吉林省和龙西沟发现的旧石器

2006年6月发现,该地点位于和龙市龙城镇西沟村西南,距西沟村约800米的Ⅳ级侵蚀阶地上。在地表采集石器102件,包括石核、石片、石叶、断片、断块、废片、1类工具、2类工具和3类工具。原料以黑曜岩为主,占69.61%,其次是石英、石英岩、凝灰岩、板岩等。属于以小石器为主体的工业向以细石器为主体的工业过渡的类型。推测该地点年代为旧石器时代晚期。

Paleolithic Artifacts Discovered in Xigou,Helong City,JiLin Province

The Xigou site is situated on a fourth terrace 800m above Xigou village,at the southwest of Xigou Village,Longcheng Town,Helong County. The site was discovered in June 2006. 102 artifacts were collected from the site. The stone assemblage includes cores,flakes,blades,chunks,chips,debris,used flakes and tools. Obsidian is the predominant raw material,constituting 69.61% of the assemblage,followed by quartz,quartzite,tuff and shale. According to the characteristics of these artifacts,we suggest that the site is transitional type from Small Tool Industry to Microlith Industry,probably in the Late period of the Pleistocene or of the Late Paleolithic.