List of paleolithic sites in China

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This is an alphabetical list of Paleolithic sites in China that have been discovered by archaeologists:

Location Fossils Culture Faunal community comment
Bailiandong site

( Liuzhou, Guangxi Autonomous Region )

  • late Paleolithic to Neolithic
Bose cymbals
Bodu (Tongzi)
Bogu and Gaolingpo

( Bose , Guangxi )

  • Acheulean-style hand axes, dated 803,000 BP
Cimu
Dafa
Damei
Dawan (archaeological site)
Dongzeng
Ganlian
Hengshandao
Jiangfeng and Datong
Laikui
Nanposhan
Napo (archaeological site)
Nayin (cave)
Shangsong
Shazhou
Yangwu
Pinghepo
Sanlei
Silin (archaeological site)
Xiaguo
Xiaomei and Nalian
Xinzhou (archaeological site)

(Zhaojiayan, Changyang County, Hubei Province )

Changyang man

(Yin Shan, Chaoxian County, now Chaohu County, Anhui Province )

Chaoxian human
  • approx. 200,000-160,000 BP or 60,000 BP
Chenjiawo site

(Chenjiawo, Lantian County, Shaanxi Province )

Lantian man (also called Chenjiawo man ) Chenjiawo Fauna Community
  • approx. 530,000 BP
Chuxiong

( Yunnan Province )

Ailuropoda Stegodon fauna
Dingcun site

(Dingcun, Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province )

Dingcun human Dingcun culture Links all redirect to Dingcun-Mensch
Dingsishan site

( Yongning (Nanning) in the east of Nanning , Jiangxi Province )

Dingsishan culture
  • Upper Paleolithic to Mesolithic
  • 10,000-6,000 BP
  • "earliest" Neolithic artifacts in southern China, ceramics found around 10,000 years old
Fulin (Hanyuan)

( Hanyuan County, Sichuan Province )

Fulin culture
Gaojiazhen site ( Chinese   高家 镇 遗址 , Pinyin Gaojiazhen yizhi )

( Fengdu County (丰都 县 Fēngdū Xiàn) of Chongqing City, a subordinate government )

  • approx. 100,000 BP
Gezidong site

( Pigeon Cave , Harqin Autonomous County, Left Wing Mongols , Liaoning Province )

Gezidong culture Gezidong Faunal Community
Gongwangling site

(Gongwangling, Lantian County, Shaanxi Province )

Lantian man Gongwangling time Gongwangling Fauna Community
  • approx. 800,000-750,000 BP
Huashilang site

("Dragon Tooth Cave") ( Luonan County, Shaanxi Province , Luonan Basin )

Jiande site

( Jiande County, Zhejiang Province )

Jiande man
  • approx. 50,000 BP
Jianshi site

(Mazhaping, Gaoping, Jianshi County, Hubei Province )

Jianshi man
  • approx 2,150,000-1,950,000 BP or 600,000-400,000 BP
Jinniushan site

(Mountain Jinniushan, Dashiqiao , prefecture-level city Yingkou , province Liaoning )

Jinniushan man
  • approx. 260,000 BP or 195,000-165,000 BP

(Mingyue, Antu (Yanbian) County, Jilin Province )

Antu-human
  • approx. 35,370 ± 1,850 to 26,560 ± 550 BP
Kehe site

(Kehe, Ruicheng County , Shanxi Province )

Kehe culture
  • older than Dingcun and Peking people
Lijiang site

( Lijiang Prefecture , Yunnan Province )

homo sapiens fauna

(District Liucheng of the prefecture-level city Liuzhou , Guangxi Autonomous Region)

Ailuropoda Stegodon fauna
Longgupo cave

( Wushan County (Chongqing) , Chongqing )

Wuschan man ( Pithecanthropus )
Longlin

( Guangxi Autonomous Region )

Deer Cave People
  • approx. 11,510 ± 255 or 14,500 to 13,000 calBP
Malan loess

( Zhaitangchuan in Beijing's Mentougou District )

Malan Loess Period Salawusu Faunal Community
Maludong (deer cave)

( Yunan Province )

Deer Cave People
  • approx. 11,510 ± 255 or 14,500 to 13,000 calBP
Maomao Shan

( Xingyi County (兴义 县), Guizhou Province )

Maomaodong culture
  • approx. 14600 ± 1200 BP
Miaohoushan site

( Benxi (本溪县) County, Liaoning Province )

Miaohoushan culture
Nanjing

( Huludong Cave , Tangshan Mountains, Jiangsu Province )

Nanjing man
  • approximately 620,000-580,000 BP
Nihewan Basin
Donggutuo

(Donggutuo Village, Yangyuan County, Hebei Province ; northeastern edge of the Nihewan Basin)

Donggutuo culture
Houjiayao site

(Dongjingji Township, Yanggao County , Shanxi Province )

16 human fossils
  • approx. 100,000 BP
Hutouliang
Majuangou
Nihewan

(in the border area of Hebei and Shanxi provinces )

Nihewan time Nihewan Faunal Community
  • Homo erectus finds
Xiantai
Xiaochangliang

( Yangyuan County, Hebei Province )

Xiaochangliang culture
Xujiayao

(Xujiayao, Yanggao County , Shanxi Province )

Xujiayao human
  • approx. 125,000 to 104,000
Yujiagou
Ordos Plateau

( Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , China )

Ordos culture Salawusu Faunengemeinschaft (in the "southeast corner", see Malan-Loess )
  • Paleolithic (approx. 50,000-35,000) to Bronze Age
Renzidong
Salawusu Hetao human Salawusu Faunal Community
Shaoguan ( Shizi Shan chin.獅子山 / 狮子山Pinyin Shīzi Shān, "Lion Mountain") Maba man
Shilongtou Shilongtou culture
Shuicheng ( Xiaohui Cave ) Shuicheng man Shuicheng culture Shuicheng human fauna
Shuocheng ( Shiyu ) Shiyu man Shiyu culture (also Zhiyu culture)
Shuidonggou Shuidonggou culture
Tongtianyan Cave ( Liujiang , Guangxi Autonomous Region ) Liujiang man
  • approx. 153,000 or 30,000 BP
Tongzi Tongzi man
Tianshuigou (Jiefang, Dali (Weinan) ) Dali man
Wanshouyan
Xiachuan Xiachuan culture
Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan
  • Paleolithic to Neolithic
Xiaonanhai Xiaonanhai culture
Xichou ( Xianrendong Cave ) Xichou man Xianrendong Cave Fauna
Xihoudu Xihoudu culture Xihoudu Faunal Community
Xuchang Xuchang man
Xuetangliangzi Yanbulaq culture
Yanjinggou

(present-day Wanzhou District of Chongqing , Sichuan Province )

Yuanmou man Tongliang culture Yanjinggou fauna also Wanxian fauna
  • Tongliang culture approximately 25,000 BP
Yuanmou Yuanmou man Ailuropoda Stegodon fauna
Yuchanyan
  • Paleolithic to Neolithic
Zhaocun
Zhijidong
Zhirendong
Zhoukoudian Shandingdong Faunal Community
Ziyang Ziyang man

See also