上陈 | |
  Shown within China | |
| Location | Shangchen village, Lantian County |
|---|---|
| Region | Shaanxi |
| Coordinates | 34°13′07″N 109°29′08″E / 34.218587°N 109.48562°E |
| History | |
| Founded | 2.12 million years ago |
| Abandoned | 1.26 million years ago |
| Periods | Palaeolithic China |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 2004–2017 |
| Archaeologists | Zhu Zhaoyu, Robin Dennell |
Shangchen (Chinese: 上陈) is a Lower Palaeolithic archaeological site in Lantian County, Shaanxi, China, some 25 km south of Weinan. It was discovered in 1964, and excavated during 2004 and 2017.
Stone tools found at the site were dated based on magnetostratigraphy in a 2018 study. Artefacts were found in 17 layers, dated to between 1.26 Ma (palaeosol S15) and 2.12 Ma (loess L28). The date of 2.12 Ma predates the earliest known fossils of archaic humans in Eurasia (Homo erectus georgicus) by 300,000 years.[1] Whether these tools were made by an early species in the genus Homo or another hominin species is unknown.
- ^ Zhu Zhaoyu (朱照宇); Dennell, Robin; Huang Weiwen (黄慰文); Wu Yi (吴翼); Qiu Shifan (邱世藩); Yang Shixia (杨石霞); Rao Zhiguo (饶志国); Hou Yamei (侯亚梅); Xie Jiubing (谢久兵); Han Jiangwei (韩江伟); Ouyang Tingping (欧阳婷萍) (2018). "Hominin occupation of the Chinese Loess Plateau since about 2.1 million years ago". Nature. 559 (7715): 608–612. Bibcode:2018Natur.559..608Z. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0299-4. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 29995848. S2CID 49670311.