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DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2018.10.006
	The contribution of use -wear for stone tool identification at the Upper Paleolithic site Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China
	Zhang P.; Zhang X.; Zwyns N.; Peng F.; Guo J.; Wang H.; Gao X.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	9596526
起始页码	29
结束页码	37
卷号	535
英文摘要	In North China, the archaeology of the Late Pleistocene is characterized by the persistence of flake-based lithic assemblages. Little is known about the use of stone tools and the reasons behind the success of a relatively simple core and flake technology are unclear. Most lithic studies in the region are traditionally based on a typological categorization of assemblages with the frequencies of cores and tool-types playing a significant role in the characterization of the site (e.g. residential vs. more logistical occupation). Hence, to discriminate stone tool from byproduct is essential to better understand variables such as site function or mobility but it remains particularly challenging in poorly standardized lithic assemblages. Here we present preliminary results of a study on the newly excavated material from cultural layer 2 and 3 at Shuidonggou Locality 2 (32.6–29.9 ka cal BP). We analyze use-wears on a sample of retouched and unretouched blanks using the low magnification technique and we compared our observations with several experimental referential. Our results can be summarized in two main points. First, we observe a similar frequency of use-wear on retouched tools and unretouched blanks. Second, differences in tool types do not match our basic identification of the working motions. Our results suggest that in Shuidonggou Locality 2, using retouch as a predictor for tool use is problematic (especially with regards to tool functions). Given that tool frequencies and tool diversity are data used to model site function, tool curation and hunter-gatherer mobility, we suggest that this issue should be further investigated in the context of ‘core and flakes’ assemblage. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA
英文关键词	Core and flakes; North China; Shuidonggou Locality 2; Tool function; Upper Paleolithic; Use-wear analysis
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Quaternary International
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/158476
作者单位	Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China; Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States; Institute of Culture Relics and Archaeology of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, 750001, China; University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100089, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang P.,Zhang X.,Zwyns N.,et al. The contribution of use -wear for stone tool identification at the Upper Paleolithic site Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China[J],2020,535.
APA	Zhang P..,Zhang X..,Zwyns N..,Peng F..,Guo J..,...&Gao X..(2020).The contribution of use -wear for stone tool identification at the Upper Paleolithic site Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China.,535.
MLA	Zhang P.,et al."The contribution of use -wear for stone tool identification at the Upper Paleolithic site Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China".535(2020).