caa a22 4500 445299711 CHVBK 20180317142553.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11430-010-4019-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11430-010-4019-7 Microwear analysis of a bone-handled microblade excavated at Shangzhai site in Beijing: Evidences from ESEM [Elektronische Daten] [TianXing Cui, Qin Yang, JinCheng Yu, ShuangLin Zhou, ChaoHong Zhao] The conventional wisdom has been challenged recently that microblades with handles are only tools for hunting and gathering in the Neolithic Age. Some scholars argued that microblades actually played an important part in the early agricultural development in the Neolithic. However, both of these opinions lacked direct evidence. Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) is used to analyze the residues of the bone-handled microblade excavated at the Shangzhai site in Pinggu, Beijing. The ESEM observation and EDX analysis show that at the edge of this bone-handled microblade are Ca, P, C, O or C, N, O, etc, which provide direct evidence for determining its function, namely that this microblade may have been dealt with animals. In addition, there was a layer of glue at the back of the microblade with barium and zinc salt distributed evenly in it, this new discovery sheds new light on adhesive technology in ancient China. Science China Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010 the Shangzhai culture nationallicence bone-handled microblade nationallicence microwear analysis nationallicence ESEM nationallicence EDX nationallicence Cui TianXing School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China aut Yang Qin School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China aut Yu JinCheng Beijing Institute of Cultural Relics, 100009, Beijing, China aut Zhou ShuangLin School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China aut Zhao ChaoHong School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China aut Science China Earth Sciences SP Science China Press 53/9(2010-09-01), 1335-1342 1674-7313 53:9<1335 2010 53 11430 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-4019-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-4019-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cui TianXing School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang Qin School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yu JinCheng Beijing Institute of Cultural Relics, 100009, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhou ShuangLin School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhao ChaoHong School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science China Earth Sciences SP Science China Press 53/9(2010-09-01), 1335-1342 1674-7313 53:9<1335 2010 53 11430 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer