A critique of Chinese 'Middle Palaeolithic'
A critique of Chinese 'Middle Palaeolithic'
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DOI：
10.1017/s0003598x00090517
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发表时间：
2002-06-01
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影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Norton, CJ
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作者：
Gao, X;Norton, CJ
中国旧石器时代传统上分为三个不同的文化时期：早期，中期和晚期。分析四个石制工具标准（原材料采购，核心减少，修饰和类型），以确定是否存在一个独特的旧石器时代中期在中国表明，很少发生变化的石器技术之间的旧石器时代中期和较低。因此，提出了两个阶段的进展：早期和晚期旧石器时代。这两个文化时期之间的过渡发生在更精致的石器制作技术的发展（例如刀片和微型刀片技术的引入）以及更现代人类行为的其他考古指标的存在（例如艺术和/或象征主义的存在）。3万年前）。
The Chinese Palaeolithic has traditionally been divided into three distinct cultural periods: Lower, Middle, and Upper. Analysis of four stone tool criteria (raw material procurement, core reduction, retouch, and typology) to determine if a distinct Middle Palaeolithic stage existed in China suggests that very little change occurred in lithic technology between the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic. Accordingly, a two-stage progression is proposed: Early and Late Palaeolithic. The transition between these two cultural periods occurred with the development of more refined stone tool making techniques (e.g. introduction of blade and microblade technology) and the presence of other archaeological indicators of more modern human behaviour (e.g. presence of art and/or symbolism) (c. 30,000 years ago).