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Coordinates: 36°N 110°E / 36°N 110°E / 36; 110
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Shizitan
柿子滩遗址
Location in China
Location in China
Location in China
LocationJixian County, Shanxi, China
Coordinates36°N 110°E / 36°N 110°E / 36; 110
Area800 m2 (8,611 sq ft)
History
PeriodsLate 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

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Shizitan Locality 9 (S9)

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1st human fossil found, tooth 20,000-10,000 BP

Shizitan Locality 9 (S9)

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(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)

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(110°32′40′′ E, 36°02′11′′ N; 655 ± 5 m in altitude)[1]

Shizitan Locality 29 (S29)

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(36 2 54, 110 35 22; 723 asl) 70,000+ lithic artefacts 285 hearths bone needle frag (26-23,000 BP)

Citations

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References

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  • 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.