List of Paleolithic sites in China

List of Paleolithic sites in China is located in China
Bose Basin
He County
Xihoudu
Yuanmou
Xiaochangliang
Zhoukoudian
Yuchanyan
Xianren Cave
Damaidi
Map of China showing sites of Paleolithic China (clickable map)

This is a list of Paleolithic sites in China. They are sorted in chronological order from dated earliest to latest:

List

English name Chinese name Time Modern-day location
Xihoudu 西侯渡 2.43 MYA Shanxi
Shangchen 上陈（上陳） 2.12 MYA – 1.26 MYA Lantian County, Shaanxi
Bose Basin 博斯盆地 Guangxi of southern China
He County 和县（和縣） Anhui
Yuanmou County 元谋县 Yunnan
Xiaochangliang 小长梁（小長梁） Nihewan Basin in Yangyuan County, Hebei
Zhoukoudian 周口店 0.7 MYA – 0.2 MYA Beijing
Yuchanyan Cave 玉蟾岩遗址 Dao County, Hunan
Xianren Cave 仙人洞 Dayuan Village, Wannian County, Jiangxi
Damaidi 大麦地（大麥地） Small village in Zhongwei, Ningxia, set amid the Weining Mountains on the north bend of the Yellow River
Guanyindong 黔西观音洞遗址 Qianxi in the Chinese Province of Guizhou.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ I.e. the earliest date an object found at the site has been dated to
  1. ↑ Shen, Guanjun; Wang, Yiren; Tu, Hua; Tong, Haowen; Wu, Zhenkun; Kuman, Kathleen; Fink, David; Granger, Darryl E. (December 2020). "Isochron 26Al/10Be burial dating of Xihoudu: Evidence for the earliest human settlement in northern China". L'Anthropologie. 124 (5) 102790. doi:10.1016/j.anthro.2020.102790.
  2. ↑ Hu, Yue; Marwick, Ben; Zhang, Jia-Fu; Rui, Xue; Hou, Ya-Mei; Yue, Jian-Ping; Chen, Wen-Rong; Huang, Wei-Wen; Li, Bo (January 2019). "Late Middle Pleistocene Levallois stone-tool technology in southwest China". Nature. 565 (7737): 82–85. Bibcode:2019Natur.565...82H. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0710-1. PMID 30455423.