河南新郑黄帝口遗址2009年发掘简报

河南新郑观音寺镇黄帝口是一处旧石器时代晚期遗址.2006年调查发现后经过当年和2009年两次发掘.2009年发掘出土了76件石制品及75件动物化石,分别出自第3、4、5层,其中以第5层的发现居多.石制品原料以石英为主,个体较小,砸击法与锤击法并用,类型包括石核、石片、石器及断块等.其中石器3件,分别为刮削器和尖状器.石制品面貌属北方小石器工业传统.动物化石以鹿类、食肉类和啮齿类居多,其中少数具有人工痕迹.遗物和堆积状况表明,黄帝口遗址为一处人类的短暂活动场所.

A Preliminary Report on the 2009 Excavation of the Huangdikou Paleolithic Site, Xinzheng, Henan

The Huangdikou site is situated in Guanyinsi town,Xinzheng city of Henan province,which had been excavated twice in 2006 and 2009 since it was found.In 2009’s excavation,76 stone artifacts and 75 animal fossils were unearthed mainly from layer 5,but few from layer 3 & 4.According to C14 dating of two samples from layer 5,the site should be occupied during late Paleolithic(35ka BP).Stone artifacts are usually made of local small quartz.Bipolar technique and direct hammer percussion are both used for flake knapping.Only few retouched tools existed including scrapers and point.The stone industry can be classified to small flake tools tradition of northern China.Cervidae,carnivor and rodent take major part of animal fossils.Both cut marks and percussion scars are observable on some bones.According to all,the Huangdikou site should be a temporal camp shortly occupied by Late Pleistocene human.