Longquan Cave is situated in the Longquanshan park in Luanchuan County of Henan Province,33°47'24" N and 111° 36'28"E. It is an upper Paleolithic site with an uncalibrated age 33 ~ 31kaB. P. ( AMS 14C). From February to April of 2011, the site had been unearthed by an joint archaeological team composed of historical department of Beijing Normal University, Luoyang Archeological Team and Luanchuan Heritage Management Team. 512 pieces stone artifacts were unearthed including 96 cores,60 flakes,73 tools,58 debris fragment flakes and 225 blocks. In addition,when washing the soil,a large number of fragments and debris were excavated. The occupants of Longquan Cave mainly chose quartz as raw material, use of direct hammer and less use of bipolar percussion to flaking. Near 30% hammer-percussion flake is similar to blade on the length and wideth. Retouched stone tool in this assemblage includes scrapers, points, awls, burins, but scrapers are major stone tools.There are two types of Paleolithic sites according to the data of Longquan Cave in North China, one is simple core-flake technology while the other is typical blade technology. As the age data are sparse, we are still not sure whether these two types represent two successive stages or the two co-exist cultures. If the former, then the earliest Modern Human's behavior in the region may be related with the group using simple core-flake technology; if the latter,the origin of Modern Humans behavior in Northern China may be more complex.%龙泉洞位于河南省栾川县的龙泉山公园内,是一处旧石器时代晚期洞穴遗址,年代为33～31kaB.P.,地理坐标为33°47′24″N,111°36′28″E.2011年2～4月,由北京师范大学、洛阳文物工作队和栾川县文管所共同发掘.出土了512件石制品(有编号),其中包括石核96件,石片60件,工具73件,断片58件,断块225件.另外,淘洗时出土了大量的碎块和碎屑.石制品的主要原料为脉石英,使用锤击法和砸击法打片；锤击石片中,长宽相当的石片占多数,有近30％的似石叶石片；工具以刮削器为主,也有少量的尖状器、锥、钻、雕刻器等.龙泉山遗址是伏牛山区第一次经过科学发掘和研究的旧石器晚期遗址,它的发现为我们全面认识中国旧石器晚期文化的面貌和现代人行为特征提供了重要资料.
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