关键词: 更新世晚期;黄龙洞;发掘;古人类

Abstract: The Huanglong Cave site, which is located in the Lishiguan village, Xiangkou town, Yunxi County, Hubei Province, is an important late Pleistocene human fossil site of China. After the discovery of the site in 2004, two excavations were carried out in Huanglong Cave in 2004 and 2005, respectively. From October 21 to November 20, 2006, it was excavated again by a joint archaeological team including scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Institute of Archeology and Cultural Relics of Hubei Province and the Cultural Bureau of Yunxi County. The new excavation unearthed two human teeth, a large number of cultural remains (11 stone artifacts and 6 bone artifacts), and more than 1500 mammalian faunal remains. During the excavation, we also surveyed the cave deposits and accessed the geomorphologic character around the cave. The cave developmental process, evidence for human occupation behaviors and other related issues are discussed in the paper.

Key words: Huanglong Cave; Excavation; Late Pleistocene; Paleoanthropology