Lithic raw material quality of Middle Pleistocene artefacts from the Han River, Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.009

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	Lithic raw material quality of Middle Pleistocene artefacts from the Han River, Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China
	Sherwood, Nicole L.1; Li, Hao 2; Kuman, Kathleen 1; Li, Chaorong 2
	2018-06-30
发表期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN	1040-6182
卷号	480 页码:141-151
文章类型	Article
摘要	The East Asian Acheulean is often considered distinct from African and European Acheulean technologies as large cutting tools (LCTs) are thicker and heavier on average. This distinction is generally true, but exceptions occur, particularly in thickness, as more Chinese sites are reported. It has been suggested that the raw materials available in East Asia have played a part in determining this dissimilarity. Extensive raw material studies on East Asian technologies have not yet been done to determine if this is indeed the case. It is thus important to investigate the impact of raw materials quality on the East Asian Acheulean. This paper focuses on raw material attributes for LCTs from the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China (DRR), with specific focus on Middle Pleistocene artefacts from Terrace 3 of the Han River. Extensive experimental studies were done to determine raw material attributes and how those attributes affect the knapping process in the creation of LCTs. A set of variables was recorded for the experimental tools and compared with a sample of archaeological LCTs. The variables recorded included: the impurity encounter rates of various raw materials, their weathering states, grain sizes and shapes. The results indicated that homimds occupying the DRR exhibited selective behaviours for the raw materials they used to make LCTs, despite not having a wide variety of materials from which to select. It is also evident that they showed adaptability and made strategic decisions with regards to the selected raw materials for manufacture of LCTs to meet their needs. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
关键词	Raw Material Quality Lithics Stone Tools Experimental Archaeology Knapping Large Cutting Tools (Lcts)
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.009
关键词[WOS]	LARGE CUTTING TOOLS ; MATERIAL SELECTIVITY ; OLDUVAI GORGE ; INDUSTRY ; YUNXIAN ; SOUTH ; ASIA ; TANZANIA ; ETHIOPIA ; BIPOLAR
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
项目资助者	National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) ; NRF(82611) ; IVPP ; University of the Witwatersrand ; Chinese Academy of Sciences Pioneer Hundred Talents Program ; Chinese Academy of Sciences
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000433229100011
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
引用统计	被引频次：4[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8421
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Sherwood, Nicole L.
作者单位	1.Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Geog Archaeol & Environm Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sherwood, Nicole L.,Li, Hao,Kuman, Kathleen,et al. Lithic raw material quality of Middle Pleistocene artefacts from the Han River, Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2018,480:141-151.
APA	Sherwood, Nicole L.,Li, Hao,Kuman, Kathleen,&Li, Chaorong.(2018).Lithic raw material quality of Middle Pleistocene artefacts from the Han River, Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,480,141-151.
MLA	Sherwood, Nicole L.,et al."Lithic raw material quality of Middle Pleistocene artefacts from the Han River, Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 480(2018):141-151.