List of Paleolithic sites in China

Bose Basin

He County

Xihoudu

Yuanmou

Xiaochangliang

Zhoukoudian

Yuchanyan

Xianren Cave

Damaidi

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Map of China showing sites of Paleolithic China (clickable map)

This is a list of Paleolithic sites in China . They are sorted in chronological order from the earliest founding^{[ clarification needed ]} to the latest:

List

English name	Chinese name	Time	Modern-day location
Xihoudu [1]	西侯渡	2.43 MYA	Shanxi
Shangchen	上陈（上陳）	2.12 MYA – 1.26 MYA	Lantian County, Shaanxi
Bose Basin	博斯盆地		Guangxi of southern China
He County	和县（和縣）		Anhui
Yuanmou County	元谋县		Yunnan
Xiaochangliang	小长梁（小長梁）		Nihewan Basin in Yangyuan County, Hebei
Zhoukoudian	周口店		Beijing
Yuchanyan Cave	玉蟾岩遗址		Dao County, Hunan
Xianren Cave	仙人洞		Dayuan Village, Wannian County, Jiangxi
Damaidi	大麦地（大麥地）		Small village in Zhongwei, Ningxia, set amid the Weining Mountains on the north bend of the Yellow River
Guanyindong [2]	黔西观音洞遗址		Qianxi in the Chinese Province of Guizhou.

See also

• History of China
• Prehistory of China
• List of Bronze Age sites in China
• List of Neolithic cultures of China
• List of inventions and discoveries of Neolithic China

References

1. Shen, Guanjun; Wang, Yiren; Tu, Hua; Tong, Haowen; Wu, Zhenkun; Kuman, Kathleen; Fink, David; Granger, Darryl E. (December 2020). "Isochron 26Al/10Be burial dating of Xihoudu: Evidence for the earliest human settlement in northern China". L'Anthropologie. 124 (5) 102790. doi:10.1016/j.anthro.2020.102790.
2. Hu, Yue; Marwick, Ben; Zhang, Jia-Fu; Rui, Xue; Hou, Ya-Mei; Yue, Jian-Ping; Chen, Wen-Rong; Huang, Wei-Wen; Li, Bo (January 2019). "Late Middle Pleistocene Levallois stone-tool technology in southwest China". Nature. 565 (7737): 82–85. Bibcode:2019Natur.565...82H. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0710-1. PMID   30455423.