Concentrations of "elemental carbon" in samples from the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the possibility of their application in the development of evidence for the use of fire by humans

doi:10.1360/03wd0209

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	Concentrations of "elemental carbon" in samples from the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the possibility of their application in the development of evidence for the use of fire by humans
	Shen, CD; Yi, WX; Yang, Y; Sun, YM; Jin, CZ; Liu, TS; Cai, BX
	2004-03
发表期刊	CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
卷号	49 期号:6 页码:612-616
文章类型	Article
摘要	Elemental carbon (EC) is a C-rich, O-H-S-N-depleted substance that is necessarily produced in the process of combustion. Due to the long-term use of fire by cave-inhabiting ape-men, considerable amounts of "elemental carbon" would be necessarily left behind in the corresponding strata inside the cave. The separation of EC was effected by the chemical method and the contents of carbon were determined on an element analyzer and a self-made measuring system. The concentrations of EC in the hearth, the exhibited ash samples collected from near the hearth unearthed in the 1930s, and the three samples of accumulated material collected from the tenth bed are 43.74%, 1.77%, 3.88%, 1.87% and 1.11%, respectively; those of the equivalent samples from the tenth bed outside the cave and samples from the fourth and seventh beds are at least one order of magnitude lower than the former's. The above results show that the sampling location of the tenth bed may be close to the hearth. Sampling over a wider range may lead to the finding of a location where the concentrations of EC are corresponding to the maximum values of EC in the hearth. The determination and study of EC may provide new evidence for the use of fire by Peking Man.
关键词	Zhoukoudian Peking man fire element carbon
学科领域	Science & Technology - Other Topics
DOI	10.1360/03wd0209
收录类别	SCI ; SCIE
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000220723800015
出版者	SCIENCE CHINA PRESS
引用统计	被引频次：6[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/12080
专题	黄土与第四纪地质国家重点实验室（1985-2004）
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shen, CD,Yi, WX,Yang, Y,et al. Concentrations of "elemental carbon" in samples from the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the possibility of their application in the development of evidence for the use of fire by humans[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2004,49(6):612-616.
APA	Shen, CD.,Yi, WX.,Yang, Y.,Sun, YM.,Jin, CZ.,...&Cai, BX.(2004).Concentrations of "elemental carbon" in samples from the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the possibility of their application in the development of evidence for the use of fire by humans.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,49(6),612-616.
MLA	Shen, CD,et al."Concentrations of "elemental carbon" in samples from the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the possibility of their application in the development of evidence for the use of fire by humans".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 49.6(2004):612-616.