鸡公山遗址发掘初步报告

本文是湖北荆州鸡公山遗址1992年发掘资料的初步研究报告。该遗址分上、下两个文化层。下文化层出土数量较多的小石片石器,时代约为晚更新世晚期,下文化层含数以万计的砾石石器,时代可能处于中晚更新世之交或稍早。尤为重要的是下文化层近500m^2活动面的发展,显示早期人类曾较长时间占用该遗址并从事多种活动。

A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE EXCAVATION OF JIGONGSHAN SITE

The Jigongshan site is located on a small mound of the left bank of the Yangtze River, about 5km to the northeast of Jingzhou, Hubei Province, and was excavated in 1992. The section of Jigongshan includes two major parts, the upper is the yellow mild clay with small flake tools; the lower is the reddish brown mild clay with many cobble tools. Regional stratigraphic sequence shows that the lower part should be referred to the early Late Pleistocene to late Middle Pleistocene, and the upper part probably to the late Late Pleistocene. The most interesting discovery at the Jigongshan site is the living floor in the lower horizon, which is nearly 500 square metres large with tens of thousand of stone artifacts. These data indicate that early humans occupied Jigongshan for a long period and were active at the site.