江苏晚更新世地层中首次发现新石器

FIRST DISCOVERY OF NEOLITHS IN LATE PLEISTOCENE STRATA IN JIANGSU

摘要: 本文扼要介绍江苏地矿局区调大队在开展1:5万宜兴—溧阳地区地质调查过程中,于第四纪晚更新世地层中首次发现新石器。笔者认为,长江三角州地区是人类的起源地之一。这一发现对第四纪地质学、古地理学、考古学、古人类学等方面,都具有深远的意义。

Abstract: Neoliths were first discovered in Late Pleistocene strata in the vicinity of Mt. Zhongtou, Liyang County, when a 1:50000 geological survey was carried out in the Yixing-Liyang area, Jiangsu. The author considers that the Yangtze River delta of China is one of the sites of the origin of the human species. This discovery is of far-reaching significance to the study of Quaternary geology, paleogeography, archeology and paleoanthropology.