The lithic assemblages of Donggutuo, Nihewan basin: Knapping skills of early pleistocene hominins in North China

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185101

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	The lithic assemblages of Donggutuo, Nihewan basin: Knapping skills of early pleistocene hominins in North China
	Yang, Shi-Xia 1,2; Petraglia, Michael D.3; Hou, Ya-Mei 2; Yue, Jian-Ping 2,4; Deng, Cheng-Long 1,4; Zhu, Ri-Xiang 1,4
刊名	PLOS ONE
	2017-09-21
卷号	12 期号:9
ISSN号	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0185101
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Donggutuo (DGT) is one of the richest archaeological localities in the Nihewan Basin of North China, thereby providing key information about the technological behaviours of early hominins in eastern Asia. Although DGT has been subject of multiple excavations and technological studies over the past several decades, few detailed studies on the lithic assemblages have been published. Here we summarize and describe the DGT lithic assemblages, examining stone tool reduction methods and technological skills. DGT dates to ca. 1.1 Ma, close to the onset of the mid-Pleistocene climate transition (MPT), indicating that occupations at DGT coincided with increased environmental instability. During this time interval, the DGT knappers began to apply innovative flaking methods, using free hand hard hammer percussion (FHHP) to manufacture pre-determined core shapes, small flakes and finely retouched tools, while occasionally using the bipolar technique, in contrast to the earlier and nearby Nihewan site of Xiaochangliang (XCL). Evidence for some degree of planning and predetermination in lithic reduction at DGT parallels technological developments in African Oldowan sites, suggesting that innovations in early industries may be situational, sometimes corresponding with adaptations to changes in environments and local conditions.
WOS关键词	MIDPLEISTOCENE CLIMATE TRANSITION ; PALEOLITHIC SITE ; OLDUVAI GORGE ; LOESS PLATEAU ; ASIA ; BIPOLAR ; QUARTZ ; ENVIRONMENT ; TECHNOLOGY ; CENJIAWAN
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
WOS记录号	WOS:000411339900089
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China(41602021 ; Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2014FY110300) ; Max Planck Society ; 41690112 ; 41621004 ; L1524016) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41602021 ; Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2014FY110300) ; Max Planck Society ; 41690112 ; 41621004 ; L1524016) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41602021 ; Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2014FY110300) ; Max Planck Society ; 41690112 ; 41621004 ; L1524016) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41602021 ; Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2014FY110300) ; Max Planck Society ; 41690112 ; 41621004 ; L1524016)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/61963]
专题	地质与地球物理研究所_岩石圈演化国家重点实验室
通讯作者	Yang, Shi-Xia
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Lithospher Evolut, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist, Dept Archaeol, Jena, Germany 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Shi-Xia,Petraglia, Michael D.,Hou, Ya-Mei,et al. The lithic assemblages of Donggutuo, Nihewan basin: Knapping skills of early pleistocene hominins in North China[J]. PLOS ONE,2017,12(9).
APA	Yang, Shi-Xia,Petraglia, Michael D.,Hou, Ya-Mei,Yue, Jian-Ping,Deng, Cheng-Long,&Zhu, Ri-Xiang.(2017).The lithic assemblages of Donggutuo, Nihewan basin: Knapping skills of early pleistocene hominins in North China.PLOS ONE,12(9).
MLA	Yang, Shi-Xia,et al."The lithic assemblages of Donggutuo, Nihewan basin: Knapping skills of early pleistocene hominins in North China".PLOS ONE 12.9(2017).