List of Paleolithic sites in China
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Paleolithic (3.3 Mya - 12 ka)
Mesolithic (20 ka - 5 ka) Neolithic (12 ka - 4 ka) |
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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
[edit | edit source]| English name | Chinese name | Time | Modern-day location |
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| 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
[edit | edit source]- 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