Language: Chinese with detailed English abstracts
ISBN/ISSN: 9787806669785
Published on: 2007-12
Hardcover
First identified in 1956, the Bailiandong cave site was excavated from 1980 to 1982, and the preliminary study of the artifacts recover was carried out jointly by Beijing Natural History Museum and Liuzhou Municipal Museum. Later in 1991-1993, a detailed study on these archaeological materials, funded by China National Science Foundation, suggests that the cultural deposit of the cave has spanned a period from the Upper Paleolithic to the Neolithic with a transitional phase in between, evidenced by the site stratigraphy of five continuous cultural layers. This study has established a new chronological framework of the Bailiandong Cultural series. The Bailiandong cave site is significant in terms of exploring the cultural complicity during the transition from the Upper Paleolithic culture to the Neolithic in Southern China.
Chapter 1 The Discovery, Study and Correlation Activities about Bailiandong Culture Site
Chapter 2 A Case Study on Mesolithic Culture
2.1 The Stratigraphic Geology & Age of Bailiandong Culture Site
2.2 The Archaeological Materials of Bailiandong Culture Site
2.3 The Sequence of Cultural Strata and Features of Tool Assemblage of Bailiandong
2.4 The Establishment of Framework of Bailiandong Cultural Series
Chapter 3 The Discussion and Comparative Study
3.1 The Inquiry on New Dating of the Strata of Bailiandong
3.2 The Significance of Framework of Bailiandong Cultural Series
Chapter 4 On Mesolithic Culture
4.1 Mesolithic Age and Mesolithic Culture
4.2 Early Introduction to Mesolithic Age and its culture Made by Chinese Scholars
4.3 The Study on Mesolithic age and its culture in Modern China
4.4 Portraying People’s Life in Remote Antiquity by Reference to Nationalities Annals
Chapter 5 Conclusion
Summary A Study of the Bailiandong Culture, Southern China
Appendix 1 W.C.PEI: on a Mesolithic (?) Industry of the Caves of Kwangsi
Appendix 2 Zhou Guoxing, Yi Guangyuan: The Discovery and significance of the stone Age cave site in Bailiandong
Appendix 3 International Symposium Relationship between Chinese and Japanese Ancient Men and Prehistoric Cultures
Appendix 4 An Zhimin: Speech at the 60th Anniversary Celebration the Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
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