Raw material economies and mobility patterns in the Late Paleolithic at Shuidonggou locality 2, north China

Li, Feng; Kuhn, Steven L.; Chen, Fu you; Gao, Xing

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2016.05.008

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“…crested blades). Tool/blank ratio is used as a measure for the degree of curation of the blanks, while core/blank ratio is used to evaluate the intensity of the core reduction (and how it speaks to potential import/export of material) (Kuhn, 1992(Kuhn, , 1996Li et al, 2016). For calculating the tool/blank ratio, we assigned the status of "blank" to blades, flakes and technical blanks.…”

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A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia): Site formation, human behavior and implications for the regional sequence

Rybin

Paine

Khatsenovich

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Quaternary International

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In Central and East Asia, the Upper Paleolithic dates as early as 45 ka cal BP, but until recently, there was little reliable information concerning human occupation during the following period, between 45 and 40 ka cal BP. Here we present results of the excavation of the site of Tolbor-21, in the Selenga drainage system, Northern Mongolia. We focus on Tolbor-21 Archeological Horizon 4 (AH4), an archeological assemblage that documents human occupations that fall stratigraphically and chronologically between the Initial and the Early Upper Paleolithic. We report on the spatial distribution of the finds, the zooarcheological and the lithic data to determine which of the observations reflect post-depositional processes, and which are informative of human behavior. Our initial results presented here show evidence of reworking and preservation bias on a succession of occupations, the exploitation of medium/large herbivores, and a potential structured use of space. At the regional level, our results suggest that improving the resolution of data collection may identify previously undocumented episodes of human occupation. At a broader scale, the Tolbor-21 AH4 assemblage brings new perspectives on the development of the Early Upper Paleolithic in Central and Northeast Asia.

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A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia): Site formation, human behavior and implications for the regional sequence

Rybin

Paine

Khatsenovich

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Quaternary International

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“…Yet, curiously, no lithic materials with IUP features were found in CL2 during excavation. In fact, the lithic materials recovered from the site are characterized by informal core-and-flake materials [46], except for two cores from the lower CL5 and CL7 that have been identified that contain features indicative of a IUP-like large blade technology [33].…”

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A chronological model for the Late Paleolithic at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China

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The site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 offers important evidence for the Late Paleolithic sequence of north China. The site not only contains one of the earliest instances of ornamental freshwater shell and ostrich eggshell beads in the region, but also stone artifacts with features arguably resembling the Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) blade technology found farther north. The appearance of these innovative archaeological forms have been attributed to the arrival of hominin populations, possibly modern humans, into the region during Marine Isotope Stage 3. Yet, the chronology of the site remains debated due to ambiguities in the existing dates. In this study, we conduct a systematical radiocarbon analysis of charcoal and ostrich eggshell samples obtained throughout the site sequence. Both acid-baseacid and the more stringent acid-base-oxidation pretreatment methods were applied to the charcoal samples. The resulting ages follow an age-depth relationship that is consistent with the stratigraphic profile. In line with previous stratigraphic assessments, Bayesian age modeling suggests that site formation history can be split into two phases: an early phase 43-35 cal kBP associated with a lacustrine depositional environment, and a later phase 35-28 cal kBP associated with rapid terrestrial silt accumulation. The chronology of the archaeological layers containing IUP-like artifacts are placed at 43-39 cal kBP and 35-34 cal kBP respectively. This finding supports the interpretation that an IUP-like blade technology appeared in the SDG region by at least~41 ka.

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“…Cortex coverage, artifact size, and retouch frequency are commonly used variables to assess the intensity of raw material exploitation (e.g., Blades 2001;Dibble 1995;Douglass et al 2008;Gao 2001;Kuhn 2004;Li et al 2016;Lin et al 2015). At the Huayang site, numerous lithic artifacts show the presence of natural surfaces.…”

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“…Obtaining lithic raw materials is the first step in the sequence of lithic reduction, and also a first step in understanding different lithic technologies. The selection, acquisition, transport, and management of lithic raw materials can provide significant insight into people's economic activities on the landscape, including their technological organization, mobility patterns, land use strategies, and the extent of their trade and exchange networks (e.g., Andrefsky 1994Andrefsky , 2009Binford 1979;Adams and Blades 2009;Brantingham et al 2000;Daffara et al 2019;Ekshtain and Tryon 2019;Kuhn 2004;Li et al 2016;Wynn and McGrew 1989;Yang and Yue 2020). In East and Northeast Asia, lithic raw material studies have been extensively conducted to examine the adaptive strategies and behavior patterns of local populations in North China, the Russian Far East, and Japan, especially in the Late Pleistocene (e.g., Du 2003;Gao 2001;Izuho et al 2017;Kato 2017;Kuzmin et al 2008Kuzmin et al , 2013Li et al 2016;Ono et al 2014;Yang et al 2017a, b).…”

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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

Yue

Li²,

Zhang

et al. 2020

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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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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Raw material economies and mobility patterns in the Late Paleolithic at Shuidonggou locality 2, north China

Cited by 15 publications

References 55 publications

A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia): Site formation, human behavior and implications for the regional sequence

A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia): Site formation, human behavior and implications for the regional sequence

A chronological model for the Late Paleolithic at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China

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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