The appearance of microblade technology at the onset of Marine Isotope Stage 2 in Northeast China

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109712

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	The appearance of microblade technology at the onset of Marine Isotope Stage 2 in Northeast China
	Liu, Wei 1,2,3; Yue, Jian-Ping 4,5; Li, You-Qian 3; Zhao, Ke-Liang4,5 ; Lu, Si-Qi 4,5,6; Bai, Guang-Yi 4,5,6; Liu, Yang 7; Zhang, Yu-Xiu 6; Yang, Shi-Xia 4,5,8
	2026
发表期刊	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	371 页码:13
通讯作者	Yue, Jian-Ping(yuejianping@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	Late Pleistocene lithic miniaturization, particularly the emergence, development and spread of microblade technology in East and Northeast Asia, has received substantial attention. Here we present a comprehensive study of the Xishantou site in Northeast China, dated to 28.3-27.4 cal ka BP. The lithic assemblage is characterized by intensive exploitation of local tuff and rhyolite and the coexistence of diversified technical systems, including core-flake and laminar reduction strategies (i.e. blade, bladelet and microblade removals). Microblades and bladelets of the site were primarily detached from burin-cores by soft-stone-hammer percussion and formed an independent reduction sequence distinct from blade reduction. Therefore, the Xishantou site provides unequivocal evidence for the appearance of microblade technology in Northeast China at the onset of Marine Isotope Stage 2 (MIS 2). This abrupt technological shift within the long-standing core-flake tradition of Northeast China may be closely linked to the eastward migration and dispersal of northern Eurasian populations, coupled with climate and environmental deterioration during the transition from MIS 3 to MIS 2. Subsequently, southward migration of populations equipped with microblade technologies to more hospitable regions was recorded in several sites during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), for example, at the site of Helong Dadong in the Changbaishan Mountains. These findings provide critical new insights into the emergence and development of microblade technology in Northeast China. They also shed light on the population dynamics and their adaptive strategies in response to fluctuating climate and environment during the Late Pleistocene.
关键词	Late Pleistocene Upper Paleolithic Microblade technology Ecological adaptation Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109712
关键词[WOS]	LATE PLEISTOCENE ; EMERGENCE ; ORIGIN ; EAST ; COLONIZATION ; TRANSBAIKAL ; CHRONOLOGY ; REVOLUTION ; VEGETATION ; BERINGIA
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[42177424]###3348 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42488201]###2989 ; International Partnership Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences[052GJHZ2022024FN]###3577 ; Archaeological Talent Promotion Program of China[2025-197]###3578
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; International Partnership Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Archaeological Talent Promotion Program of China
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001622058200001
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/311034/25171
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Yue, Jian-Ping
作者单位	1.Jilin Univ, Res Ctr Chinese Frontier Archaeol, Changchun 130012, Peoples R China 2.Jilin Univ, Sch Archaeol, Changchun 130012, Peoples R China 3.Heilongjiang Prov Inst Cultural Rel & Archaeol, Harbin 150008, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 5.SACH, Key Sci Res Base Paleolith Human Evolut & Paleogen, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 6.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 7.Qiqihar Cultural Rel Protect Ctr, Qiqihar 161000, Peoples R China 8.Griffith Univ, Australian Res Ctr Human Evolut, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Wei,Yue, Jian-Ping,Li, You-Qian,et al. The appearance of microblade technology at the onset of Marine Isotope Stage 2 in Northeast China[J]. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,2026,371:13.
APA	Liu, Wei.,Yue, Jian-Ping.,Li, You-Qian.,Zhao, Ke-Liang.,Lu, Si-Qi.,...&Yang, Shi-Xia.(2026).The appearance of microblade technology at the onset of Marine Isotope Stage 2 in Northeast China.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,371,13.
MLA	Liu, Wei,et al."The appearance of microblade technology at the onset of Marine Isotope Stage 2 in Northeast China".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 371(2026):13.