摘要
The Luonan Basin is a key region of early human settlement in Central China with more than 300 discovered Paleolithic sites. Artifact layer 1 of the Liuwan site was dated to approximately 0.6 million years (Ma) based on correlation with the well-dated loess-paleosol sequence of the central Chinese Loess Plateau. This study reassessed the age of the Liuwan artifact layer via an absolute dating method, namely, <sup>26</sup>Al/<sup>10</sup>Be burial dating. We determined the burial age of artifact layer 1, which was most likely at least 0.60 ± 0.12 Ma (1ơ), using three simple burial ages. The new burial age confirmed the previous estimated age and provided a considerably accurate age range. Therefore, we suggest the use of the <sup>26</sup>Al/<sup>10</sup>Be burial dating method in thin loess-covered Paleolithic sites around the Qinling Mountain Range is helpful to understand the early human behavior.
The Luonan Basin is a key region of early human settlement in Central China with more than 300 discovered Paleolithic sites. Artifact layer 1 of the Liuwan site was dated to approximately 0.6 million years(Ma) based on correlation with the well-dated loess–paleosol sequence of the central Chinese Loess Plateau. This study reassessed the age of the Liuwan artifact layer via an absolute dating method, namely, ^(26)Al/^(10)Be burial dating. We determined the burial age of artifact layer 1, which was most likely at least 0.60 ± 0.12 Ma(1?), using three simple burial ages. The new burial age confirmed the previous estimated age and provided a considerably accurate age range. Therefore, we suggest the use of the ^(26)Al/^(10)Be burial dating method in thin loess-covered Paleolithic sites around the Qinling Mountain Range is helpful to understand the early human behavior.
作者
WANG Kexin
XU Xinghua
SUN Xuefeng
TU Hua
ZENG Qiongxuan
LU Yiming
LU Huayu
WANG Shejiang
王可欣;徐行华;孙雪峰;涂华;曾琼萱;鹿艺鸣;鹿化煜;王社江(School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University;BGEG, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences;Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS;CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment)
基金
National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41572155,No.41690111
The Global Change Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China,No.2016YFA0600503
