |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
资助项目 | Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pan-Third Pole Environment Study for a Green Silk Road (Pan-TPE)[XDA2004010102] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41572022] ; National Basic Research Program of China[2015CB953803] |
WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000517748900005 |
出版者 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/17133 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) |
通讯作者 | Zhang, Xiaoling |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Anthropol, Davis, CA 95616 USA 4.Inst Culture Rel & Archaeol Ningxia Hui Autonomou, Yinchuan 750001, Peoples R China 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100089, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Peiqi,Zhang, Xiaoling,Zwyns, Nicolas,et al. The contribution of use-wear for stone tool identification at the Upper Paleolithic site Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2020,535(1):29-37. |
APA | Zhang, Peiqi.,Zhang, Xiaoling.,Zwyns, Nicolas.,Peng, Fei.,Guo, Jialong.,...&Gao, Xing.(2020).The contribution of use-wear for stone tool identification at the Upper Paleolithic site Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,535(1),29-37. |
MLA | Zhang, Peiqi,et al."The contribution of use-wear for stone tool identification at the Upper Paleolithic site Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 535.1(2020):29-37. |
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