A preliminary report on the excavation of Fodongdi site in Gengma, Yunnan Province

doi:10.16359/j.1000-3193/AAS.2022.0062

Abstract

Abstract:

The Fodongdi site is located at Mengjian village, Gengma County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province. It is situated on the north bank of Nanting River, in a Permian limestone cave with an entrance towards southeast. The site was discovered in 2016~2017, and excavated in 2017~2018 by a joint team of the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lincang Prefecture Administration of Cultural Relics, etc. The excavation exposed an area of 20 m². A plenty of remains were unearthed, including lithic artifacts, fauna fossils, and flora fossils. Based on the results of primary sedimentary and chronological analysis, the prehistoric cultural layers were dated back to 18,400~14,000 BP, and divided into three phases. As a prehistoric site located in the tropical-subtropical region, the Fodongdi site provide some new data to interpret the adaptation behavior of prehistory humans in a specific ecological context during Late Pleistocene.

Key words: Yunnan Province, Fodongdi site, cave deposits, Upper Paleolithic, lithic artefacts

CLC Number:

K871.11

GAO Feng, YANG Shixia, ZHOU Xinying, RUAN Qijun, HUAN Faxiang, HE Linshan, QIU Kaiwei, YANG Bo, WANG Yiren, YANG Qingjiang, WANG Jian, SHEN Hui, ZHAO Keliang, LI Xiaoqiang. A preliminary report on the excavation of Fodongdi site in Gengma, Yunnan Province[J]. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2023, 42(01): 122-128.

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分期Phase→	第一期Phase 1		第二期Phase 2		第三期Phase 3
类型Types↓	数量Quantity	占比Percentage	数量Quantity	占比Percentage	数量Quantity	占比Percentage
石核Flake core	17	1.2%	12	0.4%	30	0.9%
石片Flake	255	18.2%	818	29.4%	1527	45.3%
砸击产品Bipolar products	147	10.5%	187	6.7%	115	3.4%
石器Tools	48	3.4%	68	2.4%	161	4.8%
石锤/石砧Stone hammers/anvil	35	2.5%	11	0.4%	22	0.7%
断块Chunk	567	40.4%	997	35.8%	1233	36.5%
碎屑Debris	301	21.4%	661	23.8%	234	6.9%
备料Manuports	34	2.4%	28	1.0%	52	1.5%
总计Total	1404	100.0%	2782	100.0%	3374	100.0%

分期Phase→	第一期Phase 1		第二期Phase 2		第三期Phase 3
类型Types↓	数量Quantity	占比Percentage	数量Quantity	占比Percentage	数量Quantity	占比Percentage
石核Flake core	17	1.2%	12	0.4%	30	0.9%
石片Flake	255	18.2%	818	29.4%	1527	45.3%
砸击产品Bipolar products	147	10.5%	187	6.7%	115	3.4%
石器Tools	48	3.4%	68	2.4%	161	4.8%
石锤/石砧Stone hammers/anvil	35	2.5%	11	0.4%	22	0.7%
断块Chunk	567	40.4%	997	35.8%	1233	36.5%
碎屑Debris	301	21.4%	661	23.8%	234	6.9%
备料Manuports	34	2.4%	28	1.0%	52	1.5%
总计Total	1404	100.0%	2782	100.0%	3374	100.0%

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