Abstract: The Fenghuangshan site located eight kilometers from Zhoukoudian Locality 1 is a cave site with two layers yielding fauna and ash. The upper layer is composed of brown red clay that came from an alluvial deposit outside of the cave, with the lower part of this layer containing a few fragmental animal bones identified to two species: Vulpes cf. chikushanensis and Antelopinae. Within the lower layer, there is an ash lens, with seven faunal species identified: Hyaenidae, Equus sameniensis, Rhinocerotidae, Sus lydekkeri, Megaloceros pachyosteus, Cervus (Sika) grayi and Bubalus sp. This faunal assemblage is very similar to Zhoukoudian Locality 1 and the Nanjing Man site, indicating that the age of Fenghuangshan site probably belongs to the Middle Pleistocene. The occurrence of ash and some long bone surface modification suggests that certain hominids might have lived in the vicinity.

Key words: Zhoukoudian; Fenghuangshan; Animal Bones; Ash; Middle Pleistocene