User:Fraenir/Shizitan
柿子滩遗址 | |
  Location in China | |
| Location | Jixian County, Shanxi, China |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°N 110°E / 36°N 110°E |
| Area | 800 m2 (8,611 sq ft) |
| History | |
| Periods | Late Paleolithic, Early Neolithic |
Shizitan is a cluster of more than 50 archaeological sites in Jixian County, Shanxi, China. S1 First discovered in 1980.
Qingshui River, tributary of the Yellow River.
Sites
[edit]Shizitan Locality 9 (S9)
[edit]1st human fossil found, tooth 20,000-10,000 BP
Shizitan Locality 9 (S9)
[edit](N36 02 11 , E110 32 40, 688 m altitude) discovered 2000 excavated 2001, 2002, 2005. over 2000 artefacts found. mostly lithic 13,000-9,000 BP
Shizitan Locality 14 (S14)
[edit](110°32′40′′ E, 36°02′11′′ N; 655 ± 5 m in altitude)[1]
Shizitan Locality 29 (S29)
[edit](36 2 54, 110 35 22; 723 asl) 70,000+ lithic artefacts 285 hearths bone needle frag (26-23,000 BP)
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Bestel, Sheahan; et al. (2014). "The evolution of millet domestication, Middle Yellow River Region, North China: Evidence from charred seeds at the late Upper Paleolithic Shizitan Locality 9 site". The Holocene (journal). 24 (3). doi:10.1177/0959683613518595.
- Liu, Li; et al. (2011). "Plant exploitation of the last foragers at Shizitan in the Middle Yellow River Valley China: evidence from grinding stones". Journal of Archaeological Science. 38. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.015.
- Liu, Li (2013). "Paleolithic human exploitation of plant foods during the last glacial maximum in North China". PNAS. 110 (14). doi:10.1073/pnas.1217864110.
- Song, Yanhua (2015). "Bone needle fragment in LGM from the Shizitan site (China): Archaeological evidence and experimental study". Quaternary International. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.051.