安徽东至华龙洞遗址洞穴演化与古人类活动  

Evolution of cave system at Hualongdong,Anhui and its relation to human occupation

作　　者：裴树文[1,2] 蔡演军[3] 董哲[4] 同号文[1,2] 盛锦朝 金泽田 吴秀杰[1,2] 刘武[1,2] PEI Shuwen;CAI Yanjun;DONG Zhe;TONG Haowen;SHENG Jinchao;JIN Zetian;WU Xiujie;LIU Wu(Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins,Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100044;CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment,Beijing,100044;Institute of Global Environmental Change,Xi'an Jiaotong University,Xi’an 710054;Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics,Anhui Province,Hefei 230061;Office for Cultural Relics Administration of Dongzhi County,Anhui Province,Dongzhi 247200)

机构地区：[1]中国科学院脊椎动物演化与人类起源重点实验室,中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所,北京100044 [2]中国科学院生物演化与环境卓越创新中心,北京100044 [3]西安交通大学全球环境变化研究院,北京710054 [4]安徽省文物考古研究所,合肥230061 [5]安徽省东至县文物管理所,东至247200

出　　处：《人类学学报》2022年第4期593-607,共15页Acta Anthropologica Sinica

基　　金：中国科学院战略性先导科技专项(B类)(XDB26000000)。

摘　　要：安徽东至华龙洞因发现距今约30万年的古人类头骨化石和大量动物化石及石制品受到学术界广泛关注。本文对华龙洞遗址的地质、地貌、沉积物特点及洞穴演化过程与古人类活动的关系进行分析。华龙洞地处扬子陆块区西北缘,周边呈现低山—丘陵—湖泊平原地貌景观。与华龙洞遗址密切关联的岩溶洞穴,发育在上寒武统微晶灰岩和白云质灰岩岩系内,中更新以来的地壳运动和岩溶发育是其形成的主要营力。华龙洞遗址是一处坍塌的洞穴,其发育大致经历发育初期(中更新世早期甚至更早)—稳定发育期(中更新世中期)—坍塌埋藏期(中更新世中晚期)等三个阶段,岩溶发育和洞外溪谷的侵蚀使得原始洞穴和堆积物一起在重力作用下坍塌。洞穴坍塌沉积物主要包括围岩岩块与碎屑、各种岩溶沉积物和文化遗物,胶结坚硬,不规则地埋藏于裂隙和巨石之间。古人类在遗址的活动时间处在距今约30万年前的稳定发育期,石制品和骨骼表面痕迹证据表明,华龙洞古人类具备依据不同原料的特点采取砸击法与锤击法并用的技术策略;石片边缘的使用痕迹和动物骨骼表面痕迹显示,古人类在遗址可能进行过肢解动物的行为。本研究对揭示长江下游中更新世中晚期古人类演化与适应生存行为具有重要意义。The Hualongdong(HLD)site(latitude 30°06′34.1"N,longitude 116°56′54.2"E,40 m above sea level)is located in Dongzhi County,Anhui Province,China.It was discovered in 2005.The initial excavations at the HLD site in 2006 yielded a hominin frontal fragment and a lower second molar.Renewed excavations were carried out from 2014 to 2019 field seasons which resulted in the discovery of more than 30 human fossils,an abundance of lithic artifacts and fossil mammal fauna.Biostratigraphic study of faunal remains,as well as Uranium-Thorium dating of speleothems and animal teeth from the brecciated deposits indicated that early human occupied the site most probably took place in the late Middle Pleistocene,ca.300 ka(270-330 ka).This paper presents the cave development and evolutionary history of the HLD site,and provides explanations of the hominin adapted behavior and the function of the site.HLD cave is situated in the south slope of a small anticline named Meiyuan Hill.Constrained by the regional geological background,geomorphic features around HLD include lower mountains in the southeast,gentle hills and a lake plain in the northwest.The ancient HLD cave developed in the Upper Cambrian Formation,which consists of banded micritic limestone and dolomitic limestone,materials formed in a deep marine environment,and has been moderately karstified and mineralized over time.The initial formation of the ancient HLD cave likely commenced not later than the early Middle Pleistocene,as many broken speleothems were dated beyond the upper limits of the U-series dating.The original cave deposits were about 20 m higher above its current location,as indicated by the in situ flowstone and stalagmites exposed,which were formed inside the ancient HLD cave.Synsedimentary dismantlement,downward slippage,and bedrock weathering are indicated by the brecciated arrangement of the limestone rock blocks,cemented angular,subangular clasts and archaeological remains within the excavation area.Slipping and collapsing of the cave system proceeded f

关 键 词：华龙洞遗址 洞穴演化 人类演化 中更新世 安徽 

分 类 号：P534.63[天文地球—第四纪地质学] Q981[天文地球—古生物学与地层学] K871.11[天文地球—地质学]