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A preliminary report on the Paleolithic survey of 2017-2018 in Yuxian Basin
MA Dongdong, NIU Dongwei, PEI Shuwen, LI XiaoLi, YANG Haiyong, WANG Fagang
Acta Anthropologica Sinica    2021, 40 (01): 128-136.   DOI: 10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2019.0026
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Yuxian basin, as the important area occupied by early hominins during Pleistocene, is located in the southeast part of the Nihewan basin (senso lato). During 2017 and 2018, a new Paleolithic survey were conducted by the staff from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and related units and 27 new localities were discovered or confirmed. A total of 72 artifacts and 37 animal fossil fragments were recovered from the strata. According to the geomorphological and stratigraphic comparison among the Nihewan basin, the new localities can be assigned to two stages of Middle Pleistocene and late Upper Pleistocene which corresponded to Nihewan lacustrine sediments and loess respectively. Typologically, the artifacts of Middle Pleistocene include cores, flakes, tools and debris, and the raw materials are dominated by volcanic rocks, hard hammer knapping strategy was used for the core reduction. The artifacts of the late Upper Pleistocene are mainly made by dolomite and chert, hard hammer technology and soft hammer technology were both used by early hominins. It should be noted that the knapping strategy of Middle Pleistocene presents a different technological system compared to the same period of northeast part of the Nihewan basin. Moreover, small flake tool tradition and micro-blade technology were both existed in the Yuxian basin during late Upper Pleistocene.The new survey enriched the information and territory of early hominins occupation in the Nihewan basin (senso lato), and also support the valuable clues for interpreting the dispersal and adapted behaviors adopted by early hominins in the Yuxian basin.


地点名称Locality 编号 No. 地点坐标
Coordinate
海拔(m)
Elevation
地理位置 Location 材料 Remains 年代推测
Age estimate
沙子坡1号地点 SZP-1 39°48′51.3″ N 114°25′30.1″ E 971 蔚县暖泉镇沙子坡村后沟 石制品(5), 化石(2) 中更新世
沙子坡2号地点 SZP-2 39°48′33.5″ N 114°25′47.5″ E 952 蔚县沙子坡村北 石制品(1) 中更新世
蔡家沟1号点 CJG-1 40°1′49.4″ N 114°51′2.0″ E 917 蔚县吉家庄镇蔡家沟 石制品(2) 中更新世
蔡家沟2号地点 CJG-2 40°01′45.6″ N 114°50′56.8″ E 930 蔚县吉家庄镇蔡家沟 石制品(3) 中更新世
蔡家沟3号地点 CJG-3 40°01′46.5″ N 114°50′55.2″ E 930 蔚县吉家庄镇蔡家沟 石制品(1) 中更新世
蔡家沟4号地点 CJG-4 40°01′34.0″ N 114°50′52.7″ E 923 蔚县吉家庄镇蔡家沟 石制品(2) 中更新世
陷马沟地点 XMG 40°1′42.3″ N 114°50′47.2″ E 931 蔚县吉家庄镇陷马沟 石制品(2), 化石(5) 中更新世
宿鸦涧地点 SYJ 39°54′48.9″ N 114°35′28.0″ E 935 蔚县涌泉庄乡宿鸦涧村 石制品(2) 中更新世
上营庄地点 SYZ 40°1′51.6″ N 114°53′31.5″ E 914 蔚县吉家庄镇上营庄村西 石制品(1) 中更新世
赵家寨地点 ZJZ 40°04′04.4″ N 114°46′24.5″ E 947 蔚县黄梅乡赵家寨村东 石制品(3), 化石(9) 中更新世
吉家庄1号地点 JJZ-1 40°1′20.5″ N
114°51′28. 9″ E
913 蔚县吉家庄镇四村后 石制品(1) 中更新世
吉家庄2号地点 JJZ-2 40°1′26.8″ N 114°51′16.4″ E 919 蔚县吉家庄镇四村后 石制品(1), 化石(1) 中更新世
吉家庄3号地点 JJZ-3 40°01′17.3″ N 114°51′14.3″ E 910 蔚县吉家庄镇四村后 石制品(1) 中更新世
吉家庄4号地点 JJZ-4 40°01′14.2″ N 114°51′07.1″ E 912 蔚县吉家庄镇四村后 石制品(3), 化石(4) 中更新世
吉家庄5号地点 JJZ-5 40°01′14.7″ N 114°51′08.1″ E 920 蔚县吉家庄镇二村后 石制品(1) 中更新世
吉家庄6号地点 JJZ-6 40°01′18.5″ N 114°51′02.8″ E 907 蔚县吉家庄镇二村后 石制品(2) 中更新世
吉家庄7号地点 JJZ-7 40°1′18.5″ N 114°50′56.0″ E 922 蔚县吉家庄镇二村后 石制品(1), 化石(5) 中更新世
吉家庄8号地点 JJZ-8 40°01′17.6″ N 114°50′50.8″ E 916 蔚县吉家庄镇二村后 石制品(1) 中更新世
趄坡地点 JP 39°49′8.8″ N 114°28′47.8″ E 930 蔚县暖泉镇趄坡村东 石制品(6) 晚更新世
永安疃1号地点 YAT-1 40°02′03.3″ N 114°50′00.9″ E 939 蔚县吉家庄镇永安疃村北 石制品(2) 晚更新世
永安疃2号地点 YAT-2 40°1′46.6″N 114°50′1.5″ E 925 蔚县吉家庄镇永安疃村西 石制品(1), 化石(1) 晚更新世
永安疃3号地点 YAT-3 40°2′3.4″ N 114°49′48.5″ E 937 蔚县吉家庄镇永安疃村北 石制品(4), 化石(5) 晚更新世
后涧村地点 HOJ 39°48′29.45″ N 114°26′37.7″ E 941 蔚县暖泉镇后涧村西 石制品(12) 晚更新世
横涧地点 HJ 39°55′18.9″ N 114°44′35.0″ E 925 蔚县西合营镇横涧村 石制品(2) 晚更新世
范家堡地点 FJB 40°1′46.6″ N 114°55′7.4″ E 934 蔚县常宁乡范家堡村 石制品(1) 晚更新世
Tab.1 A summary of newly discovered Paleolithic localities
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