中国北方旧石器时代中期文化的年代问题

本文运用黄土地层学、气候地层学、生物地层学的方法尝试建立中国北方旧石器时代中期文化发展序列,认为大荔遗址、丁村遗址、周口店15地点、许家窑遗址、陕西长武窑头沟、辽宁喀左鸽子洞的年代分别相当于深海氧同位素的阶段7-8、6-4、6、4、4、3。并认为中更新世哺乳动物群在北方的最终消失大约在阶段6,如以中更新世哺乳动物群的消失作为中晚更新世界限,则和黄土地层学的研究结果比较吻合。

On the Date of the Middle Paleolithic Culture in North China

After comparing the mammalian faunas, the loessic stratigraphy and the Chronometryin Dali and Yaotougou in Shanxi province, Dingcun, Xujiayao in Shanxi province, Zhoukoudian Loc. 15 in Beijing and Gezidong in Liaoning province, the author correlate the ages of Dali, Dingcun, Zhoukoudian Loc. 15 , Xujiayao, Yaotougou, Gezidong with the Oxygen Isotope stage 7-8, 6 - 4, 6, 4, 4, 3. The disappearing age of mammalian faunas in middle Pleistocene is about Oxygen Isotope staged, So the boundary between Upper and Middle Pleistocene should be placed between Oxygen Isotope stage 5 and 6.