Abstract: The stone artifacts studied in this paper were classified by using the final artificial scars of them as the unique indicator. Twelve stone artifacts found in 1994 from the paleolithic site at Lianhuachishan hill of Zhangzhou county are described and 27 pieces of the stone artifacts gathered in 1990 are restudied. Then the age of this site and its paleolithic cultural relation with those found in the regions around Fujian Province are also discussed.
On the basis of the classification, measurements and statistic analysis of the stone artifacts some characters are as follows:
1 .Though most of the artifacts are small in size and make up 66.7% of the total artifacts, some pieces of middle and large size are included in the assemblage.
2. The flakes are commonly produced by direct percussion and occasionally by bipolar technique. Most of the flakes are regular in shape.
3. The tools are mainly made of flakes which occupy 69.2% of the total tools. The main type of the tools is scraper of the broad edge category, in addition to this, there are a few pieces of the choppers and chopping tool. The pointed tools are very rare, only two specimens the type of which are uncertain, they are(?)one graver and(?)one pick.
4. The tools are crudely trimmed by hard hammer and the complex mode is main process of the retouched tools so all the tools are irregular in shape. The edge margins are zigzag. Most edges of the tools are more obtuse and more than half of the specimens with angle exceeding 60°.
According to the available knowledge of the paleolithic archeology of the regions around Fujian Province, the stone artifacts from the site at Lianhuachishan hill may be later than those from all sites of Jiangxi Province and tentatively dated to be upper paleolithic age.
In the light of paleolithic cultural patterns, the assemblage does not belong to the paleolithic main industry of South China. It has close relation with those from the Daguling paleolithic site of Xin'yu county, Jiangxi Province and even more intimate to the industry in which a majority of small stone artifacts appeared as the main character. As the amount of the stone artifacts found in the Lianhuachishan paleolithic site is not large enough, it is difficult to decide whether the assemblage could be regarded as a cultural variety of the industry which is characterized by majority of small stone artifacts found in upper paleolithic of South China or representing a new pattern of the upper paleolithic in South China.

Key words: Paleolith; Lianhuachishan; Zhangzhou