超过 1 万骨头碎片从 Lingjing 地点被恢复,河南省省,在 2005 和 2006 期间。动物区系的遗体的 taphonomic 分析强烈显示 hominids 在集合的累积和修正有一个主导的角色。基于 taphonomic 和动物遗体的 zooarcheological 特征,并且在本地生态学上,包括种类丰富,死亡模式,骨胳的元素侧面,和骨头表面修正,我们建议 Lingjing 地点为早人是一个中间的旧石器时代的杀死肉食店地点而非本垒。大量石头人工制品的存在可以因此意味着在早人的组的生存策略计划和远视眼的一种强壮的感觉。Lingjing 地点是在诺思中国知道的一会儿唯一的识别 taphonomically 的、中间的旧石器时代的杀死肉食店地点。
More than ten thousand bone fragments were recovered from the Lingjing site, Henan Province, during 2005 and 2006. A taphonomic analysis of the faunal remains strongly indicates that hominids have a dominant role in the accumulation and modification of the assemblage. Based on the taphonomic and zooarcheological characteristics of the animal remains, including species richness, mortality patterns, skeletal element profiles, and bone surface-modifications, and on the local ecology, we suggest that the Lingjing site is a Middle Paleolithic kill-butchery site rather than a home base for early humans. The presence of large numbers of stone artifacts may therefore signify a strong sense of planning and farsightedness in the subsistence strategies of early human groups. The Lingjing site is presently the only taphonomically-identified, Middle Paleolithic kill-butchery site known in North China.