From Zhoukoudian to Shuidonggou: The 100-Year Improvement of Paleolithic Excavation in China

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Developing Paleolithic Excavation Methods for the Twenty-First Century" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

For field excavation, it is most important to record and collect as much information as possible due to its non-repeatability. In China, the first formal Paleolithic excavation was in Shuidonggou site on 1923. But the excavation in Zhoukoudian in 1932 attracted more attention not only because the site was located in Beijing and several human skulls were unearthed but also due to the innovation of excavation method and design. After that, Chinese scholars adopted different methods and protocals at different time. This paper introduces the improvement of Chinese Paleolithic excavation and rethinking the progress. Meanwhile, the future direction of Paleolithic fieldwork in China is discussed.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Developing Paleolithic Excavation Methods for the Twenty-First Century   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36225.0