Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 1987, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (04): 289-297.

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A study of stone tools from Baise, Guangxi

He Naihan, Qiu Zhonglang   

  • Online:1987-12-15 Published:1987-12-15

Abstract: When the archaeological team, organized by the Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was investigating the palaeolithic remains in the Baise basin in 1982, a large amount of stone artifacts was encounted at 21 localities on the surface of IlI-IV terraces of You Jiang river in Baise county. The total number of the stone artifacts studied here is 752. Most of them are made of siliceous rock, sandstone, quartzite and vein quartz. They were divided mainly into three groups: points, chopping-tools and bifaces. The artifacts are considered typologically to be of Paleolithic in age.

Key words: Baise; Paleolith