Preliminary study of the characteristics of small-stone-industry in Jizhou area, Tianjin in the Upper Paleolithic, based on Chuancangyu Dongling locality

Abstract

Chuancangyu Dongling locality, which is located in Jizhou District of Tianjin City, was found during the fieldwork by Production Center of Cultural Heritage in Tianjin and Research Center of China’s Frontier Archaeology in Jilin University in April 29th, 2015. The number of the stone artifacts, which the raw materials are mainly quartz sandstone, is 48, and the types are cores, flakes and tools. According to the whole characteristics, the locality belongs to the small-stone-artifacts industry. Based on the characteristics of stone artifacts in this locality, this paper makes a preliminary study on the small-stone-artifacts industry in Jizhou District of Tianjin City in the Upper Paleolithic.