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Residue Analysis of Stone Artifacts from the Wenquan Paleolithic Site Reveals Early Exploitation of Wild Cereals and Food Processing Functions ofAcheulean Tools in Northern China (70,000–40,000 BP)

2026-03-12

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> The Wenquan Site is located in Wenquan Town, Ruzhou City, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, China. It is a Paleolithic site dating from approximately 70,000 to 40,000 years ago, and the unearthed stone tools exhibit distinct Acheulean technical features, including handaxes, cleavers, and scrapers. This study conducted residue analysis on 11 typical artifacts from the Wenquan Site to...

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Literature Corpus work: e28826cb-50b5-5922-8971-ce2c3a90d8df
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9007914/v1

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