Preliminary Exploration of Provenance of Stones and Strategy of Using Stones in Panlongcheng Site during Shang Period

Summary

This is an abstract from the "New Thoughts on Current Research in East Asian Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The production of stone tools is a systematic human activity, and the utilization of stone materials is the basis of the entire production. Before conducting research on the entire stone production, we should observe the provenance of stones and the strategy of using these materials. Through the analysis of the lithic facies of stone tools excavated from Panlongcheng Site, combining with the geological survey, we basically determine that the stones should come from the Dabie Mountains in the northern part of Panlongcheng. As for the strategy of using stones, Panlongcheng people fully recognized the characteristics of different stones. They considered the function of stone tools, and then selected appropriate types of stones to make tools. Meanwhile, based on landform, distribution of sites and situation of stone tools, there might be some professional production areas and these stone tools were transported by some certain routes.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• New Thoughts on Current Research in East Asian Archaeology   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23782