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Late Paleolithic site at Locality S9 of Shizitan Complex in Jixian County, Shanxi

  • Shizitan Archaeological Team and Shanxi Provincial Institute Of Archaeology
Published/Copyright: November 20, 2012
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Abstract

Locality S9 within the Shizitan site complex in Jixian County, Shanxi Province is one of the late Paleolithic sites at Shizitan. This locality yielded rich cultural remains. Chipped stone technology, similar to that common in North China, is represented by small sized flake stone tools including scrapers, points and choppers, which was produced by hard-hammer percussion, followed by pressure flaking technique for micro-blade production. Stone querns, stone grinding rollers, pigment pieces and pigment pulverizing tools, and ornaments made of clam shells and ostrich eggshells are also unearthed. Shizitan Locality S9 cultural remains provided abundant information for researches on the transition from late Paleolithic to early Neolithic periods in the region as well as on origins of agriculture in North China in general.

Published Online: 2012-11-20
Published in Print: 2012-11-1

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