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Report of excavation in Shiyu, Shanxi: a paleolithic site
Acta archaeologica Sinica • (1, 1972) • Published In 1972 • Pages: 39-58
By: Jia, Lanpo, Gai, Pei, You, Yuzhu.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This report on the site of Shiyu describes the types of stone tools and species of animal bone recovered, and attempts to reconstruct the climate and environment. The animal species present are compared to those found at other Chinese Paleolithic sites. The authors surmise the age of the site based on species found and stratigraphy. They conclude with a discussion where Shiyu fits into out the Chinese Paleolithic and how it adds to an understanding of the temporal and regional scope of the era, as well as its origins.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fauna
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Typologies and classifications
- Archaeological inventories
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- North China Upper Paleolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2017
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 28,000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Shiyu, Shanxi, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jia Lanpo, Gai Pei, and You Yuzhu
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 11001209
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ordosian