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The Study Of Lithic Assemblage At Jiahu Site,Henan Province

Posted on:2019-07-29Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q L CuiFull Text:PDF
GTID:1315330545498975Subject:History of science and technology
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The Jiahu Site in Henan Province is one of the most important sites in the Huai River Valley in the middle Neolithic Age.The age of this site was divide it into three phases by excavators,dating from 9000-7500 B.P.A large number of remains were unearthed from Jiahu Site,provides us materials for studying the characteristics of lithic industry,environmental changes and human life in the Middle Neolithic Age.This dissertation focuses on the role of technology,specifically the production and use of stone tools at Jiahu site.The stone artifacts were classified into different types,"Technological Typology" is the basis of classification,the concept of"Operation Chain" was also be adopted to recover the process of production and use of stone tools.Meanwhile,the subsistence strategy and behavior characteristics of Jiahu people related to the lithic industry is also be discussed.All above researches provide us a perspective for understanding the technology,economy and cultural features of the Jiahu site.I focus on there major aspects of researches on stone artifacts within the context of Middle Neolithic Age at Jiahu site:1)describing the feature of different types of stone tools,so I can get a better understanding of its stone tool assemblage;2)defining the production and use of primarily stone tool forms,in this section,use-wear and residue analysis methods were used,through that,I am able to describe the organization of stone tool production and use;3)On the basis of the researches on stone tool assemblage at Jiahu site,lithic industry of other sites related to Jiahu were also be examined,so I can understand the development of lithic industry in this area in Middle Neolithic Age.After these work above,I argue that the stone tool assemblage at Jiahu site is mainly made of ground and polished stone objects,complemented by chipped stone tools.Most of the raw materials can be obtained around the site,within the resource catchment of 24?50km.Through use-wear and residue analysis of stone tools,I further argue that most of the stone artifacts are utilitarian tools,and they can be used for taking over a variety of activities,such as harvesting grass,cutting woods and bones,processing animal leathers or flesh,shoveling soil,grinding grain seeds and so on.From the point of view of the development of lithic industry,Jiahu is closely related to the Peiligang site and Cishan site.But,the lithic industry which is earlier and has a direct relationship on Jiahu has not been found in this area so far.
Keywords/Search Tags:Middle Neolithic, Jiahu site, Stone artifacts, Organization of lithic production, Use-wear analysis, Residues analysis, Subsistence strategy
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