Taphonomic analysis of the Lingjing fauna and the first report of a Middle Paleolithic kill-butchery site in North China

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• 作者：ShuangQuan Zhang (1)
  Xing Gao (1)
  Yue Zhang (1)
  ZhanYang Li (2)
  
• 关键词：Lingjing site ; Paleolithic ; taphonomy ; zooarcheology ; kill ; butchery site
• 刊名：Chinese Science Bulletin
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：October 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：56
• 期：30
• 页码：3213-3219
• 全文大小：677KB
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• 作者单位：ShuangQuan Zhang (1)
  Xing Gao (1)
  Yue Zhang (1)
  ZhanYang Li (2)
  
  1. Laboratory of Human Evolution, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
  2. Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
  
• ISSN：1861-9541

文摘

More than ten thousand bone fragments were recovered from the Lingjing site, Henan Province, during 2005 and 2006. A taphonomic analysis of the faunal remains strongly indicates that hominids have a dominant role in the accumulation and modification of the assemblage. Based on the taphonomic and zooarcheological characteristics of the animal remains, including species richness, mortality patterns, skeletal element profiles, and bone surface-modifications, and on the local ecology, we suggest that the Lingjing site is a Middle Paleolithic kill-butchery site rather than a home base for early humans. The presence of large numbers of stone artifacts may therefore signify a strong sense of planning and farsightedness in the subsistence strategies of early human groups. The Lingjing site is presently the only taphonomically-identified, Middle Paleolithic kill-butchery site known in North China.