The Middle Pleistocene handaxe site of Shuangshu in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China

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	The Middle Pleistocene handaxe site of Shuangshu in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China
	Li, Hao 1; Li, Chao-rong 2; Kuman, Kathleen 1,3; Cheng, Jie 4; Yao, Hai-tao 5; Li, Zhao 6
	2014-12-01
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
卷号	52 页码:391-409
文章类型	Article
摘要	The presence of Acheulean tool types (e.g. handaxes and cleavers) in East Asia has recently attracted considerable attention. They challenge the long lasting concept that the Early Palaeolithic in East Asia is characterized only by Mode 1 technology, and they reflect the diversity and complexity of Palaeolithic culture during hundreds of thousands of years. In this paper, we present a detailed technological analysis of the in situ artifact assemblage at the Shuangshu site (Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China), as well as intra- and inter-regional comparisons of some characteristic traits used to test the difference between handaxes in the East and the West. The results show that there are two reduction sequences taking place. One is expressed in the predominant use of quartz in the production the small-to-medium sized artifacts, which is an expedient technology that dominates the whole assemblage, and the other is represented by the predominant use of quartz phyllite and trachyte in the production of Large Cutting Tools (LCTs). The latter displays the technical criteria characteristic of Acheulean technology, although its origins are much debated. In addition, the number of LCTs and total artifacts is generally low for the size of the excavation area, which probably is a result of relatively small population size and the high mobility of hominids. The thickness of handaxes has been shown not to be a reliable variable in demonstrating the difference between the East and the West. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	Danjiangkou Reservoir Region Middle Pleistocene Acheulean Handaxe Reduction Sequence Small-medium Sized Debitage Large Cutting Tools
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Social Sciences ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine ; Physical Sciences
关键词[WOS]	HANJIANG RIVER VALLEY ; NIHEWAN BASIN ; MOVIUS LINE ; BOSE BASIN ; SEDIMENTARY QUARTZ ; PALEOLITHIC SITES ; SOUTH CHINA ; NORTH CHINA ; TI CENTERS ; ESR
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI ; AHCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000345734600033
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7390
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.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Witwatersrand, Evolutionary Studies Inst, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South Africa 4.China Univ Geosci, Sch Earth Sci & Resources, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Geol Sci, Inst Geomech, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China 6.Hainan Prov Museum, Haikou 570203, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Hao,Li, Chao-rong,Kuman, Kathleen,et al. The Middle Pleistocene handaxe site of Shuangshu in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China[J]. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,2014,52:391-409.
APA	Li, Hao,Li, Chao-rong,Kuman, Kathleen,Cheng, Jie,Yao, Hai-tao,&Li, Zhao.(2014).The Middle Pleistocene handaxe site of Shuangshu in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China.JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,52,391-409.
MLA	Li, Hao,et al."The Middle Pleistocene handaxe site of Shuangshu in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China".JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 52(2014):391-409.