This article provides a synthetical review of the development of Paleolithic archaeology in Shaanxi Province over the past one hundred years.The development of Paleolithic archaeology can be divided into four stages:the initial stage,the pioneering stage,the development stage,and the deepening stage.Through the persisting efforts of several generations of scholars,ten localities of human fossils of the Pleistocene epoch and more than 600 paleolithic sites have been found so far.Archaeologists have constructed a relatively complete evolutionary chain of early hominins and the development context of Paleolithic cultures since the Homo erectus.Previous studies have also explored the survival environment and adaptation strategies of early humans.These works greatly expanded the temporal and spatial framework of the survival and evolution of early hominins,and demonstrated more effectively the history of human evolution and the development of Paleolithic cultures over one million years in China.
关键词
陕西/旧石器时代考古/百年历程/主要成就/历史经验
Key words
Shaanxi Province/Paleolithic Archaeology/One hundred years of development/Major achievements/Historical experience