Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental issues of the Pleistocene loessic Paleolithic sites in the Qinling Mountains, central China

doi:10.1007/s11430-016-5298-4

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	Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental issues of the Pleistocene loessic Paleolithic sites in the Qinling Mountains, central China
	Wang SheJiang 1; Lu Huayu 2
刊名	SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
	2016-08-01
卷号	59 期号:8 页码:1519-1528
关键词	Qinling Mountains Pleistocene Loess Stratigraphy Paleoenvironment Lithic Industry
DOI	10.1007/s11430-016-5298-4
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Hinterland intermountain basins and northern and southern piedmonts of the Qinling Mountains accumulated a large amount of loess during the Pleistocene. The loess strata not only record local paleogeographic and paleoenvironmental changes, but also contain rich hominin fossils and Paleolithic remains. In the northern piedmont of the Qinling Mountains and the lower valley of the South Luohe River, the loess strata have multi loess-paleosol sequences with aeolian loess continuously accumulating during glacial and interglacial cycles. In contrast to the northern piedmont, loess stratigraphy in the hinterland intermountain basins of the Qinling Mountains is relatively thin and contains finer loess particles. In this "mini" type of loess stratum, the density of Paleolithic remain generally is higher than the Loess Plateau in the north of the Qinling Mountains. Based on stratigraphic, chronological, and lithic artifacts analysis in recent years, it appears that the regional lithic assemblage belongs to the Oldowan ( Mode I) lithic industry, and it is dominated by choppers, cores, flakes, and simple retouched flake tools from 1.15 to 0.6 Ma. Paleolithic open-air sites such as Gongwangling and Chenjiawo in the Lantian area, Shangbaichuan and Liuwan in the Luonan Basin, Qiaojiayao in the Lushi Basin, Longgangsi and Yaochangwan in the Hanzhong Basin, Guanmiao in the Ankang Basin, and the Yunxian Man Site in the Yunxian Basin are representative sites in the region; from 400 to 250 ka, the Longyadong cave site in the Luonan Basin inherited the characteristics of the local Mode I lithic industry, the stone assemblage is made up of cores, flakes, and small retouched flake tools, such as scrapers, points, and burins; during the period from 250 to 50 ka, bi-facially retouched Acheulean tools ( Model II), such as hand-axes, picks, and cleavers, were commonly found in the Qinling Mountains region. The emergence of a large number of Model II artifacts indicates that local lithic industries went through a major transition process. Zhanghuokou, Guoyuan, and Huaishuping sites in the Luonan Basin, Diaozhai, Ganyu, Laochihe, and Xiehu sites in the Lantian area, Hejialiang site in the Hanzhong Basin are representative sites in this period; to the turn of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene, it may also exist a small flake-retouched tools lithic industry in the piedmonts of the northern and southern sides of the Qinling Mountains. The lithic assemblages in different stages of the Qinling Mountains region reflect the hominin behavioral changes and the development of lithic technology during the Pleistocene.
WOS关键词	DEPOSITS ; BASIN ; AGES
WOS研究方向	Geology
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000380680400001
资助机构	Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130201) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41472026 ; One Hundred Talent Person Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZCX2-YW-BR-24) ; 41472138)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/6978]
专题	古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Palaeontol & Palaeoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Nanjing Univ, Sch Geog & Oceanog Sci, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang SheJiang,Lu Huayu. Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental issues of the Pleistocene loessic Paleolithic sites in the Qinling Mountains, central China[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2016,59(8):1519-1528.
APA	Wang SheJiang,&Lu Huayu.(2016).Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental issues of the Pleistocene loessic Paleolithic sites in the Qinling Mountains, central China.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,59(8),1519-1528.
MLA	Wang SheJiang,et al."Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental issues of the Pleistocene loessic Paleolithic sites in the Qinling Mountains, central China".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 59.8(2016):1519-1528.