【摘要】 <正> 1961年1月,中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所周明镇教授等人,在云南省东部宜良县境内调查新生代地层和第三纪哺乳动物化石地点时,在路南公社和板桥公社的3个地点发现了旧石器时代的石器。经裴文中和周明镇的研究,认为它们可能是旧石器中晚期的产物。这一发现引起了有关方面的注意。为了进一步了解这一地区的旧石器文化,古脊椎动物与古人类研究所邱占祥、及本文作者等4人会同云南省博物馆的王喜银、更多还原

【Abstract】 While Prof. Chow and the staffs of the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Academia Sinica, investigated the early Tertiary fossiliferous localities in the Lunan basin, in January, 1961, they discovered three Palaeolithic localities in the Lunan and Banchiao Communes, Yiliang District. Interested by this discovery a field working team was organized by the Institute, the Yunnan Province Museum and the Yunnan Province Archaeological Team for further studies of the Palaeolithic localities in the month of March, 1961. As a result of the new work four more localities were encountered. The present article is the summarized report of this work. The seven Palaeolithic localities are all situated on the terraces 2—3 of the Bapan river. More than 90 pieces of implements, flakes and nuclei were collected in these localities. Not a single piece of pottery nor polished stone tool or chipped stone implement of Neolithic nature are found, though we have paid much attention to look for. Most of these materials were picked up from the surface of the river-terrace, only one flake was unearthed in situ. These artefacts were made chiefly of chert and chalcedony, rarely of quartz and siliceous sandstone. All the specimens are unworn, slightly patinated. The flakes vary in size and shape. They seem to be made by direct striking with hammer-stone. The striking platform on most part of the flakes is little and flat. We have only one example which has the platform prepared. The angle formed by the platform and the detached surface is obtuse and varies from 102° to 125°. The bulb of percussion generally is large and occasionally twined. Sometimes the natural rolled surface was used as a platform for flaking. The original pebble surface is usually preserved on the dorsal face of a flake. In our collection, there are three types of stone tools: point, scraper and grattoir caréné. The point was irregularly trimmed and atypical in shape. Some of the scrapers were finely trimmed, and their working edges are regular and stright. Only one piece of grattoir caréné was collected. It has a regular rouded anterior part, and appears to be comparable with that of the upper Palaeolithic age in Europe. Considering the typological character and workmanship of the Palaeoliths found in Yiliang, it seems that they probably represent a late Palaeolithic industry in Southwest China. However, advanced field work and more collection are needed to enrich our knowledge of the remote culture in that region.更多还原