Abstract: The Chenshan ( Xiang yang ) Paleolithic locality ( 118°51′58″ E, 30°52′32″N ) is situated at middle reach of Shuiyang River about 15 kilometres to the southwest of Xuanzhou City. The locality w as discovered in 1987. In the first excavation in M arch-May, 1988, 78 stone artifacts w ere found by the present authors and other colleagues.
The raw material of the artifacts is mainly quartzite sandstone. Stone artifacts include flakes, co res, scrapers, choppers, pointed choppers and picks. The proportions of them a re 29. 5% , 29. 5% , 9. 0% , 14. 1% , 3. 8% and 5. 1% respectively. The strata of the Chenshan locality a re divided two parts: the lower part is from the late period of the early Pleistocene to the middle period o f the middle Pleistocene and the upper part is of the late period of the middle Pleistocene.

Key words: Paleoliths, Report, Chenshan Locality