Spatial analysis of intra-site use at a Late Paleolithic site at Shuidonggou,Northwest China |
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Authors: | Ying Guan Xing Gao HuiMin Wang FuYou Chen ShuWen Pei XiaoLing Zhang ZhenYu Zhou |
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Institution: | GUAN Ying 1,2,GAO Xing 1*,WANG HuiMin 3,CHEN FuYou 1,PEI ShuWen 1,ZHANG XiaoLing 1 & ZHOU ZhenYu 1,2 1 Laboratory of Human Evolution,the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100044,China,2 Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,3 Institute of Archaeology of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,Yinchuan 750001 |
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Abstract: | Intra-site spatial analysis provides an alternative perspective for understanding the functions of a site, and the occupational
organization of early human living and activities associated with it. We examined features and cultural remains recovered
from Locality 2 at Shuidonggou, a Late Paleolithic site, focusing on early occupants’ survival behaviors and settlement patterns,
as indicated by evidence regarding the functional organization of the site. Three-dimensional data from unearthed remains
(including lithic assemblages, faunal remains, ornaments, etc) were used to reconstruct intra-site use patterns of Cultural
Layer 2, which yielded seven earth-pit hearths and tens of thousands of artifacts and bones. We discuss the population size
and group composition, as well as the functions of the living spaces, based on the analysis of the hearth patterns and the
ostrich eggshell ornaments surround the hearths. In conclusion, Cultural Layer 2 of SDG Locality 2 appears to have functioned
as a base camp for ancient foragers, where occupants produced tools, as well as preparing and consuming food. |
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Keywords: | Shuidonggou Late Paleolithic intra-site study spatial analysis |
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