Cosmogenic nuclide burial dating of Liuwan Paleolithic site in the Luonan Basin, Central China  

中国中部地区洛南盆地刘湾旧石器遗址的宇生核素埋藏测年研究（英文）

作　　者：WANG Kexin XU Xinghua SUN Xuefeng TU Hua ZENG Qiongxuan LU Yiming LU Huayu WANG Shejiang 王可欣;徐行华;孙雪峰;涂华;曾琼萱;鹿艺鸣;鹿化煜;王社江(School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University;BGEG, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences;Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS;CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment)

机构地区：[1]School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University [2]BGEG, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences [3]Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS [4]CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment

出　　处：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》2019年第3期406-416,共11页地理学报（英文版）

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41572155,No.41690111;The Global Change Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China,No.2016YFA0600503

摘　　要：The Luonan Basin is a key region of early human settlement in Central China with more than 300 discovered Paleolithic sites. Artifact layer 1 of the Liuwan site was dated to approximately 0.6 million years (Ma) based on correlation with the well-dated loess-paleosol sequence of the central Chinese Loess Plateau. This study reassessed the age of the Liuwan artifact layer via an absolute dating method, namely, ²⁶Al/¹⁰Be burial dating. We determined the burial age of artifact layer 1, which was most likely at least 0.60 ± 0.12 Ma (1ơ), using three simple burial ages. The new burial age confirmed the previous estimated age and provided a considerably accurate age range. Therefore, we suggest the use of the ²⁶Al/¹⁰Be burial dating method in thin loess-covered Paleolithic sites around the Qinling Mountain Range is helpful to understand the early human behavior.The Luonan Basin is a key region of early human settlement in Central China with more than 300 discovered Paleolithic sites. Artifact layer 1 of the Liuwan site was dated to approximately 0.6 million years(Ma) based on correlation with the well-dated loess–paleosol sequence of the central Chinese Loess Plateau. This study reassessed the age of the Liuwan artifact layer via an absolute dating method, namely, ^(26)Al/^(10)Be burial dating. We determined the burial age of artifact layer 1, which was most likely at least 0.60 ± 0.12 Ma(1?), using three simple burial ages. The new burial age confirmed the previous estimated age and provided a considerably accurate age range. Therefore, we suggest the use of the ^(26)Al/^(10)Be burial dating method in thin loess-covered Paleolithic sites around the Qinling Mountain Range is helpful to understand the early human behavior.

关 键 词：Luonan Basin loess PALEOLITHIC artifact Middle PLEISTOCENE COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES 

分 类 号：K878[历史地理—考古学及博物馆学]