Regional variation in the shift towards microlithization: The development of early microblade technology in North China

IF 1.1 2区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ara.2023.100441

Chao Zhao , Youping Wang , John P. Walden

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Abstract

We reconstruct the early developmental sequence of microblade technology in North China through comprehensive analysis of lithic remains dating from ∼27–20 cal. ka BP. Lithic analysis reveals that the earliest microblade technology emerged in North China at ∼27–26 cal. ka BP. The earliest microblades exhibit precocious features and coexisted with blade assemblages. The close technical affinity between microblade and blade assemblages suggests that the earliest microblade technology developed from blade technology which was likely introduced from Mongolia and Siberia around ∼27–26 cal. ka BP. Microblade technology developed in standardized ways after 26 cal. ka BP, suggesting that people in North China increased their reliance on reliable composite tools to acquire resources while practicing mobile lifeways. This trend is similar to the technological strategy pursued across broader regions of Northeast Asia to cope with climatic changes associated with the Last Glacial Maximum, yet the specific characteristics of microblade technology in North China reflect an adaptation to the local environment.

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微锂化转变的区域差异：华北早期微刀片技术的发展

通过对距今27-20 cal. ka BP的岩屑化石的综合分析，我们重建了华北地区微叶片技术的早期发育序列。岩屑分析显示，中国北方最早的微叶片技术出现在约27-26 cal. ka BP。最早的微叶片表现出早熟特征，并与叶片组合共存。微叶片和叶片组合之间的密切技术亲和性表明，最早的微叶片技术可能是在约27-26 cal. ka BP左右从蒙古和西伯利亚引入的叶片技术发展而来的。微刀片技术在26cal . ka BP之后以标准化的方式发展，这表明华北地区的人们在实践移动生活方式的同时，增加了对可靠的复合工具获取资源的依赖。这一趋势与东北亚更广泛地区为应对末次盛冰期相关的气候变化而采取的技术策略类似，但华北地区微叶片技术的具体特征反映了对当地环境的适应。

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Archaeological Research in Asia ARCHAEOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Archaeological Research in Asia presents high quality scholarly research conducted in between the Bosporus and the Pacific on a broad range of archaeological subjects of importance to audiences across Asia and around the world. The journal covers the traditional components of archaeology: placing events and patterns in time and space; analysis of past lifeways; and explanations for cultural processes and change. To this end, the publication will highlight theoretical and methodological advances in studying the past, present new data, and detail patterns that reshape our understanding of it. Archaeological Research in Asia publishes work on the full temporal range of archaeological inquiry from the earliest human presence in Asia with a special emphasis on time periods under-represented in other venues. Journal contributions are of three kinds: articles, case reports and short communications. Full length articles should present synthetic treatments, novel analyses, or theoretical approaches to unresolved issues. Case reports present basic data on subjects that are of broad interest because they represent key sites, sequences, and subjects that figure prominently, or should figure prominently, in how scholars both inside and outside Asia understand the archaeology of cultural and biological change through time. Short communications present new findings (e.g., radiocarbon dates) that are important to the extent that they reaffirm or change the way scholars in Asia and around the world think about Asian cultural or biological history.