Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental issues of the Pleistocene loessic Paleolithic sites in the Qinling Mountains, central China

doi:10.1007/s11430-016-5298-4

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	Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental issues of the Pleistocene loessic Paleolithic sites in the Qinling Mountains, central China
	Wang SheJiang 1; Lu Huayu 2
	2016-08-01
发表期刊	SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
卷号	59 期号:8 页码:1519-1528
文章类型	Article
摘要	Hinterland intermountain basins and northern and southern piedmonts of the Qinling Mountains accumulated a large amount of loess during the Pleistocene. The loess strata not only record local paleogeographic and paleoenvironmental changes, but also contain rich hominin fossils and Paleolithic remains. In the northern piedmont of the Qinling Mountains and the lower valley of the South Luohe River, the loess strata have multi loess-paleosol sequences with aeolian loess continuously accumulating during glacial and interglacial cycles. In contrast to the northern piedmont, loess stratigraphy in the hinterland intermountain basins of the Qinling Mountains is relatively thin and contains finer loess particles. In this "mini" type of loess stratum, the density of Paleolithic remain generally is higher than the Loess Plateau in the north of the Qinling Mountains. Based on stratigraphic, chronological, and lithic artifacts analysis in recent years, it appears that the regional lithic assemblage belongs to the Oldowan ( Mode I) lithic industry, and it is dominated by choppers, cores, flakes, and simple retouched flake tools from 1.15 to 0.6 Ma. Paleolithic open-air sites such as Gongwangling and Chenjiawo in the Lantian area, Shangbaichuan and Liuwan in the Luonan Basin, Qiaojiayao in the Lushi Basin, Longgangsi and Yaochangwan in the Hanzhong Basin, Guanmiao in the Ankang Basin, and the Yunxian Man Site in the Yunxian Basin are representative sites in the region; from 400 to 250 ka, the Longyadong cave site in the Luonan Basin inherited the characteristics of the local Mode I lithic industry, the stone assemblage is made up of cores, flakes, and small retouched flake tools, such as scrapers, points, and burins; during the period from 250 to 50 ka, bi-facially retouched Acheulean tools ( Model II), such as hand-axes, picks, and cleavers, were commonly found in the Qinling Mountains region. The emergence of a large number of Model II artifacts indicates that local lithic industries went through a major transition process. Zhanghuokou, Guoyuan, and Huaishuping sites in the Luonan Basin, Diaozhai, Ganyu, Laochihe, and Xiehu sites in the Lantian area, Hejialiang site in the Hanzhong Basin are representative sites in this period; to the turn of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene, it may also exist a small flake-retouched tools lithic industry in the piedmonts of the northern and southern sides of the Qinling Mountains. The lithic assemblages in different stages of the Qinling Mountains region reflect the hominin behavioral changes and the development of lithic technology during the Pleistocene.
关键词	Qinling Mountains Pleistocene Loess Stratigraphy Paleoenvironment Lithic Industry
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
DOI	10.1007/s11430-016-5298-4
关键词[WOS]	DEPOSITS ; BASIN ; AGES
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
项目资助者	Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130201) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41472026 ; One Hundred Talent Person Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZCX2-YW-BR-24) ; 41472138)
WOS研究方向	Geology
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000380680400001
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/6998
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Palaeontol & Palaeoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Nanjing Univ, Sch Geog & Oceanog Sci, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang SheJiang,Lu Huayu. Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental issues of the Pleistocene loessic Paleolithic sites in the Qinling Mountains, central China[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2016,59(8):1519-1528.
APA	Wang SheJiang,&Lu Huayu.(2016).Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental issues of the Pleistocene loessic Paleolithic sites in the Qinling Mountains, central China.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,59(8),1519-1528.
MLA	Wang SheJiang,et al."Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental issues of the Pleistocene loessic Paleolithic sites in the Qinling Mountains, central China".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 59.8(2016):1519-1528.

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