List of Paleolithic sites in China

This is a list of Paleolithic sites in China. They are sorted in chronological order from the earliest founding to the latest:

Yuchanyan

Map of China showing sites of Paleolithic China (clickable map)

The Stone Age
↑ before Homo (Pliocene)
Paleolithic Lower Paleolithic Early Stone Age Homo Control of fire Stone tools Middle Paleolithic Middle Stone Age Homo neanderthalensis Homo sapiens Recent African origin of modern humans Upper Paleolithic Later Stone Age Behavioral modernity, Atlatl, Origin of the domestic dog Epipalaeolithic Mesolithic Microliths, Bow and arrows, Canoe Natufian Khiamian Tahunian Heavy Neolithic Shepherd Neolithic Trihedral Neolithic Pre-Pottery Neolithic Neolithic Neolithic Revolution, Domestication Pottery Neolithic Pottery
↓ Chalcolithic

The list

English name	Chinese name	Modern-day location
Shangchen	上陈（上陳）	Lantian County, Shaanxi
Bose Basin		Guangxi of southern China
He County	和县（和縣）	Anhui
Xihoudu	西侯渡	Shanxi
Yuanmou County	元谋县	Yunnan
Xiaochangliang	小长梁（小長梁）	Nihewan Basin in Yangyuan County, Hebei
Zhoukoudian	周口店	Beijing
Yuchanyan Cave	玉蟾岩遗址	Dao County, Hunan
Xianren Cave	仙人洞	Dayuan Village, Wannian County, Jiangxi
Damaidi	大麦地（大麥地）	Small village in Zhongwei, Ningxia, set amid the Weining Mountains on the north bend of the Yellow River
Guanyindong[1]	黔西观音洞遗址	Qianxi in the Chinese Province of Guizhou.

Prehistoric cultures of China
Paleolithic Neolithic Bronze Age
Northeastern China	Xinglongwa Xinglonggou Zhaobaogou Hongshan Niuheliang Xiaoheyan Lower Xiajiadian Laohushan Xinle Xituanshan Upper Xiajiadian Liaoning bronze dagger culture
Upper Yellow River	Dadiwan Yangshao Xishuipo Majiayao Banshan Qijia Lajia Zhukaigou Siwa Xindiang
Middle Yellow River	(Nanzhuangtou) Cishan Peiligang Jiahu Dadiwan Yangshao Banpo Jiangzhai Yangguanzhai Longshan Taosi
Lower Yellow River	Houli Beixin Dawenkou Longshan Chengziya Yueshi
Middle and Upper Yangtze	Pengtoushan Bashidang Chengbeixi Daxi Tangjiagang Qujialing Shijiahe Baodun Sanxingdui
Lower Yangtze and Huai	Hemudu Majiabang Songze Lingjiatan Liangzhu Guangfulin Maqiao
Southern China	Zengpiyan Shixia Wucheng Dayangzhou
Tibet	Karuo Qugong
Xinjiang	Xiaohe Tarim Basin
Taiwan	Dabenkeng Beinan
Liao civilization Yellow River civilization Yangtze civilization
History Archaeology History

Prehistoric Asia
Paleolithic	Homo erectus georgicus Japanese Paleolithic Java Man List of Paleolithic sites in China Paleolithic Mesopotamia Natufian culture Peking Man Riwat Soanian Sangiran South Asian Stone Age Ubeidiya Xiaochangliang
Neolithic	Fertile Crescent Early Neolithic settlements Khiamian culture Trialetian culture Nemrikian culture Zarzian culture Neolithic China Neolithic Tibet Neolithic Korea Neolithic Revolution Neolithic South Asia Ohalo Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (Mesopotamia) Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (Mesopotamia)
Chalcolithic	Daimabad Halaf culture Uruk period
Bronze Age	Andronovo culture Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex Bronze Age Anatolia Bronze Age Caucasus Bronze Age China Bronze Age India Bronze Age Korea Bronze Age Levant List of Bronze Age sites in China Seima-Turbino phenomenon
Archaeological periods Time periods

Hu, Yue; Marwick, Ben; Zhang, Jia-Fu; Rui, Xue; Hou, Ya-Mei; Yue, Jian-Ping; Chen, Wen-Rong; Huang, Wei-Wen; Li, Bo (2018-11-19). "Late Middle Pleistocene Levallois stone-tool technology in southwest China". Nature. 565 (7737): 82–85. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0710-1. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 30455423.

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