Magnetostratigraphic and archaeological records at the Early Pleistocene site complex of Madigou (Nihewan Basin): Implications for human adaptations in North China

The Nihewan Basin in North China contains the densest concentration of early Pleistocene Paleolithic sites outside Africa. This paper introduces a new archaeological site complex at Madigou (MDG) that was systematically excavated from 2011 to 2014 in the northeastern part of the Nihewan Basin. The s...

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Autores: Pei, Shuwen, Deng, Chenlong, Torre Sainz, Ignacio de la, Jia, Zhenxiu, Ma, Dongdong, Li, Xiaoli, Wang, Xiaomin
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Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Magnetostratigraphy
Early human adaptations
Early Pleistocene
Madigou site complex
Nihewan Basin
North China
Archaeological sites
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spelling Magnetostratigraphic and archaeological records at the Early Pleistocene site complex of Madigou (Nihewan Basin): Implications for human adaptations in North ChinaPei, ShuwenDeng, ChenlongTorre Sainz, Ignacio de laJia, ZhenxiuMa, DongdongLi, XiaoliWang, XiaominMagnetostratigraphyEarly human adaptationsEarly PleistoceneMadigou site complexNihewan BasinNorth ChinaArchaeological sitesThe Nihewan Basin in North China contains the densest concentration of early Pleistocene Paleolithic sites outside Africa. This paper introduces a new archaeological site complex at Madigou (MDG) that was systematically excavated from 2011 to 2014 in the northeastern part of the Nihewan Basin. The site contains fossils and well-preserved stone artefacts in fluvio-lacustrine sediments. Our magnetostratigraphic results situate the MDG sedimentary sequence in the early Brunhes normal chron and the late Matuyama reverse chron, including the Jaramillo normal subchron. The MDG artifact layers are positioned within the pre-Jaramillo Matuyama chron, with an estimated age of ca. 1.2 Ma, close to the onset of Mid-Pleistocene climate transition. The MDG core and flake technology includes bipolar flaking of siliceous dolomite cobbles, and freehand flaking of chert and brecciated chert block fragments. Mammalian fauna and pollen compositions indicate that the MDG hominins lived in an open habitat varying from lightly-wooded grassland to an ecosystem dominated by sparse steppe near the shore of the Nihewan paleolake. Our combined results in the fields of archaeology, paleontology, palynology and magnetochronology suggest that innovations in technological behavior may correlate with adaptations to high environmental variability during the start of Mid-Pleistocene climate transition.This research was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Gran No. XDB26000000), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41872029, 41804066, 41372032, 41690112), the Chinese Academy of Sciences President's International Fellowship Initiative (Grant No. 2017VCA0038), and the John Templeton Foundation through a grant to the Stone Age Institute.Peer reviewedElsevierChinese Academy of SciencesNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaJohn Templeton FoundationTorre Sainz, Ignacio de la [0000-0002-1805-634X]Ma, Dongdong [0000-0001-7674-4733]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202420242019info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/356794reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.05.014Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3567942026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Magnetostratigraphic and archaeological records at the Early Pleistocene site complex of Madigou (Nihewan Basin): Implications for human adaptations in North China
title Magnetostratigraphic and archaeological records at the Early Pleistocene site complex of Madigou (Nihewan Basin): Implications for human adaptations in North China
spellingShingle Magnetostratigraphic and archaeological records at the Early Pleistocene site complex of Madigou (Nihewan Basin): Implications for human adaptations in North China
Pei, Shuwen
Magnetostratigraphy
Early human adaptations
Early Pleistocene
Madigou site complex
Nihewan Basin
North China
Archaeological sites
title_short Magnetostratigraphic and archaeological records at the Early Pleistocene site complex of Madigou (Nihewan Basin): Implications for human adaptations in North China
title_full Magnetostratigraphic and archaeological records at the Early Pleistocene site complex of Madigou (Nihewan Basin): Implications for human adaptations in North China
title_fullStr Magnetostratigraphic and archaeological records at the Early Pleistocene site complex of Madigou (Nihewan Basin): Implications for human adaptations in North China
title_full_unstemmed Magnetostratigraphic and archaeological records at the Early Pleistocene site complex of Madigou (Nihewan Basin): Implications for human adaptations in North China
title_sort Magnetostratigraphic and archaeological records at the Early Pleistocene site complex of Madigou (Nihewan Basin): Implications for human adaptations in North China
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pei, Shuwen
Deng, Chenlong
Torre Sainz, Ignacio de la
Jia, Zhenxiu
Ma, Dongdong
Li, Xiaoli
Wang, Xiaomin
author Pei, Shuwen
author_facet Pei, Shuwen
Deng, Chenlong
Torre Sainz, Ignacio de la
Jia, Zhenxiu
Ma, Dongdong
Li, Xiaoli
Wang, Xiaomin
author_role author
author2 Deng, Chenlong
Torre Sainz, Ignacio de la
Jia, Zhenxiu
Ma, Dongdong
Li, Xiaoli
Wang, Xiaomin
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Chinese Academy of Sciences
National Natural Science Foundation of China
John Templeton Foundation
Torre Sainz, Ignacio de la [0000-0002-1805-634X]
Ma, Dongdong [0000-0001-7674-4733]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Magnetostratigraphy
Early human adaptations
Early Pleistocene
Madigou site complex
Nihewan Basin
North China
Archaeological sites
topic Magnetostratigraphy
Early human adaptations
Early Pleistocene
Madigou site complex
Nihewan Basin
North China
Archaeological sites
description The Nihewan Basin in North China contains the densest concentration of early Pleistocene Paleolithic sites outside Africa. This paper introduces a new archaeological site complex at Madigou (MDG) that was systematically excavated from 2011 to 2014 in the northeastern part of the Nihewan Basin. The site contains fossils and well-preserved stone artefacts in fluvio-lacustrine sediments. Our magnetostratigraphic results situate the MDG sedimentary sequence in the early Brunhes normal chron and the late Matuyama reverse chron, including the Jaramillo normal subchron. The MDG artifact layers are positioned within the pre-Jaramillo Matuyama chron, with an estimated age of ca. 1.2 Ma, close to the onset of Mid-Pleistocene climate transition. The MDG core and flake technology includes bipolar flaking of siliceous dolomite cobbles, and freehand flaking of chert and brecciated chert block fragments. Mammalian fauna and pollen compositions indicate that the MDG hominins lived in an open habitat varying from lightly-wooded grassland to an ecosystem dominated by sparse steppe near the shore of the Nihewan paleolake. Our combined results in the fields of archaeology, paleontology, palynology and magnetochronology suggest that innovations in technological behavior may correlate with adaptations to high environmental variability during the start of Mid-Pleistocene climate transition.
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