On The Technology Of Shizitan Culture

The "Shizitan technology" is characteristic of "Shizitan scraper" and "Shizitan point", which are chipped and retouched in the same mode. Shizitan Culture, formed under the influence of the earlier Xiachuan culture , Dingcun7701 Site and Shuidonggou Site, influences some areas around, then forms a kind of special culture with regional characteristic at the late Paleolithic Age distributed along the Midlle Huanghe Velley and in the Huangtu Plateau.The Shizitan Culture has not only the special lithic technology, but also rough millstone and mill stick used to grind pigments and grams. It also has the technology of making perforated shell as decorations and making a fire to cook. These living and productive technologies are characteristic, even though they are not necessarily advanced. I'm here to locate the "Shizitan technology" and further qualify the Shizitan Culture by the technical-element analysis of the Shizitan Culture and the comparation with the simultaneous cultures, eventually do a summary for Shizitan Culture's spread and influence and it's position and role in social development.