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| Concentrations of "elemental carbon" in samples from the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the possibility of their application in the development of evidence for the use of fire by humans | |
| Shen, CD; Yi, WX; Yang, Y; Sun, YM; Jin, CZ; Liu, TS; Cai, BX; Shen, CD (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Geochem, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China. | |
| 2004-03-01 | |
| 发表期刊 | CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
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| ISSN | 1001-6538 |
| 卷号 | 49期号:6页码:612-616 |
| 文章类型 | Article |
| 摘要 | Elemental carbon (EC) is a C-rich, O-H-S-N-depleted substance that is necessarily produced in the process of combustion. Due to the long-term use of fire by cave-inhabiting ape-men, considerable amounts of "elemental carbon" would be necessarily left behind in the corresponding strata inside the cave. The separation of EC was effected by the chemical method and the contents of carbon were determined on an element analyzer and a self-made measuring system. The concentrations of EC in the hearth, the exhibited ash samples collected from near the hearth unearthed in the 1930s, and the three samples of accumulated material collected from the tenth bed are 43.74%, 1.77%, 3.88%, 1.87% and 1.11%, respectively; those of the equivalent samples from the tenth bed outside the cave and samples from the fourth and seventh beds are at least one order of magnitude lower than the former's. The above results show that the sampling location of the tenth bed may be close to the hearth. Sampling over a wider range may lead to the finding of a location where the concentrations of EC are corresponding to the maximum values of EC in the hearth. The determination and study of EC may provide new evidence for the use of fire by Peking Man.; "Elemental carbon" (EC) is a C-rich, O-H-S-N-depleted substance that is necessarily produced in the process of combustion. Due to the long-term use of fire by cave-inhabiting ape-men, considerable amounts of "elemental carbon" would be necessarily left behind in the corresponding strata inside the cave. The separation of EC was effected by the chemical method and the contents of carbon were determined on an element analyzer and a self-made measuring system. The concentrations of EC in the hearth, the exhibited ash samples collected from near the hearth unearthed in the 1930s, and the three samples of accumulated material collected from the tenth bed are 43.74%, 1.77%, 3.88%, 1.87% and 1.11%, respectively; those of the equivalent samples from the tenth bed outside the cave and samples from the fourth and seventh beds are at least one order of magnitude lower than the former's. The above results show that the sampling location of the tenth bed may be close to the hearth. Sampling over a wider range may lead to the finding of a location where the concentrations of EC are corresponding to the maximum values of EC in the hearth. The determination and study of EC may provide new evidence for the use of fire by Peking Man. |
| 关键词 | Zhoukoudian Peking Man Fire Element Carbon |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology |
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| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000220723800015 |
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/3669 |
| 专题 | 中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后） |
| 通讯作者 | Shen, CD (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Geochem, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China. |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Geochem, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, Xian 710075, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Museum Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site, Beijing 102405, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Shen, CD,Yi, WX,Yang, Y,et al. Concentrations of "elemental carbon" in samples from the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the possibility of their application in the development of evidence for the use of fire by humans[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2004,49(6):612-616. |
| APA | Shen, CD.,Yi, WX.,Yang, Y.,Sun, YM.,Jin, CZ.,...&Shen, CD .(2004).Concentrations of "elemental carbon" in samples from the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the possibility of their application in the development of evidence for the use of fire by humans.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,49(6),612-616. |
| MLA | Shen, CD,et al."Concentrations of "elemental carbon" in samples from the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the possibility of their application in the development of evidence for the use of fire by humans".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 49.6(2004):612-616. |
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