Abstract: The present paper made a detailed analysis of the forms and types of the microcores foundin Xiachuan sites, Qinshui County, Shanxi Province.
Microcores gathered in Xiachuan number approximately 200 in total, which can be clas-sified into conical, cylindrical, semiconical, wedge- -shaped, boat-shaped andsome other types.We analysed the inevitable shapes and organic formation of the cores platform, the fluted sur-face and the bottom; and also expounded the reasons to justify the pointed bottoms of conicalcores and the wedge-shaped edge bottoms of we dge-shaped cores. We also gave a brief andconcise explanation for various types of microcores discovered in Xiachuan.

Key words: Microcores; Forms; Xiachuan site