Boaretto Elisabetta, Wu Xiaohong, Yuan Jiarong, Bar-Yosef Ofer, Chu Vikki, Pan Yan, Liu Kexin, Cohen David, Jiao Tianlong, Li Shuicheng, Gu Haibin, Goldberg Paul, Weiner Steve
Department of Land of Israel Studies, Bar Ilan University, 52900 Ramat Gan, Israel.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jun 16;106(24):9595-600. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0900539106. Epub 2009 Jun 1.
Yuchanyan Cave in Daoxian County, Hunan Province (People's Republic of China), yielded fragmentary remains of 2 or more ceramic vessels, in addition to large amounts of ash, a rich animal bone assemblage, cobble and flake artifacts, bone tools, and shell tools. The artifacts indicate that the cave was a Late Paleolithic foragers' camp. Here we report on the radiocarbon ages of the sediments based on analyses of charcoal and bone collagen. The best-preserved charcoal and bone samples were identified by prescreening in the field and laboratory. The dates range from around 21,000 to 13,800 cal BP. We show that the age of the ancient pottery ranges between 18,300 and 15,430 cal BP. Charcoal and bone collagen samples located above and below one of the fragments produced dates of around 18,000. These ceramic potsherds therefore provide some of the earliest evidence for pottery making in China.
中国湖南省道县的玉蟾岩洞穴出土了2件或更多陶瓷容器的碎片，此外还有大量灰烬、丰富的动物骨骼组合、鹅卵石和片状石器、骨器以及贝壳工具。这些文物表明该洞穴是一个旧石器时代晚期觅食者的营地。在此，我们基于对木炭和骨胶原的分析报告沉积物的放射性碳年代。通过野外和实验室的预筛选确定了保存最完好的木炭和骨样本。年代范围约为距今21,000至13,800年校正年前。我们表明古代陶器的年代在距今18,300至15,430年校正年前之间。位于其中一块碎片之上和之下的木炭和骨胶原样本产生了约18,000年的年代。因此，这些陶瓷碎片提供了中国制陶的一些最早证据。
