Recent Discovery of Handaxes Associated with Tektites in the Nanbanshan Locality of the Damei Site, Bose Basin, Guangxi, South China

Recent Discovery of Handaxes Associated with Tektites in the Nanbanshan Locality of the Damei Site, Bose Basin, Guangxi, South China

  최근에 발견된 176점의 석기에 대해서 알리고자 하는데, 이 중에는 주먹도끼도 2점이 들어 있는데, 이들은 남중국의 보세 분지의 다메이유적의 난반샨지점의 유지앙 강 제4단구 퇴적층에서 발견되었다. 이들의 특징은 보세 분지의 다른 유적에서 발견된 구석기시대 석기들과 동일하다. 주먹도끼, 주먹찌르개와 다른 석기들은 155개의 운석들과 같은 층에서 함께 발견되었다. 이들 신선하고 풍화되지 않고 날카로운 운석들은 공중에서 떨어진 직후 바로 묻혔다. 이것은 보세유적의 석기들과 운석들이 80만년 전 쯤에 동시에 퇴적되었다는 것을 보여준다. 많은 석기들이 운석층 위에서도 발견되어서 이른 시기의 사람들이 이 지역에서 살아남았음을 가르킨다.

&nbsp;&nbsp;We report the recent discovery of 176 stone artifacts, including two hnndaxes (bifncial large cutting tools), which are preserved in the laterized sediments of terrace 4 of the Youjiang River at the Nanbanshan (NBS) locality of the Damei site in the Bose basin, south China. Their characteristics are similar to Paleolithic stone artifacts discovered from other sites in this basin. The handaxes, picks and other stone artifacts are associated with 155 tektite pieces found in the same horizontal layer. These fresh, unabraded and sharp-edged tektites were buried immediately after the airfall event. This provides further evidence that the Bose stone artifacts and the tektites were deposited simultaneously around 0.8 Ma. More stone artifacts were also unearthed above the tektite layer, indicating that early Humans in the area survived the event.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;An Acheulean-like stone tool assemblage was reported in March 2000 from the Bose basin, where the stone artifacts are associated with tektites that are dated to 803,00±3000 years ago by⁴？Ar/³？Ar analysis. This discovery demonstrated similarities between East Asia and western stone tool assemblages, and can be considered a challenge to the Movies line theory. This discovery has spurred new research into the East Asian Paleolithic, as well as human behavioral responses to environmental changes. Some questions have also arisen about the dating of the Bose stone tools, which was established by association with the isotopically-dated tektites. In other parts of the world, such as Java, Indonesia, tektites are seldom found in situ. Handaxes are not typically found in situ in excavations in the Bose basin, but are usually surface find.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;For this reason, the discovery of another site with the association of tektites and stone tools in primary context provides additional support to the date of these tools. We report here a newly discovered locality, NBS, at the Damei site in the Bose basin, and provide well-documented evidence about the above issues.