A Research On The Bone-needles Of Shizitan Site In Paleolithic Period And Its Related Problems

Shizitan Site is located in Jixian County of Shanxi Province. It is distributed in the second terraces along the15km range of Qingshui River, which is the tributary of the Yellow River Basin. It is an autochthonous site of25000-1OOOOBP, which has larger area, thick accumulation and abundant culture. Not only a wealth of stone tools is unearthed, but also some bone tools. Here three bone needles are identified. The presence of bone needles further reflected the progress of ancient human culture in Shizitan Site. Comparison with similar products in other sites, there is a close relationship between them.This paper is divided into five parts. The first chapter is about the origin and development of bone needles, and the discoveries and researches abroad and in China. The second chapter describes the location and characteristics of bone needles unearthed, then it makes a brief description about the age bone needles unearthed. The third chapter is the archaeological experiment about the making and using of bone needles. The forth chapter is about the background of bone needles25000-10000BP from cultural background and environmental background. The last chapter makes a summary.For the bone needles unearthed, it has not been systematically studied abroad, but only a simple description. In China, only Yunping Huang has made a research about bone needles of Xiaogushan Site. Nobody has yet done a special study for bone needles of Shizitan Site. Therefore, this paper has a great significance for exploring the existence of early bone needles and the response to environment of mankind in the Middle Yellow River. The bone needles of Shizitan Sites will become the earliest record in China.