Abstract: In spring 1978, some palaeolithic artifacts and several elephant fossils were found from sand-soil deposit lying underground in the depth of 12 m. in Luoyang, Henan pro_x001F_vince. Besides a scraper and a chopper, there are 9 cores, 17 flakes and some broken stone blocks. The elephant fossils including 2 incisors, a left several vertebrae, ribs and a femur etc. may belong to the same individual. We identified the left M3 as be_x005flonging to Palaeoloxodon cf. naumanni which is known of the late Pleistocene in age in northern China. Considering the typological characters of the artifacts and its as_x001f_sociation with Palaeoloxodon cf. naumanm, we suggest that they may be dated as late Pleistocene.

Key words: Luoyang; Palaeolithic artifact; Palaeoloxodon cf. naumanni; Late Pleistocene