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Experimental analysis on flaking of discoidal cores and its application in understanding the flake tool industry in North China

  • Wencheng LI
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  • School of History, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100089

Received date: 2020-12-11

  Revised date: 2021-04-15

  Online published: 2022-06-16

Abstract

The discoidal core characterized by the bifacial centripetal flaking method has played an essential role in the Chinese Paleolithic. This research focused on the long-term coexistence of discoidal and amorphous cores in Flake Tool Industry discovered in Northern China, and highlighted the differences between flakes produced by these two different methods. As a result, this study shows that three indexes can be used to distinguish the two methods: platform type, dorsal scar direction, and the proportion of flakes retaining the edge of the core platform. This study also implies technological analysis on flake is important to understand the reductional strategy of the Flake Tool Industry in North China.

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Wencheng LI . Experimental analysis on flaking of discoidal cores and its application in understanding the flake tool industry in North China[J]. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2022 , 41(03) : 514 -522 . DOI: 10.16359/j.1000-3193/AAS.2021.0055

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