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Approximate age:783,500 years old=average of minimum (0.744 Ma) and maximum (0.823 Ma)
Date based on: K-Ar on associated volcanics See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Yamei, H., Potts, R., Baoyin, Y., Zhengtang, G., Deino, A., Wei, W., et al. (2000). Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean-like stone technology of the Bose Basin, south China. Science, 287(5458), 1622.
Hominids:
Archaeology:Acheulean
Important specimens: Early Chinese Acheulean
Notes: extensively chipped cobbles of quartz, quartzite, sandstone, and chert and associated flakes
Location: Fengshudao; Youjiang River surface collections and excavations: Shangsong; Dongzeng; Hengshandao; Dawan; Shazhou; Yangwu; Cimu; Nanposhan; Jiangfeng and Datong; Bogu; Dafa; Xiaguo; Xiaomei and Nalian; Damei; Laikui; Nayin (cave); Napo; Pinghepo; Sanlei; Xinzhou; Ganlian; Bodu; Gaolingpo; Silin , China
Map location/coordinates reference: Map is centered on important early Pleistocene Acheulean site at Fengshudao: see Zhang, P., Huang, W., & Wang, W. Acheulean handaxes from Fengshudao, Bose sites of South China. Quaternary International, 223, 440-443.
most Bose basin sites are located about 15km to the southwest: see Yamei, H., Potts, R., Baoyin, Y., Zhengtang, G., Deino, A., Wei, W., et al. (2000). Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean-like stone technology of the Bose Basin, south China. Science, 287(5458), 1622.
Key references: Zhang, P., Huang, W., & Wang, W. Acheulean handaxes from Fengshudao, Bose sites of South China. Quaternary International, 223, 440-443.
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Bose Basin paleolithic sites
