Abstract: The present article reviews the results of studies on the Dingcun industry in the recent years. The author emphasizes that the scrapers and bolas are significant types in the Dingcun implements and the stone artifacts from Locality 77:01 bear both the Dingcun cultural tradition and the microlithic techno-typological characters, and seem to be a combination of them. Some methodological problems are discussed also.

Key words: Dingcun; Palaeolithic; Methodology