Site formation processes at Zhoukoudian, China

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	Site formation processes at Zhoukoudian, China
	Goldberg, P ; Weiner, S ; Bar-Yosef, O ; Xu, Q ; Liu, J ; Goldberg, P (reprint author), Boston Univ, Dept Archaeol, 675 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 USA.
	2001-11-01
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
ISSN	0047-2484
卷号	41 期号:5 页码:483-530
文章类型	Article
摘要	Zhoukoudian is often cited for its human remains and the early evidence of fire. Yet, since its first excavations over 70 years ago, detailed studies of processes responsible for the accumulation anthropogenic and geogenic sediments in the site have been sparse. This paper provides some details of site formation processes mainly through field observations of the extant section at Locality 1, and the use of soil micromorphology and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR) analyses of the sediments. Samples from Layers 10 through 3 show extensive water deposition of fine silt-sized material (reworked loess), including fine-grained organic matter. The dark organic-rich unit in Laver 10-often cited as one of the earliest evidence of fire-is a water-laid accumulation. Much of the fine-grained sediment was derived from outside Locality 1, implying that the site was open to varying extents throughout most of its depositional history. The 4-6 in accumulation of "ashes" in Layer 4 represents subaerial water-laid silt deposits derived from the loess-covered hillslopes surrounding the site. They presumably accumulated in an open depression that formed after the collapse of the brecciated roof deposits represented by Layer 6. Diagenesis is present in many of the Layers, and is exemplified by calcite precipitation and dissolution, and localized apatite (dahllite) replacement of calcite. In Layer 4 diagenesis is more advanced, including calcite/dahllite precipitation, subaerial weathering of the loess and associated precipitation of hematite, alteration of clay and the neoformation of quartz. Many of our conclusions concur with those of Teilhard de Chardin & Young published over 70 years ago. (C) 2001 Academic Press.; Zhoukoudian is often cited for its human remains and the early evidence of fire. Yet, since its first excavations over 70 years ago, detailed studies of processes responsible for the accumulation anthropogenic and geogenic sediments in the site have been sparse. This paper provides some details of site formation processes mainly through field observations of the extant section at Locality 1, and the use of soil micromorphology and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR) analyses of the sediments. Samples from Layers 10 through 3 show extensive water deposition of fine silt-sized material (reworked loess), including fine-grained organic matter. The dark organic-rich unit in Laver 10-often cited as one of the earliest evidence of fire-is a water-laid accumulation. Much of the fine-grained sediment was derived from outside Locality 1, implying that the site was open to varying extents throughout most of its depositional history. The 4-6 in accumulation of "ashes" in Layer 4 represents subaerial water-laid silt deposits derived from the loess-covered hillslopes surrounding the site. They presumably accumulated in an open depression that formed after the collapse of the brecciated roof deposits represented by Layer 6. Diagenesis is present in many of the Layers, and is exemplified by calcite precipitation and dissolution, and localized apatite (dahllite) replacement of calcite. In Layer 4 diagenesis is more advanced, including calcite/dahllite precipitation, subaerial weathering of the loess and associated precipitation of hematite, alteration of clay and the neoformation of quartz. Many of our conclusions concur with those of Teilhard de Chardin & Young published over 70 years ago. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
关键词	Fire Use Diagenesis Prehistory Geoarchaeology Micromorphology
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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关键词[WOS]	PEKING MAN ; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES ; ISRAEL ; CAVES ; PRESERVATION ; DIAGENESIS ; SEDIMENTS ; HAYONIM ; KEBARA ; BONE
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:000172301200005
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/3841
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）古低等脊椎动物研究室
通讯作者	Goldberg, P (reprint author), Boston Univ, Dept Archaeol, 675 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 USA.
作者单位	1.Boston Univ, Dept Archaeol, Boston, MA 02215 USA 2.Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Biol Struct, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel 3.Harvard Univ, Dept Anthropol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA 4.Acad Sinica, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Goldberg, P,Weiner, S,Bar-Yosef, O,et al. Site formation processes at Zhoukoudian, China[J]. JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION,2001,41(5):483-530.
APA	Goldberg, P,Weiner, S,Bar-Yosef, O,Xu, Q,Liu, J,&Goldberg, P .(2001).Site formation processes at Zhoukoudian, China.JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION,41(5),483-530.
MLA	Goldberg, P,et al."Site formation processes at Zhoukoudian, China".JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION 41.5(2001):483-530.

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