Innovation in bone technology and artefact types in the late Upper Palaeolithic of China: Insights from Shuidonggou Locality 12

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2018.03.003

	Innovation in bone technology and artefact types in the late Upper Palaeolithic of China: Insights from Shuidonggou Locality 12
	Zhang, Shuangquan 1,2; Doyon, Luc 3,4; Zhang, Yue 1,2; Gao, Xing1,2 ; Chen, Fuyou 1,2; Guan, Ying 1,2; d'Errico, Francesco 3,5
刊名	JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
	2018-05-01
卷号	93 页码:82-93
关键词	Bone Tools Specialized Tool-kit Sewing Equipment Knife Handle Tardiglacial Northern China
ISSN号	0305-4403
DOI	10.1016/j.jas.2018.03.003
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Information on Palaeolithic bone technology from China is sparse. Here we present the results of a techno-functional analysis of a bone tool assemblage recovered from Shuidonggou Locality 12 (SDG12), layer 11, Northern China, dated to c. 12-11 cal ka BP. Six bone tool artefact types are identified: wedges, awls, spear points, a knife handle, a possible sewing implement, and a notched carpal. Two other artefacts could not be attributed to a specific type. The artefacts are made of Procapra przewalsikii, Lepus sp., Sus sp., Equus przewalskii, and unidentifiable bone fragments from medium/large size mammals. At least three methods are used to extract blanks: percussion of altered limb bones, longitudinal splitting of Sus sp. canine and large rib, and probably, the groove-and-splinter technique. Grinding and scraping are the dominant shaping techniques together with grooving, notching, polishing, drilling, flaking, and retouching. Tool type variability and function fit the hypothesis according to which the SDG12 and similar sites would be residential camps in which hunter-gatherers produced artefacts enabling them to cope with cold environmental conditions. Our results, however, indicate that not all bone tools match the expectations associated with a serial specialist production. Expedient wedges and awls may have been produced by any member of the group, and whenever the need arose. The SDG12 bone tool assemblage provides a significant contribution to our knowledge about hunter-gatherer adaptations to the Tardiglacial environments of Northern China. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
WOS关键词	MIDDLE-STONE-AGE ; MODERN HUMAN-BEHAVIOR ; UPPER SEMLIKI VALLEY ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; NORTH CHINA ; USE-WEAR ; MICROBLADE TECHNOLOGY ; LATE PLEISTOCENE ; BLOMBOS CAVE ; SIBUDU CAVE
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
语种	英语
出版者	ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000432502400008
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China(41672023 ; Sino-French Cai Yuanpei Program(36707NF) ; Research Council of Norway through its Center's of Excellence funding scheme ; SFF Centre for Early Sapience Behaviour (SapienCe)(262618) ; Labex LaScArBx-ANR(ANR-10-LABX-52) ; Institut ecologie et environnement of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS-InEE) ; 41772025)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8416]
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Zhang, Shuangquan; d'Errico, Francesco
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, UMR PACEA 5199, Bat B18,Allee Geoffroy St Hilaire,CS 50023, F-33615 Pessac, France 4.Univ Montreal, Dept Anthropol, CP 6128,Succursale Ctr Ville, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada 5.Univ Bergen, SSF Ctr Early Sapiens Behav SapienCe, Oysteinsgate 3,Postboks 7805, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Shuangquan,Doyon, Luc,Zhang, Yue,et al. Innovation in bone technology and artefact types in the late Upper Palaeolithic of China: Insights from Shuidonggou Locality 12[J]. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,2018,93:82-93.
APA	Zhang, Shuangquan.,Doyon, Luc.,Zhang, Yue.,Gao, Xing.,Chen, Fuyou.,...&d'Errico, Francesco.(2018).Innovation in bone technology and artefact types in the late Upper Palaeolithic of China: Insights from Shuidonggou Locality 12.JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,93,82-93.
MLA	Zhang, Shuangquan,et al."Innovation in bone technology and artefact types in the late Upper Palaeolithic of China: Insights from Shuidonggou Locality 12".JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 93(2018):82-93.