公篓遗址位于广西百色市田阳县境内,地处百色盆地右江南岸第四级阶地,地理坐标为23°45.568’N,106°42.210’E。该遗址最早发现于上世纪八十年代,当时采集石制品88件,是百色盆地较早发现的一处旧石器时代遗址;2010年我们对遗址进行复查时又采集石制品14件,本文对两次采集的石制品进行了分析。石制品类型有石核、石片、砍砸器、手镐、刮削器、手斧和断块,其中砍砸器数量最多;原料来源于遗址附近第四级阶地的砾石层,有石英岩、硅质岩、石英、粉砂岩、细砂岩和角砾岩6种,以石英岩为主;石制品以大型和中型为主,也有一定数量的小型石制品;剥片和修理方法主要为锤击法。根据地貌和地层可以判断该遗址年代为中更新世早期。
The Gonglou Paleolithic site was discovered at Tianyang county, Guangxi in 1980s, and was surveyed again in 2010. It is located on the fourth terrace of the south of Youjiang River, and the geographical position is 23°45.568"N, 106°42.210"E. Altogather 102 stone artifacts were gathered on surface, including cores(n=4), flakes(n=22), choppers(n=47) , picks(n=21), scrapers(n=6) and handaxe(n= 1). Lithic raw materials exploited at the site were locally available from ancient riverbeds, and quartzite(43%), quartz (18%), silicalite(15%), siltstone(13%), fine sandstone(10%) and breccia(l%) were utilized in core reduction and tool manufacture. Blanks for tool fabrication are most cobbles. Most of the stone artifacts are large and middle in size; however, some cores, flakes, and scrapers are small. Tools are modified by direct hammer percussion. According to the comparison of Geomorphological with other sites of the Bose Basin, we suggest that this site should be close to the early Middle Pleistocene.