Abstract: The Nanshanbian site was discovered on the eastern fringe of the Nihewan Basin and the northern fringe of the Datianwa Plateau in 2013. In a test excavation, 38 stone artifacts and 3 fragmentary bones were unearthed. The stone artifacts included cores, flakes, scrapers, and incomplete flakes and chunks, all attributed to the main industry of the Paleolithic tradition in North China. The artifacts were from the middle to lower part of the Nihewan Bed. According to geomorphological and chronological comparison, the stratigraphic profile of the Nanshanbian site is equal to the Dachangliang, Xiaochangliang, Zhaopo, and Putaoyuan sites, more than one million years ago.

Key words: Nihewan; Early Pleistocene; Nanshanbian; Paleolithic; Living area