List of Paleolithic sites in China
Bose Basin
He County
Xihoudu
Yuanmou
Xiaochangliang
Zhoukoudian
Yuchanyan
Xianren Cave
Damaidi
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This is a list of Paleolithic sites in China. They are sorted in chronological order from the earliest founding[clarification needed] to the latest:
List
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2018) |
English name | Chinese name | Time | Modern-day location |
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Shangchen | 上陈(上陳) | 2.12 MYA – 1.26 MYA | Lantian County, Shaanxi |
Bose Basin | 博斯盆地 | Guangxi of southern China | |
He County | 和县(和縣) | Anhui | |
Xihoudu | 西侯渡 | Shanxi | |
Yuanmou County | 元谋县 | Yunnan | |
Xiaochangliang | 小长梁(小長梁) | Nihewan Basin in Yangyuan County, Hebei | |
Zhoukoudian | 周口店 | Beijing | |
Yuchanyan Cave | 玉蟾岩遗址 | Dao County, Hunan | |
Xianren Cave | 仙人洞 | Dayuan Village, Wannian County, Jiangxi | |
Damaidi | 大麦地(大麥地) | Small village in Zhongwei, Ningxia, set amid the Weining Mountains on the north bend of the Yellow River | |
Guanyindong[1] | 黔西观音洞遗址 | Qianxi in the Chinese Province of Guizhou. |
See also
- History of China
- List of Bronze Age sites in China
- List of Neolithic cultures of China
- List of inventions and discoveries of Neolithic China
- Prehistoric Asia
References
- ^ Hu, Yue; Marwick, Ben; Zhang, Jia-Fu; Rui, Xue; Hou, Ya-Mei; Yue, Jian-Ping; Chen, Wen-Rong; Huang, Wei-Wen; Li, Bo (2018-11-19). "Late Middle Pleistocene Levallois stone-tool technology in southwest China". Nature. 565 (7737): 82–85. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0710-1. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 30455423.