The book reviewed in the present paper contains 44 representative theses of the Institute’s Paleolithic archaeologists published in the 20^th century，and is appended with catalogues of their works and achronicle of ...The book reviewed in the present paper contains 44 representative theses of the Institute’s Paleolithic archaeologists published in the 20^th century，and is appended with catalogues of their works and achronicle of events in the Paleolithic archaeology of China．Since the 1920s，a series of discoveries have been achieved in the field．The most important is that of the Beijing Zhoukoudian site，to which Profs．Pei Wenzhong and Jia Lanpo devoted all their lives．Before them，Prof．YangZhongjian had directed this work，which，however，is not mentioned in the book．This might be an oversight and omission．In Neolithic archaeology,the seniors in the Institute also did a lot of pioneer work and set up excellent tradition．But it is noteworthy that recently there appeared the tendency of neglecting the transitional link from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age．展开更多
The Luonan Basin locates in the Qinling Mountains,which form a geographic boundary between North and South China.Since 1995,268 open-air sites identified from the Luonan Basin,Shaanxi Province,and a total of 13 581 li...The Luonan Basin locates in the Qinling Mountains,which form a geographic boundary between North and South China.Since 1995,268 open-air sites identified from the Luonan Basin,Shaanxi Province,and a total of 13 581 lithic artefacts collected from those sites during 1995-2004.A systematic refitting analysis was carried out on the stone artefacts collected from those Open-air sites in the Luonan Basin.The refitting produced 31 refitted groups.The refitted lithic sets included 64 elements,made up of two cores,nine complete flakes,44 broken flakes,and nine chunks.The raw materials range from various coloured quartzite(cream,red,and dark grey colour),quartz,greywacke,and silicious limestone.The refitting rate in open-air sites is about 0.47%.The highest refitting rate in single site is 21.05%,it occurs at Shangling site(03LP242).Uunfortunately,it not produced any refitted group cross the sites.Because the lithic artefacts in the open-air sites were mostly surface collections,no stratigraphic determination could be made on the assemblages,however,a refitted broken flakes group at scene from Angou site(02LP201) is quiet longer with the rectilinear distance at least 35m away.The higher refitting rates on some sites imply that the lithic artefacts exposed on the ground are not for a long time since the site under severe land-surface erosion in historic period.展开更多
文摘The book reviewed in the present paper contains 44 representative theses of the Institute’s Paleolithic archaeologists published in the 20^th century，and is appended with catalogues of their works and achronicle of events in the Paleolithic archaeology of China．Since the 1920s，a series of discoveries have been achieved in the field．The most important is that of the Beijing Zhoukoudian site，to which Profs．Pei Wenzhong and Jia Lanpo devoted all their lives．Before them，Prof．YangZhongjian had directed this work，which，however，is not mentioned in the book．This might be an oversight and omission．In Neolithic archaeology,the seniors in the Institute also did a lot of pioneer work and set up excellent tradition．But it is noteworthy that recently there appeared the tendency of neglecting the transitional link from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age．
文摘The Luonan Basin locates in the Qinling Mountains,which form a geographic boundary between North and South China.Since 1995,268 open-air sites identified from the Luonan Basin,Shaanxi Province,and a total of 13 581 lithic artefacts collected from those sites during 1995-2004.A systematic refitting analysis was carried out on the stone artefacts collected from those Open-air sites in the Luonan Basin.The refitting produced 31 refitted groups.The refitted lithic sets included 64 elements,made up of two cores,nine complete flakes,44 broken flakes,and nine chunks.The raw materials range from various coloured quartzite(cream,red,and dark grey colour),quartz,greywacke,and silicious limestone.The refitting rate in open-air sites is about 0.47%.The highest refitting rate in single site is 21.05%,it occurs at Shangling site(03LP242).Uunfortunately,it not produced any refitted group cross the sites.Because the lithic artefacts in the open-air sites were mostly surface collections,no stratigraphic determination could be made on the assemblages,however,a refitted broken flakes group at scene from Angou site(02LP201) is quiet longer with the rectilinear distance at least 35m away.The higher refitting rates on some sites imply that the lithic artefacts exposed on the ground are not for a long time since the site under severe land-surface erosion in historic period.
