Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 1990, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (02): 188-190.

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The phenomenon of hacking marks on the mandible of the Palaeoloxodon in Shuangqiao, Beijing

Huang Wanbo   

  • Online:1990-06-15 Published:1990-06-15

Abstract: A mandible of Pacoloxodon with chopped trace was unearthed from the sand-gravel depo-sits under plain 39.5 m. Shuangqiao, Beijing in 1980. Its geological age is Late Pleistocene. The bone bed was dated to 29040±600 yr B. P. by radiocarbon.
Length of the chopped trace is 50.3 mm, width 6-8 mm, depth 3mm (Fig 1). Features of the chopped trace show that it is to be chopped with stone tool.

Key words: Late paleolithic age; Trace of human modification