Abstract
The Houjinjiagoudongshan Paleolithic Locality in Nong’an County, Jilin, is an open-air site on the second-level terrace of the south bank of the Songhua River. From May 8-15, 2020, the School of Archaeology of Jilin University and the Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute of Nong’an County formed a joint team to carry out investigations. Thirty nine stone artifacts were collected from Houjinjiagoudongshan Locality, including 15 cores, 22 tools, and 2 lithic fragments. Most of the cores and tools were small sizes, but medium and micro-sized tools were occasionally seen, while no large or giant lithics were observed. The cores were simply flsked by hard hammer percussion. Scrapers account for the majority of the tools, and there are also a small quantity of borers, points, and notches. We can infer that the toolmakers had great flexibility in flaking tools and retouch repairs. On the whole, the Houjinjiagoudongshan locality shows the common characteristics of a core-flake industry of the Late Paleolithic period in the Northeast China region, so we can speculate that the cultural age of the Houjinjiagoudongshan locality should be the Late Paleolithic period.
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The material analyzed in this research is based on the stone atrifacts collected at the Houjinjiagoudongshan locality in 2020. The deta is true and available.
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This paper was funded by a Scientific Research Project grant from the Jilin Provincial Department of Education (no. JJKH20211258SK).
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This paper is an original paper. On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there are no conflicts of interest. Dr. Chunxue Wang designed the study. Jiaqi Hou and Dr. Chunxue Wang conducted the study and wrote the main manuscript text. Quanjia Chen, Xueli Liu, Yan Jiang, Jincheng Ren, and Jiaxin Dou did the primary field work. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.
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Hou, J., Wang, C., Chen, Q. et al. Discovery of the Houjinjiagoudongshan Paleolithic Locality in Nong’an County, Changchun, Jilin, China. asian archaeol 7, 235–243 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41826-023-00078-0
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