The use of fire at Zhoukoudian: evidence from magnetic susceptibility and color measurements
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- 作者：Yan Zhang (1) (2)
Zhengtang Guo (1)
Chenglong Deng (3)
Shuangquan Zhang (4)
Haibin Wu (1)
Chunxia Zhang (1)
Junyi Ge (4)
Deai Zhao (5)
Qin Li (1) (2)
Yang Song (1) (2)
Rixiang Zhu (3) - 关键词：Zhoukoudian ; Use of fire ; Magnetic susceptibility ; Redness ; Rock magnetism
- 刊名：Chinese Science Bulletin
- 出版年：2014
- 出版时间：April 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：59
- 期：10
- 页码：1013-1020
- 全文大小：1,079 KB
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Zhengtang Guo (1)
Chenglong Deng (3)
Shuangquan Zhang (4)
Haibin Wu (1)
Chunxia Zhang (1)
Junyi Ge (4)
Deai Zhao (5)
Qin Li (1) (2)
Yang Song (1) (2)
Rixiang Zhu (3)
1. Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
4. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
5. Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China - ISSN：1861-9541
文摘
In order to provide direct evidence for the use of fire by humans at Locality 1, Zhoukoudian, we examine the burnt and unburnt sediments of newly excavated area in Layer 4 by detailed measurements of magnetic susceptibility, color, and diffuse reflectance spectrum. Results show that the magnetic susceptibility and redness of the burnt sediments are remarkably higher than those of other areas on the same level: up to ~22 times for magnetic susceptibility and ~3 times for redness of those of the adjacent unburnt sediments. Fine-grained (superparamagnetic/stable single-domain) magnetite and hematite grains make dominant contributions to the distinctly high values of magnetic susceptibility and redness in the burnt sediments. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy results show that the burnt sediments contain more hematite than those of other areas and localities 2 and 3. High-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements demonstrate that the burnt sediments have been heated above 700?°C. Those changes in low-frequency magnetic susceptibility and redness are impossibly resulted from natural fires, thus most likely signaling the human activities of controlled use of fire. However, further work is needed to confirm whether or not these heat-affected sediments were produced in situ.