关键词: 旧石器;早更新世;泥河湾层;东谷坨

Abstract: A large number of stone artifacts made by hunter-gatherers of the early pleistocene some 1, 000, 000 years ago were discovered from the Nihewan (Nihowan) Beds of Tower pleistocene at Xujiapo near the Donggutuo Village about 4 km. southwest of the Nihewan (Nihowan) Village in Yangyuan County, Hebei Province. The artifacts consist df cores, flakes, stone and bone tools. The stone tools are classified as scrapers, points . and chopper-chopping tools. Generally small in size, the implements were chiefly made on little flakes except a few of the chopper-chopping tools, and most of them were re- touched in uniface. The scrapers of varied types made on flakes are most numerous. Some specimens are considerable fine. The Donggutuo industry is characterized by advanced stone artifacts which are generally known in the late pleistocene.
Such advanced culture appeared in such old stratum is an interesting problem confronting palaeolithie archaeologists and quaternary geologists.

Key words: Palaeoliths; Early pleistocene; Nihewan Beds; Donggutuo site