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7. Engraved bones from the archaic hominin site of Lingjing, Henan Province

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Li, Zhanyang, Doyon, Luc, Li, Hao, Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Zhongqiang, Zhao, Qingpo, and d'Errico, Francesco

Subjects
Anthropological research, Iron oxide pigments -- Usage, Pleistocene Epoch -- Research, Bones -- Analysis, Engraving -- Analysis, Information management, Cognition, Symbolism, Anthropology/archeology/folklore
Abstract

The production of abstract engravings is considered an indicator of modern human cognition and a means for the long-term recording and transmission of information. This article reports the discovery of two engraved bones from the Lingjing site in Henan Province, China, dated to 105-125 kya. The carefully engraved nature of the incisions, made on weathered rib fragments, precludes the possibility of unintentional or utilitarian origins. Residue analysis demonstrates the presence of ochre within the incised lines on one specimen. This research provides the first evidence for the deliberate use of ochred engravings for symbolic purposes by East Asian Late Pleistocene hominins. Keywords: East Asia, China, Late Pleistocene, symbolism, art, ochre, Introduction Opinions differ between those who consider archaic hominin cognition to be comparable to that of anatomically modern humans (e.g. Hovers & Belfer-Cohen 2006; Nowell 2010; d'Errico & Stringer 2011; [...]

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2019
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16. The Middle Palaeolithic site Lingjing (Xuchang, Henan, China): preliminary new results

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Van Kolfschoten, Thijs, Li, Zhanyang, Wang, Hua, Doyon, Luc, Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Shandong University, De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, and Doyon, Luc

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[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, bone tools, mammalian fauna, kill-butchery site, Stone tools
Abstract

International audience; Lingjing is an open-air archaic hominin site in northern China where, apart from two incomplete Human skulls, thousands of lithic artefacts as well as abundant, well-preserved mammalian remains with and OSL ages ranging between ≈105 ka and ≈125 ka. It has been excavated yearly since 2005. The mammalian faunal assemblage from the site is very diverse with 22 different taxa. Equids and a large bovid Bos primigenius dominate the fauna; the mortality profiles of these herbivores indicate hominin/human hunting. Detailed taphonomic analyses demonstrate that Lingjing is a kill-butchery site and not a base camp. The Lingjing fauna and bone tool record shows remarkable similarities with the archaeological record from the Lower Paleolithic site of Schöningen 13 II-4, Germany, i.e., the Schöningen Spear Horizon, which is ca. 200 ka older than the Lingjing site. Both sites yielded well-preserved material, a very diverse fauna and a large amount of bone tools with identical features.

Published
2020

18. Engravings on bone from the archaic hominin site of Lingjing (Xuchang, Henan, China)

Author

Li, ZhanYang, Doyon, Luc, Li, Hao, Wang, Qiang, d’Errico, Francesco, Qiang, Wang, Zhang, ZhongQiang, Zhao, QingPo, De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), and Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Symbolism, Late Pleistocene, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Ochre, East Asia, Art
Abstract

International audience; The production of abstract engravings is considered an indicator of modern cognition and a mean for recording and transmitting information in a durable manner. We report the discovery of two engravings found at the Lingjing site (Henan, China), dated to 105-125kya, which has also yielded important hominin remains. The patterns consist of carefully engraved incisions on weathered rib fragments, excluding the possibility of an unintentional or utilitarian origin. Chemical analysis of residues inside the lines of one specimen identifies ochre. Our results suggests ochred engravings were deliberately used for symbolic purposes by East Asian early Late Pleistocene hominins.

Published
2019

19. Engravings on weathered bones from the archaic hominin site of Lingjing (Xuchang, Henan, P. R. of China)

Author

Doyon, Luc, Li, ZhanYang, Li, Hao, Wang, Qiang, Zhang, ZhongQiang, Zhao, QingPo, Queffelec, Alain, Le Bourdonnec, François-Xavier, d’Errico, Francesco, Shandong University, De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (CAS), IRAMAT-Centre de recherche en physique appliquée à l’archéologie (IRAMAT-CRP2A), Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux (IRAMAT), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), SFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE), University of Bergen (UiB), and Le Bourdonnec, François-Xavier

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[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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Published
2019

22. Three-dimensional geometric morphometric study of the Xuchang 2 cranium.

Author

Zhang, Yameng and Li, Zhanyang

Subjects
*HOMO erectus, *SKULL, *NEANDERTHALS, *HOMINIDS, *PLEISTOCENE Epoch
Abstract

Results of traditional metric and nonmetric assessments suggest that the Xuchang hominin shares features with Neanderthals. To comprehensively compare the nuchal morphology of XC 2 to those of the genus Homo , we conduct a three-dimensional geometric morphometric study with 35 cranial landmarks and surface semilandmarks of XC 2, Homo erectus , Middle Pleistocene humans, Neanderthals, and early and recent modern humans. Results reveal that the centroid size of XC 2 is larger than that of early and recent modern humans and can only be compared to that of Middle Pleistocene humans and H. erectus. Early and recent modern humans share a nuchal morphology distinct from archaic hominins (Ngandong H. erectus , Middle Pleistocene humans, and Neanderthals), except for SM 3, Sangiran 17, and Asian and African H. erectus. Although Ngandong specimens differ from the other H. erectus , it is unclear whether this represents a temporal or spatial trend in the process of evolution of this species. The nuchal morphological resemblance between Middle Pleistocene humans and Neanderthals may be attributed to similar cranial architecture and cerebellar shape. The great nuchal morphological variation shared by recent modern humans may indicate a particular developmental pattern. In conclusion, the nuchal morphology of different human groups is highly variable and may be caused by different factors including brain globularization and developmental plasticity. XC 2 shares similar nuchal morphology with Middle Pleistocene humans and Neanderthals, but these results are insufficient to fully resolve the taxonomic status of XC 2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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