用Brainerd-Robinson方法比较华北地区几个主要晚更新世化石动物群的年代顺序

CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF SIX LATE PLEISTOCENE FAUNAS IN NORTH CHINA WITH THE BRAINERD-ROBINSON METHOD

本文尝试用Brainerd-Robinson方法分析华北地区六个主要动物群相对年代的先后,讨论了方法的原理及所采用的判断标准。所得顺序为丁村、许家窑、萨拉乌苏、峙峪、小南海和山顶洞,与绝对年龄数据和旧石器考古工作者的一般认识相符。这表明在一定的条件下,用B-R方法来分析动物群相对年代的先后是可行的。

Contextual analysis suggested by Brainerd and Robinson and developed by Dempsey and Baumhoft was used to establish chronological sequence of six faunas in North China. The deduced chronological order is: Dingcun (1), Xujiayao (2), Saraosol (3), Siyu (4), Xiao-nanhai (5) and Shangdingtong (6). This order might be acceptable for most anthropologists and archaeologists, and it goes along with the C14 and uranium series dating results. The Brainerd-Robinson method might be a sensitive technique for establishing fauna sequence.