用Brainerd-Robinson方法比较华北地区几个主要晚更新世化石动物群的年代顺序

本文尝试用Brainerd-Robinson方法分析华北地区六个主要动物群相对年代的先后,讨论了方法的原理及所采用的判断标准。所得顺序为丁村、许家窑、萨拉乌苏、峙峪、小南海和山顶洞,与绝对年龄数据和旧石器考古工作者的一般认识相符。这表明在一定的条件下,用B-R方法来分析动物群相对年代的先后是可行的。

CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF SIX LATE PLEISTOCENE FAUNAS IN NORTH CHINA WITH THE BRAINERD-ROBINSON METHOD

Contextual analysis suggested by Brainerd and Robinson and developed by Dempsey and Baumhoft was used to establish chronological sequence of six faunas in North China. The deduced chronological order is: Dingcun (1), Xujiayao (2), Saraosol (3), Siyu (4), Xiao-nanhai (5) and Shangdingtong (6). This order might be acceptable for most anthropologists and archaeologists, and it goes along with the C14 and uranium series dating results. The Brainerd-Robinson method might be a sensitive technique for establishing fauna sequence.