Longquan Cave: an early Upper Palaeolithic site in Henan Province, China

• Autores: Shuisheng Du, Xuan Li, Li Zhou, Haijiao Pang, Ofer Bar-Yosef, Xiaohong Wu
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 90, Nº 352, 2016, págs. 876-893
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Palaeolithic sequence of East Asia differs from that of western Eurasia in that it is characterised by core-and-flake tools. Blade industries only appear late in the sequence, long after the first appearance of modern humans; bone tools and personal ornaments may therefore function as a better marker of modern human presence. Longquan Cave provides vital new evidence to this effect, with dated hearths indicating an initial occupation around 40 kya cal BP, followed by a second period of activity around 35-31 kya cal BP. They are associated with a polished bone awl and a structured division of settlement space, features typically associated with modern humans.