砾石工业传统与华南旧石器晚期文化

The Gravel Industry Tradition and the Late Paleolithic Culture in South China

华南考古资料显示,该地区旧石器时代晚期文化发展至少可分为三期:距今4万年前后开始,持续到距今3万年左右为初期,仍是以砾石石器占主导地位阶段;从距今3万年前后起,以远距离输入硅质岩原料加工的小型石片石器成为石器组合主体,砾石石器减少或不见,成为第二阶段的发展特点;从距今2万年开始到晚更新世结束为第三阶段,陡刃砾石砍砸器等又重新成为主导石器类型,并相继出现磨制石器与陶器等新技术。尽管有上述阶段性特点,但砾石石器传统始终保持显著影响。这一发展过程,对于我们认识中国南方旧石器时代晚期文化的发展尤为重要。

According to archaeological data in South China,the Late Paleolithic culture in this area can be divided into at least three stages:from about 40000 BP to 30000 BP,it could be defined as early stage which was still dominated by pebble tools.From around 30000 BP,the small flake tools that made from siliceous rocks,began to dominate the lithic industries,and pebble tools decreased or disappeared.From the beginning of 20000 BP to the end of the Late Pleistocene,the steep edged chopper became dominant again,and new technologies such as grinding stone tools and pottery appeared successively.Despite the above changes,the pebble tool tradition has always maintained its significant influence,which is key for us to understand the development of the late Paleolithic culture in southern China.