A preliminary report on the survey and excavation at Anyouzhuang Paleolithic site in Ningguo city, Anhui province

doi:10.16359/j.1000-3193/AAS.2021.0031

Abstract

Abstract:

Since 2003-2004, the Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics of Anhui Province conducted a field survey and archaeological excavation at Anyouzhuang Site, which located at the Shuiyangjiang River Basin. A total of fifty-two stone artifacts were discovered in the site, with three specimens from surface collection and forty-nine specimens from digging. The raw materials of these lithics are mainly nearby quartzite river cobbles and quartz is less common. The assemblages of stone artifacts include cores, flakes and stone tools. The lithic technique is free-hand percussion. According to the stone artifacts buried in the homogeneous red soil and vermiculated red soil, it is reasonable to anticipate that early human occupied the site during the Middle Pleistocene. Mode 2 lithic technology is surely existed in Anyouzhuang Site, which includes large core where large flakes are detached, large flakes and large cutting tools. Typical bifacial shaping handaxe is the first time appeared in this river basin. It is also important for discussing the spread of early human and lithic technology diffusion in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Key words: Shuiyangjiang River Basin, Anyouzhuang site, Stone artifacts, Mode 2, Middle Pleistocene

CLC Number:

K871.11

DONG Zhe, ZHAN Shijia. A preliminary report on the survey and excavation at Anyouzhuang Paleolithic site in Ningguo city, Anhui province[J]. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2022, 41(02): 334-341.

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来源(Sourcing) 类型(Categories)	采集(Collection)		发掘(Excavation)
来源(Sourcing) 类型(Categories)	数量(n)	比例 (%)	数量(n)	比例 (%)
石核(Cores)	/	/	13	26.53%
石片(Flakes)	/	/	30	61.23%
大型切割石器(LCTs)	2	66.67%	2	4.08%
砍砸器(Choppers)	1	33.33%	2	4.08%
刮削器(Scrapers)	/	/	2	4.08%
总计（Total）	3	100%	49	100%

来源(Sourcing) 类型(Categories)	采集(Collection)		发掘(Excavation)
来源(Sourcing) 类型(Categories)	数量(n)	比例 (%)	数量(n)	比例 (%)
石核(Cores)	/	/	13	26.53%
石片(Flakes)	/	/	30	61.23%
大型切割石器(LCTs)	2	66.67%	2	4.08%
砍砸器(Choppers)	1	33.33%	2	4.08%
刮削器(Scrapers)	/	/	2	4.08%
总计（Total）	3	100%	49	100%

长度L 技术Categories	20-50 mm		50-100 mm		≥100 mm
长度L 技术Categories	数量(n)	比例 (%)	数量(n)	比例 (%)	数量 (n)	比例 (%)
石核Cores	/	/	6	11.54%	7	13.46%
石片Flakes	4	7.69%	24	46.15%	2	3.85%
大型切割石器LCTs	/	/	/	/	4	7.69%
砍砸器Choppers	/	/	/	/	3	5.77%
刮削器Scrapers	/	/	1	1.92%	1	1.92%
合计Total	4	7.69%	31	59.62%	17	32.69%

长度L 技术Categories	20-50 mm		50-100 mm		≥100 mm
长度L 技术Categories	数量(n)	比例 (%)	数量(n)	比例 (%)	数量 (n)	比例 (%)
石核Cores	/	/	6	11.54%	7	13.46%
石片Flakes	4	7.69%	24	46.15%	2	3.85%
大型切割石器LCTs	/	/	/	/	4	7.69%
砍砸器Choppers	/	/	/	/	3	5.77%
刮削器Scrapers	/	/	1	1.92%	1	1.92%
合计Total	4	7.69%	31	59.62%	17	32.69%