Spatial analysis of intra-site use at a Late Paleolithic site at Shuidonggou, Northwest China  

作　　者：GUAN Ying GAO Xing WANG HuiMin CHEN FuYon PEI ShuWen ZHANG XiaoLing ZHOU ZhenYu 

机构地区：[1]Laboratory of Human Evolution, the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10~g144, China [2]Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2011年第32期3457-3463,共7页

基　　金：supported by the Knowledge Innova-tion Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-Q1-04);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05130202);the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB950203)

摘　　要：Intra-site spatial analysis provides an alternative perspective for understanding the functions of a site, and the occupational organization of early human living and activities associated with it. We examined features and cultural remains recovered from Locality 2 at Shuidonggou, a Late Paleolithic site, focusing on early occupants' survival behaviors and settlement patterns, as indicated by evidence regarding the functional organization of the site. Three-dimensional data from unearthed remains (including lithic assemblages, faunal remains, ornaments, etc) were used to reconstruct intra-site use patterns of Cultural Layer 2, which yielded seven earth-pit hearths and tens of thousands of artifacts and bones. We discuss the population size and group composition, as well as the functions of the living spaces, based on the analysis of the hearth patterns and the ostrich eggshell ornaments surround the hearths. In conclusion, Cultural Layer 2 of SDG Locality 2 appears to have functioned as a base camp for ancient foragers, where occupants produced tools, as well as preparing and consuming food.Intra-site spatial analysis provides an alternative perspective for understanding the functions of a site, and the occupational organ- ization of early human living and activities associated with it. We examined features and cultural remains recovered from Locality 2 at Shuidonggou, a Late Paleolithic site, focusing on early occupants＇ survival behaviors and settlement patterns, as indicated by evidence regarding the functional organization of the site. Three-dimensional data from unearthed remains （including lithic as- semblages, faunal remains, ornaments, etc） were used to reconstruct intra-site use patterns of Cultural Layer 2, which yielded seven earth-pit hearths and tens of thousands of artifacts and bones. We discuss the population size and group composition, as well as the functions of the living spaces, based on the analysis of the hearth patterns and the ostrich eggshell ornaments surround the hearths. In conclusion, Cultural Layer 2 of SDG Locality 2 appears to have functioned as a base camp for ancient foragers, where occupants produced tools, as well as preparing and consuming food.

关 键 词：旧石器时代晚期 空间分析 中国西北地区 水洞沟 站点 遗址 早期人类 生活空间 

分 类 号：K878[历史地理—考古学及博物馆学]