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

作　　者：ZHANG ShuangQuan GAO Xing ZHANG Yue LI ZhanYang 

机构地区：[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

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2011年第30期3213-3219,共7页

基　　金：supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-EW-QN110);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05130302);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40602006 and 40872115)

摘　　要：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.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.

关 键 词：旧石器时代 中国北方 动物群 屠宰场 网站 灵境 埋藏 早期人类 

分 类 号：Q981[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]