An Early Instance of Upper Palaeolithic Personal Ornamentation from China: The Freshwater Shell Bead from Shuidonggou 2

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155847

CORC > 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所 > 中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所 > 图书馆1

	An Early Instance of Upper Palaeolithic Personal Ornamentation from China: The Freshwater Shell Bead from Shuidonggou 2
	Wei, Yi 1,2; d'Errico, Francesco 3,4,5; Vanhaeren, Marian 3; Li, Feng 1; Gao, Xing 1
刊名	PLOS ONE
	2016-05-26
卷号	11 期号:5
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0155847
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	We report the discovery and present a detailed analysis of a freshwater bivalve from Shuidonggou Locality 2, layer CL3. This layer is located c. 40 cm below layer CL2, which has yielded numerous ostrich eggshell beads. The shell is identified as the valve of a Corbicula fluminea. Data on the occurrence of this species in the Shuidonggou region during Marine Isotope Stage 3 and taphonomic analysis, conducted in the framework of this study, of a modern biocoenosis and thanatocoenosis suggest that the archeological specimen was collected at one of the numerous fossil or sub-fossil outcrops where valves of this species were available at the time of occupation of level CL3. Experimental grinding and microscopic analysis of modern shells of the same species indicate that the Shuidonggou shell was most probably ground on coarse sandstone to open a hole on its umbo, attach a thread, and use the valve as a personal ornament. Experimental engraving of freshwater shells and microscopic analysis identify an incision crossing the archaeological valve outer surface as possible deliberate engraving. Reappraisal of the site chronology in the light of available radiocarbon evidence suggests an age of at least 34-33 cal kyr BP for layer CL3. Such estimate makes the C. fluminea recovered from CL3 one of the earliest instances of personal ornamentation and the earliest example of a shell bead from China.
WOS关键词	MIDDLE STONE-AGE ; MODERN HUMAN-BEHAVIOR ; CORBICULA-FLUMINEA BIVALVIA ; NORTH CHINA ; BLOMBOS CAVE ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; NASSARIUS-KRAUSSIANUS ; ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ; LOCALITIES 1 ; BORDER CAVE
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000376882500037
资助机构	Sino-French collaborative Programme Cai Yuanpei ; Chinese Ministry of National Education ; Chinese Higher Education and Research Council (MENESR) ; China Scholarship Council (CSC) ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-15)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7036]
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 Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Earth Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Bordeaux, PACEA, CNRS, UMR 5199, Pessac, France 4.Univ Witwatersrand, Evolutionary Studies Inst, Johannesburg, South Africa 5.Univ Witwatersrand, DST NRF Ctr Excellence Palaeosci, Sch Geosci, Johannesburg, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wei, Yi,d'Errico, Francesco,Vanhaeren, Marian,et al. An Early Instance of Upper Palaeolithic Personal Ornamentation from China: The Freshwater Shell Bead from Shuidonggou 2[J]. PLOS ONE,2016,11(5).
APA	Wei, Yi,d'Errico, Francesco,Vanhaeren, Marian,Li, Feng,&Gao, Xing.(2016).An Early Instance of Upper Palaeolithic Personal Ornamentation from China: The Freshwater Shell Bead from Shuidonggou 2.PLOS ONE,11(5).
MLA	Wei, Yi,et al."An Early Instance of Upper Palaeolithic Personal Ornamentation from China: The Freshwater Shell Bead from Shuidonggou 2".PLOS ONE 11.5(2016).