The first ground tooth artifact in Upper Palaeolithic China

doi:10.1007/s11430-018-9293-8

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	The first ground tooth artifact in Upper Palaeolithic China
	Zhang, Yue 1,2; Zhang, Shuangquan 1,2,3; Gao, Xing1,2,3 ; Chen, Fuyou 1,2
	2019-02-01
发表期刊	SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
ISSN	1674-7313
卷号	62 期号:2 页码:403-411
摘要	Scholars have long recognized the importance of organic artifacts to an improved understanding of the economic and social behavior of Palaeolithic hominins. However, in contrast to archaeological studies in other parts of the world, osseous industries from China have received only limited attention. As one of the first steps aiming at tipping this balance, the current paper examines, therefore, a shaped boar tuskone particular element of hunter-gatherers' tool kit at Shuidonggou Locality 12 (SDG12). Morphological and metrical comparisons of the tusk with both paleontological specimens and bone artifacts from the same site demonstrate that wear pattern on one of the dentin surfaces of the tooth is not significant different from occlusal attritions in living animals, while linear striations on the other dentin facet are most probably artificial grinding marks formed by prehistoric toolmakers in attempts to manufacture a scraper. The tusk specimen from SDG12 represents the first evidence of a ground tooth in Upper Palaeolithic China. The current study indicates that hominins in Shuidonggou area had achieved a deepened understanding of physical properties of osseous material available in environs and ultimately broadened their range of raw material selection by adding a particular element to the inventory of subsistence tools.
关键词	Upper Palaeolithic Osseous artifacts Boar tusk Grinding Splitting Shuidonggou
DOI	10.1007/s11430-018-9293-8
关键词[WOS]	MIDDLE-STONE-AGE ; MICROBLADE TECHNOLOGY ; BONE TECHNOLOGY ; PANXIAN DADONG ; USE-WEAR ; CAVE ; SITE ; TOOLS ; PLEISTOCENE ; GUIZHOU
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41772025] ; Sino-French Cai Yuanpei Program[36707NF]
WOS研究方向	Geology
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000458813200005
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/9427
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Zhang, Yue
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Yue,Zhang, Shuangquan,Gao, Xing,et al. The first ground tooth artifact in Upper Palaeolithic China[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2019,62(2):403-411.
APA	Zhang, Yue,Zhang, Shuangquan,Gao, Xing,&Chen, Fuyou.(2019).The first ground tooth artifact in Upper Palaeolithic China.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,62(2),403-411.
MLA	Zhang, Yue,et al."The first ground tooth artifact in Upper Palaeolithic China".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 62.2(2019):403-411.

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