山西榆次大发旧石器地点

THE PALEOLITHIC SITE AT DAFA VILLAGE, YUCI DISTRICT SHANXI PROVINCE

山西榆次大发旧石器地点,属搬运埋藏类型,文化遗物和哺乳动物化石产自潇河右岸第二级阶地中部,时代为晚更新世末期。该地点的文化遗物包括传统的打制石器和细石器。石器类型和制作技术显示出与雁北地区的峙峪遗址和晋南的下川遗址有密切关系。该地点在晋中盆地的发现对连接、对比山西南、北旧石器晚期文化具有重要意义。

The Dafa paleolithic site is located at the right bank of Xiaohe River, near Dafa village (112°50'10'E, 37°40'30'N), about 15 KM west to Yuci city, Shanxi province. The site was. found in 1980 and excavated in the same year and the year following. More than one thousand stone artifacts, some few mammalian fossils and numerous broken bones [were unearthed from the sand contained gravels layer of the second terrace of Xiaohe River.] The fossil remains consist of the following forms: Canis lupus, Equus przewalskyi, Equus hemionus, Sus serofa, Megoloceros sp., Bos primigenius. All of the mammals represented by the above fossils used to live in the northern part of China during Upper Pleistocene, The stone artifacts (mainly made of pebbles of flint and quartzite), including paleoliths and microliths, can be classified into cores, flakes, microcores, microblades, scrapers, points, burins and debris. The major component of the implements are scrapers. The artifacts were flaked and retouched by three methods: direct percussion by a hammerstone, bipolar technique and pressure technique. All of them are very small in size, and most of the tools are very fine in workmanship. The Dafa industry shows a close relationship with Siyu site in northern Shanxi and Xiachuan site in southern Shanxi in technology and typology.