广西田东中山遗址洞外岩厦出土动物骨骼的初步研究

Research into faunal remains excavated from the rock shelter area of the Zhongshan site,Tiandong county,Guangxi,South China

对广西田东中山遗址洞外岩厦出土动物骨骼遗存的研究表明,该批动物遗存至少代表39个属种。中山遗址原始居民以此地作为居住地,会到远处进行狩猎,其生业模式以狩猎为主;对骨骼的利用尚处在初级阶段,未发现精细的加工方式。动物骨骼遗存均来自野生动物,原始居民未开始饲养家畜。当时的中山遗址地处以林缘灌丛、低山森林景观为主的山间盆地中,不远处有成片的草地,并分布着一定面积的水域。这些信息对探讨中国华南地区旧石器时代晚期至新石器时代早期人类的生存行为、生境状况及演化特征等具有重要意义。

A number of animal remains were unearthed from the rock shelter area of the Zhongshan site in Tiandong County, Guangxi, South China. Taxonomic research shows that the number of animal remains represents at least 39 species. People who use hunting as the main production mode choose Zhongshan as their place of residence and distance hunting locale. The skeletal remains are all from wild animals, with domestication not yet involved. During occupation, Zhongshan was located in an intermontane basin with primarily shrub-meadow and forest with grass and waters nearby. This research is significant because it offers information on human survival behaviors, habitats, and evolutionary character of the late Paleolithic period in southern China.