Early polished stone tools in South China evidence of the transition from Palaeolithic to Neolithic
The appearance of polished stone tools has been taken as one of the important indicators of the beginnings of the Neolithic. Early polished stone tools excavated in South China are discussed in this paper. The polishing technology developed from stone tools with polished blades to whole polished sto...
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| description | The appearance of polished stone tools has been taken as one of the important indicators of the beginnings of the Neolithic. Early polished stone tools excavated in South China are discussed in this paper. The polishing technology developed from stone tools with polished blades to whole polished stone tools. Different kinds of polished stone tools appeared at different times. The earliest polished stone tools are axes, adyes and cutters, with only the blades polished. They date to 21000 - 19000 cal BP. The whole polished stone tools appeared thousands of years later. The relationship of thepolishing technology with other factors during the transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic should be discussed after more detailed information has been obtained. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9a5e279a64c40e2a2d295836a3fab582023-01-18T09:21:50ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922004-12-013110.4312/dp.31.9Early polished stone tools in South China evidence of the transition from Palaeolithic to NeolithicChaohong Zhao0Xiaohong Wu1Tao Wang2Xuemei Yuan3School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, BeijingSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, BeijingSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, BeijingSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, BeijingThe appearance of polished stone tools has been taken as one of the important indicators of the beginnings of the Neolithic. Early polished stone tools excavated in South China are discussed in this paper. The polishing technology developed from stone tools with polished blades to whole polished stone tools. Different kinds of polished stone tools appeared at different times. The earliest polished stone tools are axes, adyes and cutters, with only the blades polished. They date to 21000 - 19000 cal BP. The whole polished stone tools appeared thousands of years later. The relationship of thepolishing technology with other factors during the transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic should be discussed after more detailed information has been obtained.https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2186ChinaPalaeolithicNeolithicpolished stone tools |
| spellingShingle | Chaohong Zhao Xiaohong Wu Tao Wang Xuemei Yuan Early polished stone tools in South China evidence of the transition from Palaeolithic to Neolithic Documenta Praehistorica China Palaeolithic Neolithic polished stone tools |
| title | Early polished stone tools in South China evidence of the transition from Palaeolithic to Neolithic |
| title_full | Early polished stone tools in South China evidence of the transition from Palaeolithic to Neolithic |
| title_fullStr | Early polished stone tools in South China evidence of the transition from Palaeolithic to Neolithic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Early polished stone tools in South China evidence of the transition from Palaeolithic to Neolithic |
| title_short | Early polished stone tools in South China evidence of the transition from Palaeolithic to Neolithic |
| title_sort | early polished stone tools in south china evidence of the transition from palaeolithic to neolithic |
| topic | China Palaeolithic Neolithic polished stone tools |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2186 |
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