List of Paleolithic sites in China
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This is an alphabetical list of Paleolithic
sites or cultures in China
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Paleolithic
The Paleolithic Age, Era or Period, is a prehistoric period of human history distinguished by the development of the most primitive stone tools discovered , and covers roughly 99% of human technological prehistory...
sites or cultures in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
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- Bailiangdong
- Baojiyan
- Bose
- Chaoxian Cave
- DamaidiDamaidiDamaidi , is the location of 3,172 sets of early Chinese petroglyphs, carved into the cliffs which feature 8,453 individual figures. These are believed to represent possibly the earliest writing system known in China....
- DingcunDingcunDingcun is an old village located approximately 28 kilometers south of Linfen, in southern Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China.-Site description:...
- Dhingri
- Donggutuo
- Fulin
- Huanxian
- Huohuoxili
- Hutouliang
- Jianping
- Lunan
- Malan
- Maomaodong
- Nihewan
- Shibazhan
- Shilongtou
- Shuicheng
- Tongliang
- Tongzi
- Wanggongling
- Xiacaowan
- XiaochangliangXiaochangliangXiaochangliang is the site of some of the earliest paleolithic remains in East Asia, located in the Nihewan Basin in Yangyuan County, Hebei, China, most famous for the stone tools discovered there.-Stone Tools:...
- Xibajianfang
- Yuanmou
- Yuchanyan CaveYuchanyan CaveYuchanyan Cave is an archeological site in Daoxian County, Hunan, China. The site yielded sherds of ceramic vessels and other artifacts which were dated by analysis of charcoal and bone collagen, giving a date range of 17,500 to 18,300 years old for the pottery...
- Yunxi
- Yunxian
- Zhaocun
- ZhoukoudianZhoukoudianZhoukoudian or Choukoutien is a cave system in Beijing, China. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of Homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man, and a fine assemblage of bones of the gigantic hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris...
See also
- List of Neolithic cultures of China
- List of Chalcolithic Cultures in China
- List of Bronze Age sites in China
- History of ChinaHistory of ChinaChinese civilization originated in various regional centers along both the Yellow River and the Yangtze River valleys in the Neolithic era, but the Yellow River is said to be the Cradle of Chinese Civilization. With thousands of years of continuous history, China is one of the world's oldest...