Middle Pleistocene bifaces from Fengshudao (Bose Basin, Guangxi, China)

Wang, Wei; Bae, Christopher J.; Huang, Shengmin; Huang, Xin; Feng, Tian; Mo, Jinyou; Huang, Zhitao; Huang, Chaolin; Xie, Shilin; Li, Dawei

doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.11.002

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“…Wang, 2005;Wang et al, 2008;W. Wang et al, 2014), Luonan Basin (Wang, 2005a(Wang, , 2007Wang et al, 2005Wang et al, , 2011, the Lantian area (S.J.…”

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“…Wang et al, 2014), Luonan Basin (Wang, 2005a(Wang, , 2007Wang et al, 2005Wang et al, , 2011, the Lantian area (S.J. Wang et al, 2014), Hanshui River Valley (Li, 1998;Li et al, 2009) and Danjiang River Valley (Pei et al, 2015;Wang and Hu, 2000;Wang et al, 2013). with bifaces.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…At present, the existence of bifaces in Chinese Paleolithic is beyond question in light of their discovery in several site complexes including Bose Basin (Hou et al, 2000;W. Wang, 2005;Wang et al, 2008;W. Wang et al, 2014), Luonan Basin (S.J.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, most of the lithic assemblages containing bifaces were surface finds and very few sites yielded bifaces in a primary stratigraphic dated context. These include Fengshudao (Wang, 2005b;W. Wang et al, 2014), Damei Nanbanshan (Wang et al, 2008), Shuangshu (Li et al, 2011(Li et al, , 2014b, Liangshan Longgangsi (Sun et al, 2012), Dishuiyan (Liu and Feng, 2014), Ganyu and Jijiawan (Wang et al, 2014a, b), Maling 2A (Pei et al, 2015).…”

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New evidence of a lithic assemblage containing in situ Late Pleistocene bifaces from the Houfang site in the Hanshui River Valley, Central China

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Sun

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Comptes Rendus Palevol

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“…Wang, 2005;Wang et al, 2008;W. Wang et al, 2014), Luonan Basin (Wang, 2005a(Wang, , 2007Wang et al, 2005Wang et al, , 2011, the Lantian area (S.J.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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New evidence of a lithic assemblage containing in situ Late Pleistocene bifaces from the Houfang site in the Hanshui River Valley, Central China

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Sun

et al. 2018

Comptes Rendus Palevol

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“…Indeed, it is now clear that definite pockets of handaxe production took place east of the so-called "Movius Line," even if debates regarding the chronology, comparability, and relationship of these East Asian examples rumble on (Hou et al, 2000;Norton et al, 2006;Lycett and Gowlett, 2008;Petraglia and Shipton, 2009;Norton and Bae, 2009;Lycett and Bae, 2010;Li et al, 2014;Wang et al, 2012Wang et al, , 2014. Rightly or wrongly, the geographic and temporal expanse of these characteristic artifacts has famously been referred to in the collective as "the Acheulean" (Wynn and Tierson, 1990;Schick, 1998;Gowlett, 2011).…”

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Factors affecting Acheulean handaxe variation: Experimental insights, microevolutionary processes, and macroevolutionary outcomes

Lycett

Schillinger

Eren

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Quaternary International

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The so-called "Acheulean" is comprised of individual knapping events undertaken by individual hominins. In other words, it is a particular component of hominin behavior that we draw out and amalgamate into a wider "pattern." The resultant phenomenon (i.e., "the Acheulean") is an entity that stretches over the space of three continents and spans a time period in excess of one million years. If such an exercise has any merit, it is because it provides a means of comparative (behavioral) analysis over these swathes of time and space. Comparative research can document, measure, and statistically assess temporo-spatial patterns of artifactual variation, and so test hypotheses regarding the character of that variation. However, comparative research alone is not sufficient to fully understand this archaeological legacy. Here, we review and synthesize recent experimental work that we have undertaken, which has specifically investigated some of the factors potentially responsible for the generation and constraining of variation within the Acheulean techno-complex. We examine issues of raw material, copying errors, and their relationship to mechanisms of social learning. Understanding these microevolutionary factors via experiments, we contend, is essential in order to reach a secure understanding of the macroscale phenomenon typically referred to as the "Acheulean."

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Less of a bird's song than a hard rock ensemble

Hosfield

Cole

McNabb

2018

Evolutionary Anthropology

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Corbey et al. (2016) propose that the Acheulean handaxe was, at least in part, under genetic control. An alternative perspective is offered here, focusing on the nature of the Acheulean handaxe and the archaeological record, and re-emphasizing their status as cultural artefacts. This is based on four main arguments challenging the proposals of Corbey et al. Firstly, handaxes do not have to track environmental variation to be a cultural artefact, given their role as a hand-held butchery knife or multi-purpose tool. Secondly, while handaxe shapes do cluster around a basic bauplan, there is also significant variability in the Acheulean handaxe record, characterized by site-specific modal forms and locally expressed, short-lived, idiosyncratic traits. Critically, this variability occurs in both time and space, is multi-scalar, and does not appear to be under genetic control. Thirdly, handaxes were produced in social contexts, within which their makers grew up exposed to the sights and sounds of artefact manufacture. Finally, the localized absences of handaxes at different times and places in the Lower Paleolithic world is suggestive of active behavioral choices and population dynamics rather than genetic controls.

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Middle Pleistocene bifaces from Fengshudao (Bose Basin, Guangxi, China)

Cited by 61 publications

References 32 publications

New evidence of a lithic assemblage containing in situ Late Pleistocene bifaces from the Houfang site in the Hanshui River Valley, Central China

New evidence of a lithic assemblage containing in situ Late Pleistocene bifaces from the Houfang site in the Hanshui River Valley, Central China

Factors affecting Acheulean handaxe variation: Experimental insights, microevolutionary processes, and macroevolutionary outcomes

Less of a bird's song than a hard rock ensemble

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