Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 2019, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (04): 525-535.doi: 10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2019.0065

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The late Pleistocene flake tool industries in North China

WANG Youping1,2()   

  1. 1. Center for the Study of Chinese archaeology, Beijing 100871
    2. School of Archaeology and Museology Peking University, Beijing 100871
  • Received:2019-07-21 Revised:2019-10-22 Online:2019-11-15 Published:2020-09-10

Abstract:

This research first summarizes the development history of the late Pleistocene flake tools industries in North China. Subsequently, it also discusses the interactions between flake tools and a number of other industries in surrounding areas, including the pebble industries in South China, the newly discovered Mousterian lithic assemblages in the northern border area, as well as the blade and micro-blade industries later coming from Northwest China. Finally, it focuses on the relationship between the late Pleistocene flake tools in North China and the emergence and evolution of modern human in this region. Flake tools is the dominant lithic technology in North China during the late Pleistocene, and provide a lot of crucial archaeological evidence for exploring the emergence and evolution of modern human in this area.

Key words: North China, Late Pleistocene, Flake tool, Emergence of modern human

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