The discovery of a bifacial industry in Vietnam. / Derevianko, A. P.; Kandyba, A. V.; Su, Nguyen Khac et al.
In: Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, Vol. 46, No. 3, 03.2018, p. 3-21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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T1 - The discovery of a bifacial industry in Vietnam
AU - Derevianko, A. P.
AU - Kandyba, A. V.
AU - Su, Nguyen Khac
AU - Gladyshev, S. A.
AU - Doi, Nguyen Gia
AU - Lebedev, V. A.
AU - Chekha, A. M.
AU - Rybalko, A. G.
AU - Kharevich, V. M.
AU - Tsybankov, A. A.
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - This study investigates the origin of bifacial lithic industry in the Lower Paleolithic of Southeast Asia. We describe stone tools from the stratified sites of Go Da and Roc Tung near the town of An Khe, Vietnam. The lithics represent a homogeneous industry, characterized by Lower Paleolithic primary and secondary reduction techniques. Cores and tools were made using pebbles, and some tools were manufactured onflakes. The tool-kit includes bifaces, picks, spurred implements, carinated end-scrapers, various types of side-scrapers, choppers and chopping tools, and denticulate and notched pieces. Bifaces and picks are the predominant tool types. Primary reduction was aimed at manufacturing simple pebble cores with cortex striking platforms, while radial and orthogonal cores occur less frequently. Tektites found with the lithics were dated by40K/38Ar-method to 806 ± 22 and 782 ± 20 ka BP. We propose to name this industry the An Khe culture. We suggest that the An Khe emerged through convergent evolution of the pebble-flake industry associated with thefirst wave of Homo erectus migration from Africa 1.8-1.6 Ma years ago, and is unrelated to the Acheulean tradition introduced by the second wave of migration to Eurasia.
AB - This study investigates the origin of bifacial lithic industry in the Lower Paleolithic of Southeast Asia. We describe stone tools from the stratified sites of Go Da and Roc Tung near the town of An Khe, Vietnam. The lithics represent a homogeneous industry, characterized by Lower Paleolithic primary and secondary reduction techniques. Cores and tools were made using pebbles, and some tools were manufactured onflakes. The tool-kit includes bifaces, picks, spurred implements, carinated end-scrapers, various types of side-scrapers, choppers and chopping tools, and denticulate and notched pieces. Bifaces and picks are the predominant tool types. Primary reduction was aimed at manufacturing simple pebble cores with cortex striking platforms, while radial and orthogonal cores occur less frequently. Tektites found with the lithics were dated by40K/38Ar-method to 806 ± 22 and 782 ± 20 ka BP. We propose to name this industry the An Khe culture. We suggest that the An Khe emerged through convergent evolution of the pebble-flake industry associated with thefirst wave of Homo erectus migration from Africa 1.8-1.6 Ma years ago, and is unrelated to the Acheulean tradition introduced by the second wave of migration to Eurasia.
KW - An khe culture
KW - Bifaces
KW - Convergent evolution
KW - Lower paleolithic
KW - Vietnam
KW - Lower Paleolithic
KW - GESHER BENOT YAAQOV
KW - ACHEULEAN INDUSTRY
KW - Ankhe culture
KW - OCCUPATIONS
KW - bifaces
KW - convergent evolution
KW - TECHNOLOGY
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U2 - 10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.3.003-021
DO - 10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.3.003-021
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85058889245
VL - 46
SP - 3
EP - 21
JO - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia
JF - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia
SN - 1563-0110
IS - 3
ER -
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