Late Pleistocene lithic technology and human adaptation in Northeast China: A case study from Taoshan site

Yue, Junpei; Yang, Shi‐Xia; Hou, Ya-Mei; Potter, Ben A.; Li, You-Qian; Yang, Chengquan

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2018.11.030

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“…Other contemporaneous sites in the southern Lesser Khingan Mountains, especially the Taoshan site, also contain similar diachronic changes in lithic resource exploitation (Yang et al 2017a;Yue et al 2020). During the first occupation phase of Taoshan (ca.…”

Section: Lithic Resource Localization and Diversification As Adaptive Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…This material is finegrained and dense and is an excellent lithic raw material. In addition, the raw materials, including tuff, agate, and chert, are rich in silica and suitable for knapping activities, which are also widely procured and exploited at other archeological sites in Northeast China (Dong 1989;Huang et al 1984;Li 2012;Yue et al 2017Yue et al , 2020.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A new series of excavations have recently been undertaken to establish an absolute chronological framework and paleoenvironmental background for the region, at prehistoric sites such as Linfu (Li 2015), Xiaolongtoushan (Li 2019), Xishantou (Liu et al 2019), Taoshan (Yang et al 2017a;Yue et al 2020;Zou et al 2018), and Houtaomuga (Wang 2018). In particular, based on the lithic assemblages of the Taoshan site (ca.…”

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Lithic raw material economy at the Huayang site in Northeast China: localization and diversification as adaptive strategies in the Late Glacial

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The study of lithic raw material plays an important role in developing archeologists’ understanding of the different adaptive strategies and behaviors of prehistoric people. In this paper, we present new evidence from the Huayang site that reveals lithic raw material procurement and exploitation strategies dating to around 14 ka cal. BP. The Huayang site is located in the southern portion of the Lesser Khingan Mountains in Northeast China, a key region for examining migration, diffusion, and interaction among hunter-gatherers in East and Northeast Asia. Our results indicate that diversified lithic raw materials were found and procured from local riverbeds and reduced at the site. Each raw material was reduced with distinctive knapping strategies and, as a result, there is a strong discrete spatial pattern for each of the different raw material types. Intra- and inter-site comparative analyses suggest a uniform trend towards localization and diversification of lithic raw materials in the southern Lesser Khingan Mountains, Northeast China during the Late Glacial, which seems to be associated with the paleoclimatic amelioration and the demographic expansion during this period.

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Lithic raw material economy at the Huayang site in Northeast China: localization and diversification as adaptive strategies in the Late Glacial

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“…A total of 1874 lithic artefacts and related pieces (>10mm) from layer 3 of Taoshan site have been previously analysed (Table 2 & Figure 6; Chang et al 2016;Yue et al 2017Yue et al , 2018. Thus, only a summary is presented here.…”

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“…The PNTP industries of north-east China, however, are relatively poorly understood, due to a lack of intensive archaeological survey and excavation in the region. In recent years, this picture has gradually improved as archaeological materials have been identified in stratified, datable contexts, such as at the sites of Houtaomuga and Taoshan (Chang et al 2016;Li 2016;Kunikita et al 2017;Yue et al 2017Yue et al , 2018.…”

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Neolithisation in the southern Lesser Khingan Mountains: lithic technologies and ecological adaptation

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2019

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Human adaptations during MIS 2: Evidence from microblade industries of Northeast China

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Li³

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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Late Pleistocene lithic technology and human adaptation in Northeast China: A case study from Taoshan site

Cited by 6 publications

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Lithic raw material economy at the Huayang site in Northeast China: localization and diversification as adaptive strategies in the Late Glacial

Lithic raw material economy at the Huayang site in Northeast China: localization and diversification as adaptive strategies in the Late Glacial

Neolithisation in the southern Lesser Khingan Mountains: lithic technologies and ecological adaptation

Human adaptations during MIS 2: Evidence from microblade industries of Northeast China

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