Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean-like Stone Technology of the Bose Basin, South China-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean-like Stone Technology of the Bose Basin, South China

Published:2000-03-03 Issue:5458 Volume:287 Page:1622-1626
ISSN:0036-8075
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Author:

Yamei Hou¹,Potts Richard²,Baoyin Yuan³,Zhengtang Guo³,Deino Alan⁴,Wei Wang⁵,Clark Jennifer²,Guangmao Xie⁶,Weiwen Huang¹

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 643, Beijing 100044, China.

2. Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560–0112, USA.

3. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China.

4. Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA.

5. Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530012, China.

6. History Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530022, China.

Abstract

Stone artifacts from the Bose basin, South China, are associated with tektites dated to 803,000 ± 3000 years ago and represent the oldest known large cutting tools (LCTs) in East Asia. Bose toolmaking is compatible with Mode 2 (Acheulean) technologies in Africa in its targeted manufacture and biased spatial distribution of LCTs, large-scale flaking, and high flake scar counts. Acheulean-like tools in the mid-Pleistocene of South China imply that Mode 2 technical advances were manifested in East Asia contemporaneously with handaxe technology in Africa and western Eurasia. Bose lithic technology is associated with a tektite airfall and forest burning.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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