title: Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean-like stone technology of the Bose basin, South China.
abstract: Stone artifacts from the Bose basin, South China, are associated with tektites dated to 803,000 +/- 3000 years ago and represent the oldest known large cutting tools (LCTs) in East Asia. Bose toolmaking is compatible with Mode 2 (Acheulean) technologies in Africa in its targeted manufacture and biased spatial distribution of LCTs, large-scale flaking, and high flake scar counts. Acheulean-like tools in the mid-Pleistocene of South China imply that Mode 2 technical advances were manifested in East Asia contemporaneously with handaxe technology in Africa and western Eurasia. Bose lithic technology is associated with a tektite airfall and forest burning.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 643, Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamei
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baoyin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhengtang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deino
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guangmao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weiwen
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D000883:Anthropology; D001106:Archaeology; D002681:China; D049690:History, Ancient; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans