User:Fraenir/Shizitan

Shizitan is a cluster of more than 50 archaeological sites in Jixian County, Shanxi, China. S1 First discovered in 1980.

Qingshui River, tributary of the Yellow River.

Shizitan Locality 9 (S9)
1st human fossil found, tooth 20,000-10,000 BP

Shizitan Locality 9 (S9)
(N36 02 11, E110 32 40, 688 m altitude) discovered 2000 excavated 2001, 2002, 2005. over 2000 artefacts found. mostly lithic 13,000-9,000 BP

Shizitan Locality 14 (S14)
(110°32′40′′ E, 36°02′11′′ N; 655 ± 5 m in altitude)

Shizitan Locality 29 (S29)
(36 2 54, 110 35 22; 723 asl) 70,000+ lithic artefacts 285 hearths bone needle frag (26-23,000 BP)