The paleolithic site of Longwangchan in the middle Yellow River, China: chronology, paleoenvironment and implications

Zhang, Jiafu; Wang, Xiaoqing; Qiu, Wei-Li; Shelach, Gideon; Hu, Gang; Fu, Xiao; Zhuang, Mao-Guo; Zhou, Liping

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.019

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“…A similar difference between fine and coarse grains can also be observed in loess samples (e.g. Timar-Gabor et al, 2011;Zhang et al, 2011). However, both of these possible explanations require further investigation.…”

Section: Comparison Of Fg and Mg Quartz Agessupporting

confidence: 52%

Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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Section: Comparison Of Fg and Mg Quartz Agessupporting

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Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…As the largest knickpoint along the Yellow River, the Hukou area has attracted extensive investigations on knickpoint migration, terrace formation and Paleolithic research (Guo et al, 2012;Qiu et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2011). At least seven terraces are developed in this area.…”

Section: Terraces In Hukou Areamentioning

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Bedrock river incision response to basin connection along the Jinshan Gorge, Yellow River, North China

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Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

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“…These include Longwangchan in Shaanxi (6) and Shizitan and Xiachuan in Shanxi (7)(8)(9), dating to ca. 25,000-9000 calendar years before present (cal.…”

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Paleolithic human exploitation of plant foods during the last glacial maximum in North China

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Three grinding stones from Shizitan Locality 14 (ca. 23,000-19,500 calendar years before present) in the middle Yellow River region were subjected to usewear and residue analyses to investigate human adaptation during the last glacial maximum (LGM) period, when resources were generally scarce and plant foods may have become increasingly important in the human diet. The results show that these tools were used to process various plants, including Triticeae and Paniceae grasses, Vigna beans, Dioscorea opposita yam, and Trichosanthes kirilowii snakegourd roots. Tubers were important food resources for Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, and Paniceae grasses were exploited about 12,000 y before their domestication. The long tradition of intensive exploitation of certain types of flora helped Paleolithic people understand the properties of these plants, including their medicinal uses, and eventually led to the plants' domestication. This study sheds light on the deep history of the broad spectrum subsistence strategy characteristic of late Pleistocene north China before the origins of agriculture in this region.ancient starch | late Paleolithic China | plant processing | usewear analysis | stone tool function

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The paleolithic site of Longwangchan in the middle Yellow River, China: chronology, paleoenvironment and implications

Cited by 70 publications

References 76 publications

Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions

Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions

Bedrock river incision response to basin connection along the Jinshan Gorge, Yellow River, North China

Paleolithic human exploitation of plant foods during the last glacial maximum in North China

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