A consideration of the spatiotemporal distribution of microblade industries on the Tibetan Plateau

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.04.039

	A consideration of the spatiotemporal distribution of microblade industries on the Tibetan Plateau
	Zhang, Xiaoling 4,5; Jin, Yingshuai 3,4,5; He, Wei 2; Yi, Mingjie 1; Xu, Xin 4,5
刊名	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
	2020-09-10
卷号	559 页码:165-173
关键词	Microblade assemblage Tibetan Plateau Subdivision Techno-typology Chronology
ISSN号	1040-6182
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2020.04.039
通讯作者	Zhang, Xiaoling(zhangxiaoling@ivpp.ac.cn)
英文摘要	The Tibetan Plateau is one of the last areas populated by modern humans because of its harsh environment. Due to the paucity of reliably dated archaeological sites, the history of the peopling of Tibet is unclear. However, more than 110 microblade sites discovered on the Plateau indicate large-scale migration. This paper reviews microblade assemblages in seven geographical regions in terms of the specific techno-typologies, and divides them into three types. Based upon results obtained from 17 archaeological sites and techno-typological comparisons, we argue that microblade sites on the Plateau fall within three periods, 14-10 ka BP, 8-7 ka BP and 5-3 ka BP. The techno-typology of sites in the first period is still unclear. Assemblages are dominated by flake blank exploitation cores represented by wedge-shaped nuclei during the second period. Conical microblade cores and pottery coexisted during the latest period. A combination of chronology, techno-typology and the locations of microblade sites discovered on and around the Tibetan Plateau supports the conclusion that people bearing microblade technology originating in North China migrated to the Plateau via a northern route.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41572022] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA2004010102] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000]
WOS关键词	PERMANENT HUMAN OCCUPATION ; AGRICULTURE ; CHINA ; SITE ; AGE
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000587999200014
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/18870]
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Zhang, Xiaoling
作者单位	1.Renmin Univ China, Sch Hist, Beijing 100872, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Tibetan Cultural Rel Conservat Inst, Lhasa 850000, Tibet Autonomou, Peoples R China 4.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Xiaoling,Jin, Yingshuai,He, Wei,et al. A consideration of the spatiotemporal distribution of microblade industries on the Tibetan Plateau[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2020,559:165-173.
APA	Zhang, Xiaoling,Jin, Yingshuai,He, Wei,Yi, Mingjie,&Xu, Xin.(2020).A consideration of the spatiotemporal distribution of microblade industries on the Tibetan Plateau.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,559,165-173.
MLA	Zhang, Xiaoling,et al."A consideration of the spatiotemporal distribution of microblade industries on the Tibetan Plateau".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 559(2020):165-173.