A preliminary report on the survey and test excavation of the Mogushanbei site in Zhalainuoer district, Inner Mongolia

doi:10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2020.0006

Abstract

Abstract:

The Mogushanbei site is located at the northern edge of a hill called Mogushan in Zhalainuoer District, Hulunbeier City, Inner Mongolia. The site, discovered in 1980, with many chipped stone artifacts collected that year and again in 1990. The site was reinvestigated in August 2019, with about 400 chipped stone artifacts collected from the surface and from the uppermost breccia layer of three test pits. Artifacts were made of local andesite from Mogushan hill. The lithic assemblage includes cores, flakes, chunks, and retouched pieces, with artifact size being relatively large, however many small flakes were also found in test pit 3 (and not from surface explorations). Preliminary analysis of the technology, suggests the assemblage resembles a simple core-flake technology in North China, and is Late Paleolithic.

Key words: Mogushanbei site, Inner Mongolia, Stone artifacts, Late Paleolithic

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WANG Yinghua, SUN Zudong, SHAN Mingchao, HE Jia, LIU Wang, CHEN Fuyou. A preliminary report on the survey and test excavation of the Mogushanbei site in Zhalainuoer district, Inner Mongolia[J]. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2020, 39(02): 173-182.

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类型class→	石核 core	完整石片 complete flake						不完整石片uncomplete flakes	断块 chunk	石器stone artifacts	合计 total
位置unit↓	石核 core	Ⅰ	Ⅱ	Ⅲ	Ⅳ	Ⅴ	Ⅵ	不完整石片uncomplete flakes	断块 chunk	石器stone artifacts	合计 total
地表surface	15	9	10	2		21	19	16	7	13	112
T1		1				1	5	1			8
T3	8	6	31	9	9	65	52	77	4	3	264
合计total	23	16	41	11	9	87	76	94	11	16	384

类型class→	石核 core	完整石片 complete flake						不完整石片uncomplete flakes	断块 chunk	石器stone artifacts	合计 total
位置unit↓	石核 core	Ⅰ	Ⅱ	Ⅲ	Ⅳ	Ⅴ	Ⅵ	不完整石片uncomplete flakes	断块 chunk	石器stone artifacts	合计 total
地表surface	15	9	10	2		21	19	16	7	13	112
T1		1				1	5	1			8
T3	8	6	31	9	9	65	52	77	4	3	264
合计total	23	16	41	11	9	87	76	94	11	16	384

	数量（n）		最小值（Min）		最大值（Max）		均值（Mean）		标准差（SD）
	地表	T3	地表	T3	地表	T3	地表	T3	地表	T3
长Length(mm)	61	172	21.3	7.8	170	88.2	60.7	38.7	27	14.2
宽Width(mm)	61	172	18.5	10.5	126.4	106.2	54.2	41.6	23.4	15.9
厚Thick(mm)	61	172	4.7	2.8	44.3	34.2	17.3	10.6	10	5.7
重Weight(g)	61	172	3.2	0.3	388	167.7	82.6	19.9	94.6	26.1
石片角Angle(°)	61	172	63	55	135	140	106.8	104.4	15	15.3

	数量（n）		最小值（Min）		最大值（Max）		均值（Mean）		标准差（SD）
	地表	T3	地表	T3	地表	T3	地表	T3	地表	T3
长Length(mm)	61	172	21.3	7.8	170	88.2	60.7	38.7	27	14.2
宽Width(mm)	61	172	18.5	10.5	126.4	106.2	54.2	41.6	23.4	15.9
厚Thick(mm)	61	172	4.7	2.8	44.3	34.2	17.3	10.6	10	5.7
重Weight(g)	61	172	3.2	0.3	388	167.7	82.6	19.9	94.6	26.1
石片角Angle(°)	61	172	63	55	135	140	106.8	104.4	15	15.3

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