Early Pleistocene archaeological occurrences at the Feiliang site, and the archaeology of human origins in the Nihewan Basin, North China

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187251

	Early Pleistocene archaeological occurrences at the Feiliang site, and the archaeology of human origins in the Nihewan Basin, North China
	Pei, Shuwen 1; Xie, Fei 2; Deng, Chenglong 3; Jia, Zhenxiu 1,4; Wang, Xiaomin 1,4; Guan, Ying 1; Li, Xiaoli 5; Ma, Dongdong 1,4; de la Torre, Ignacio 6
刊名	PLOS ONE
	2017-11-22
卷号	12 期号:11
ISSN号	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0187251
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	The Early Pleistocene archaeological evidence from the fluvio-lacustrine sequence of the Nihewan Basin (North China) offers an excellent opportunity to explore early human evolution and behavior in a temperate setting in East Asia, following the earliest 'Out of Africa'. Here we present the first comprehensive study of the Feiliang (FL) site, with emphasis on the archaeological sequence, site integrity, and stone artifact assemblages. Magnetostrati-graphic dating results show that early humans occupied the site ca. 1.2 Ma. Archaeological deposits were buried rapidly in primary context within shallow lake margin deposits, with only minor post-depositional disturbance from relatively low energy hydraulic forces. The FL lithic assemblage is characterized by a core and flake, Oldowan-like or Mode 1 technology, with a low degree of standardization, expedient knapping techniques, and casually retouched flakes. The bone assemblage suggests that hominin occupation of the FL site was in an open habitat of temperate grassland with areas of steppe and water. The main features of the FL assemblage are discussed in the context of the early Pleistocene archaeology of Nihewan, for which an assessment of current and future research is also presented.
WOS关键词	PALEOLITHIC SITE ; EAST-AFRICA ; EARLY DISPERSALS ; ASIA ; HOMINID ; AGE ; ASSEMBLAGES ; INDUSTRY ; GEORGIA ; DMANISI
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
WOS记录号	WOS:000416035300011
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China(41372032) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41372032) ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-15) ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-15) ; Basic Scientific Special Program of MST of China(2014FY-110300) ; Basic Scientific Special Program of MST of China(2014FY-110300) ; European Research Council-Starting Grants(283366) ; European Research Council-Starting Grants(283366) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41372032) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41372032) ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-15) ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-15) ; Basic Scientific Special Program of MST of China(2014FY-110300) ; Basic Scientific Special Program of MST of China(2014FY-110300) ; European Research Council-Starting Grants(283366) ; European Research Council-Starting Grants(283366) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41372032) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41372032) ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-15) ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-15) ; Basic Scientific Special Program of MST of China(2014FY-110300) ; Basic Scientific Special Program of MST of China(2014FY-110300) ; European Research Council-Starting Grants(283366) ; European Research Council-Starting Grants(283366) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41372032) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41372032) ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-15) ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-15) ; Basic Scientific Special Program of MST of China(2014FY-110300) ; Basic Scientific Special Program of MST of China(2014FY-110300) ; European Research Council-Starting Grants(283366) ; European Research Council-Starting Grants(283366)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/82106]
专题	中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
通讯作者	Pei, Shuwen
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Hebei Prov Inst Cultural Relics, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, State Key Lab Lithospher Evolut, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Beijing Museum Nat Hist, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.UCL, Inst Archaeol, London, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pei, Shuwen,Xie, Fei,Deng, Chenglong,et al. Early Pleistocene archaeological occurrences at the Feiliang site, and the archaeology of human origins in the Nihewan Basin, North China[J]. PLOS ONE,2017,12(11).
APA	Pei, Shuwen.,Xie, Fei.,Deng, Chenglong.,Jia, Zhenxiu.,Wang, Xiaomin.,...&de la Torre, Ignacio.(2017).Early Pleistocene archaeological occurrences at the Feiliang site, and the archaeology of human origins in the Nihewan Basin, North China.PLOS ONE,12(11).
MLA	Pei, Shuwen,et al."Early Pleistocene archaeological occurrences at the Feiliang site, and the archaeology of human origins in the Nihewan Basin, North China".PLOS ONE 12.11(2017).