Large Cutting Tools from the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China: Comparisons and contrasts with western and south Asian Acheulean

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.07.052

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	Large Cutting Tools from the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China: Comparisons and contrasts with western and south Asian Acheulean
	Kuman, Kathleen 1,2; Li, Hao 1; Li, Chaorong 3,4
	2016-05-02
发表期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
卷号	400 页码:58-64
文章类型	Article
摘要	The Danjiangkou Reservoir Region (DRR) in central China has been studied since 1994 and is known for its Large Cutting Tools (LCTs), with similarities to both western and south Asian LCTs of the Acheulean industrial complex. However, the origins of LCT technology in China is a much debated topic. In this paper, we address several of the major arguments used to support an indigenous development for eastern LCTsdgreater thickness, a poorer Refinement Index, greater weight, and a preference for cobbles over flakes for LCT blanks. In comparisons based on a large database of Acheulean LCTs, DRR examples are shown to compare well with Acheulean technology in terms of thickness and 'refinement,' traits which we here link to raw material shapes and flaking properties. A relatively more frequent use of cobbles for blanks, however, characterizes the DRR and other Chinese LCTs, but there is also regional variability in this feature. Weight, on the other hand, is consistently larger for all Chinese LCTs, including those from DRR, although these fall at the low end of the range. Nevertheless, there are important features in common between Acheulean and Chinese LCTs which indicate either a common origin or periods of admixture culturally and probably physically. These features include the use of large flake blanks, the presence of cleavers in some industries, and the shaping of handaxes by both primary and secondary flaking. The influence of regional cultural traditions on Chinese material, geographic distance and limited migration routes, cultural drift, differences in subsistence ecology, and the demographics of small population sizes seem ultimately to be responsible for the differences, and they should not be used to obscure the commonalities. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
关键词	Large Cutting Tools Handaxes Cleavers Central China Acheulean Danjiangkou Reservoir Region
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2015.07.052
关键词[WOS]	MOVIUS LINE ; BOSE BASIN ; HOMININ OCCUPATIONS ; STONE TECHNOLOGY ; HOMO-ERECTUS ; LUONAN BASIN ; EAST ; HANDAXES ; SITE ; FENGSHUDAO
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
项目资助者	China-South Africa Bilateral Programme in Palaeosciences ; Ministry of Science and Technology of China ; National Research Foundation of South Africa(68625) ; NRF(88480) ; Chinese Natural Science Foundation(40972016) ; Cultural Relics Protection Research Project of Hubei Reservoir Area of South-North-Water Diversion Foundation(Nk02) ; Chinese Government Graduate Student Overseas Study Program([2013]3009)
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000374477900008
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7082
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
作者单位	1.Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Geog Archaeol & Environm Studies, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South Africa 2.Univ Witwatersrand, Evolutionary Studies Inst, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South Africa 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kuman, Kathleen,Li, Hao,Li, Chaorong. Large Cutting Tools from the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China: Comparisons and contrasts with western and south Asian Acheulean[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2016,400:58-64.
APA	Kuman, Kathleen,Li, Hao,&Li, Chaorong.(2016).Large Cutting Tools from the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China: Comparisons and contrasts with western and south Asian Acheulean.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,400,58-64.
MLA	Kuman, Kathleen,et al."Large Cutting Tools from the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China: Comparisons and contrasts with western and south Asian Acheulean".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 400(2016):58-64.

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