A chronological model for the Late Paleolithic at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China

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dc.contributor.authorPeng, Fen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLin, SCen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPatania, Ien_AU
dc.contributor.authorLevchenko, VAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Jen_AU
dc.contributor.authorWang, Hen_AU
dc.contributor.authorGao, Xen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-19T02:57:46Zen_AU
dc.date.available2024-12-19T02:57:46Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2020-05-27en_AU
dc.date.statistics2024-08-21en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 offers important evidence for the Late Paleolithic sequence of north China. The site not only contains one of the earliest instances of ornamental freshwater shell and ostrich eggshell beads in the region, but also stone artifacts with features arguably resembling the Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) blade technology found farther north. The appearance of these innovative archaeological forms have been attributed to the arrival of hominin populations, possibly modern humans, into the region during Marine Isotope Stage 3. Yet, the chronology of the site remains debated due to ambiguities in the existing dates. In this study, we conduct a systematical radiocarbon analysis of charcoal and ostrich eggshell samples obtained throughout the site sequence. Both acid-baseacid and the more stringent acid-base-oxidation pretreatment methods were applied to the charcoal samples. The resulting ages follow an age-depth relationship that is consistent with the stratigraphic profile. In line with previous stratigraphic assessments, Bayesian age modeling suggests that site formation history can be split into two phases: An early phase 43-35 cal kBP associated with a lacustrine depositional environment, and a later phase 35- 28 cal kBP associated with rapid terrestrial silt accumulation. The chronology of the archaeological layers containing IUP-like artifacts are placed at 43-39 cal kBP and 35-34 cal kBP respectively. This finding supports the interpretation that an IUP-like blade technology appeared in the SDG region by at least ∼41 ka. © © 2020 Peng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipAll necessary permits were obtained for the described study, which complied with all relevant regulations. The excavation permit for SDG2 was provided by the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China (permit no. 2014–359, 2015–210, 2016–230) to X. Gao. The import permit for the dating samples to Australia was provided by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Australian Government to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (permit no. 0000664336). SCL thanks Zenobia Jacobs and Rachel Wood for helpful guidance and comments on OxCal modelling. Nicolas Zwyns provided valuable comments on early drafts that improved the paper. The authors would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers and Dr. Pei-Lin Yu from Boise State University for their helpful comments. Thanks also to Academic Editor, Andrea Zerboni, for his helpful suggestions.en_AU
dc.format.mediumElectronic-eCollectionen_AU
dc.identifier.articlenumbere0232682en_AU
dc.identifier.citationPeng, F., Lin, S. C., Patania, I., Levchenko, V., Guo, J., Wang, H., & Gao, X. (2020) A chronological model for the Late Paleolithic at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China. PLoS ONE 15(5): e0232682. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0232682en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en_AU
dc.identifier.issue5en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitlePLoS ONEen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232682en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/handle/10238/15832en_AU
dc.identifier.volume15en_AU
dc.languageEnglishen_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)en_AU
dc.subjectOrnamental plantsen_AU
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_AU
dc.subjectCharcoalen_AU
dc.subjectAge estimationen_AU
dc.subjectDepositionen_AU
dc.subjectSilten_AU
dc.subjectTerrestrial ecosystemsen_AU
dc.subjectChinaen_AU
dc.subjectFresh wateren_AU
dc.subjectShellsen_AU
dc.subjectBayesian statisticsen_AU
dc.subjectCarbon 14en_AU
dc.titleA chronological model for the Late Paleolithic at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North Chinaen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-04-16en_AU
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