湖北旧石器文化初步研究

一、前　言湖北位于我国中部 ,长江从其腹地穿越 ,地理位置处于东经 1 0 8°2 1′——— 1 1 6°0 1′ ,北纬 2 9°5′——— 33°2 0′。属亚热带季风气候 ,因受太阳辐射和季风环流的季节性变化的影响 ,湖北雨热同季 ,四季分明 ,光照充足 ,雨量充沛 ,年平均降水量在 80 0毫米～ 1 0 0 0毫米 ,年均光照总数在 1 2 0 0小时～2 0 0 0小时之间 ,年平均温度在 1 5℃～ 1 7℃。湖北东、西、北三面环山 ,东南及中部为平原。全境河流交织 ,湖泊如星。湖北的生物资源也极为丰富 ,据统计 ,生活在湖北的动物多达 70 0余种、植物 4 0 0 0多种。这种生态…

A Preliminary Study of the Paleolithic Culture in Hubei

A total of 66 Paleolithic sites(localities)have been discovered in Hubei.Among them,37 are Lower Paleolithic,20 are Middle Paleolithic,and nine are Upper Paleolithic.Several thousands Paleolithic specimens have been published in recent years.The Lower and Middle Paleolithic sites are predominately distributed on the slopes of Hanshui River and Changjiang River basins.These stone tools are similar to the pebble tradition of southern China.They are made of river pebbles that the cortex.The sites of Upper Paleolithic distributed on the banks of small flowing rivers.The stone tools of this period resembled the flake tradition of northern China