Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 2012, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (02): 127-136.

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A preliminary report on the 2009 excavation of the Huangdikou Paleolithic site, Xinzheng, Henan

WANG Jia-yin; ZHANG Song-lin; WANG Song-zhi; XIN Ying-jun; LIU Qing-bin; GAO Xiao-xu; ZHAO Jing-fang; WANG You-ping   

  • Online:2012-06-15 Published:2012-06-15

Abstract: The Huangdikou site is situated in Guanyinsi town, Xinzheng city of Henan province, which had been excavated twice in 2006 and 2009 since it was found. In 2009’s excavation, 76 stone artifacts and 75 animal fossils were unearthed mainly from layer 5, but few from layer 3 & 4. According to C14 dating of two samples from layer 5, the site should be occupied during late Paleolithic (35ka BP). Stone artifacts are usually made of local small quartz. Bipolar technique and ?direct? hammer? percussion ?are ?both ?used ?for? flake? knapping.? Only? few? retouched ?tools ?existed? including ?scrapers ?and? point.? The ?stone? industry? can ?be ?classified ?to ?small ?flake ?tools ?tradition? of? northern China. Cervidae, carnivor and rodent take major part of animal fossils. Both cut marks and percussion scars are observable on some bones. According to all, the Huangdikou site should be a temporal camp shortly occupied by Late Pleistocene human.

Key words: Huangdikou ?site; Late ?Paleolithic; Small? flake? industry? tradition; Temporary? camp