| Ref ID: | 27628 |
|---|---|
| Ref Type: | Journal Article |
| Authors: | Shuisheng Du, Xuan Li, Li Zhou, Haijiao Pang, Bar-Yosef, Ofer Xiaohong Wu, |
| Title: | Longquan cave: an early upper palaeolithic site in Henan Province, China |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Source: | Antiquity |
| Abstract: | The Palaeolithic sequence of East Asia differs from that of western Eurasia in that it is characterised by core-and-flake tools. Blade industries only appear late in the sequence, long after the first appearance of modern humans bone tools and personal ornaments may therefore function as a better marker of modern human presence. Longquan Cave provides vital new evidence to this effect, with dated hearths indicating an initial occupation around 40 kya cal BP, followed by a second period of activity around 3531 kya cal BP. They are associated with a polished bone awl and a structured division of settlement space, features typically associated with modern humans. |
| Date Created: | 9/7/2016 |
| Volume: | 90 |
| Number: | 352 |
| Page Start: | 876 |
| Page End: | 893 |