Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 2010, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (01): 44-53.

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The Liaodong Peninsula Paleolithics of Liaoning, Northeast China

WANG Li; LIU Xiao-qing; FU Ren-yi   

  • Online:2010-03-15 Published:2010-03-15

Abstract: The history of Paleolithic archaeology can be traced back to the 1930s. Since the 1970s, the research has been very well developed. Up to now, a cultural system including the Lower Paleolithic represented by the Miaoheshan stone industry and the Jinnushan human fossils; the Middle Paleolithic represented by the stone industry from the Lower Layer of Xiaogushan; and the Upper Paleolithic represented by the stone industry and bone/antler artifacts from the Middle Layer of Xiaogushan and the Qianyang human fossils, has been established. According the Paleoecology, technology and typology, the Liaodong Peninsula Paleolithic has dose relationship with the Paleolithic of North China.

Key words: Liaodong peninsula; Cultural system; Cultural relationship