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Preliminary report on the excavation of Shuidonggou site in 1980
Acta archaeologica Sinica • (4, 1987) • Published In 1987 • Pages: 439-449
By: Ningxia Hui Museum.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In 1923 Shuidonggou was the earliest Paleolithic site to be systematically excavated in China. In 1980 archeologists returned to excavate new material, obtain absolute dates, and reanalyze earlier findings. The stratigraphy and lists of animal species and stones tool types are reported.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Mineral resources
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- 1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 40,000-15,000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Shuidonggou, Ningxia, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- The Museum of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the Survey Team of Regional Geology, Bureau of Geology of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 11001209
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ordosian