Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 2019, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (02): 200-211.doi: 10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2018.0024

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A preliminary research on core typology from the Laonainaimiao site in Zhengzhou, Central China

CHEN Youcheng1(), QU Tongli2, ZHANG Songlin3, GU Wanfa3, WANG Songzhi3, WANG Youping2   

  1. 1. School of History, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048
    2. School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing 100871
    3. Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Zhengzhou City, Zhengzhou 450052
  • Received:2017-12-26 Revised:2018-04-19 Online:2019-05-15 Published:2020-09-10

Abstract:

The Laonainaimiao site, located at the eastern foot of Songshan Mountain in central East Asia, is an open-air site with multi-layers of human occupations during the middle of Late Pleistocene. The site was excavated between 2011 and 2013, and produced abundant cultural remains including lithics, animal bones, and fire places, dated between 41 kaBP and 40 kaBP(cal. 45 kaBP). Cores from this site can be subdivided into different types (A, B, etc.) according to specific knapping strategies and planned manufacturing schemes, with Type A cores being the most characteristic. The tendency towards systematic knapping is indicated in the lithic industry of the Laonainaimiao site.

Key words: Zhengzhou, Laonainaimiao site, Cores, Typology, Knapping

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