International Symposium on Paleoanthropology in Commemoration of
the 80th Anniversary of the Discovery of the First Skull of Peking Man and
The First Conference on Quaternary Research of Asia
Beijing, October 19-23, 2009
FIRST CIRCULAR

Dear colleagues,
In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the discovery of the first skull of
Peking Man, the International Symposium on Paleoanthropology and the First
Conference on Quaternary Research of Asia will be jointly held in Beijing, October
19-23, 2009. Special session “Suyanggae and Her Neighbors” and the Asian Paleolithic
Association’s annual meeting will be held during the symposium. The organizing
committee warmly invites colleagues and friends around the world to join the
symposium. The theme of the symposium is: Human Evolution in Asia andEnvironment Changes. Both oral and poster contributions are welcome. Scientificsessions on the following topics will be organized:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

New discoveries of hominid fossil and Paleolithic sites
Origin and evolution of humans in Asia
Migration and cultural interactions between east and west in Pleistocene
Interaction between geological environmental changes and human activities
The 80th Anniversary celebration of the foundation of the IVPP

Persons interested in attending the symposium are kindly asked to fill in the FIRSTCIRCULAR REPLY form and return it before Jan.31, 2009 to the secretariat via email(kjc@ivpp.ac.cn), fax (+86-10-68337001) or normal mailing address:
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Xiwai Street 142, Beijing 100044, China
Sponsors:
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences
Chinese Association for Quaternary ResearchInstitute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Organizing Committee:
Chairman: Ding Zhongli
Vice Chairmen: Wu Xinzhi, Liu Jiaqi, Zhu Rixiang, Gao Xing
Members: Chai Yucheng, Ding Zhongli, Fu Bojie, Gao Xing, Guo Zhengtang，
Han Jiamao，Hou Yamei，Jin Changzhu，Liu Jiaqi，Liu Wu，Wu Xinzhi，Xiao Jule，
Wang Youping，Yao Yupeng，Zhou Liping，Zhou Shaoping，Zhu Rixiang，A.

Derevianko， H. Kumai，Y. Lavrushin，Y. J. Lee，K. Okumura，Y.A. Park，Y. Saito，
A.K. Singhvi，I. Takashi，A. Velichko，K.Y. Wei
Secretariat: Xiao Jule，Zhang Yi，Cui Ning，Che Jianguo
Arrangements of the Symposium
1. Schedule
October 19, 2009:
October 20, 2009:
October 21, 2009:
October 22, 2009:
October 23, 2009:

Registration, Xiyuan Hotel, Beijing
Opening ceremony and scientific sessions
Scientific sessions
Mid-Excursion (Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site)
Scientific session and closing ceremony

2. Accommodation
The symposium will be held at Xiyuan Hotel which is close to the IVPP. The priceat Xiyuan Hotel is estimated to be about $ 40 per day for single and about $70 for
double (standard) room in the wing building and about $ 100 in the main building.
3. Registration
Registration fee will be $400 for formal participants, $250 for students andaccompanying persons. The registration fee will cover the symposium documents,
meals and mid-excursion.
4. Post-symposium excursion
We are planning to arrange two post-symposium excursions that are still underconsideration. The tentatively excursion routes are as follows:
Route 1 (about 3 days): Nihewan Paleolithic Site (Yangyuan county, Hebei), Xujiaoyao
Paleolithic Site (Yanggao county, Datong, Shanxi), the Huayan Monastery of
Datong and the world cultural heritage-Yungang Grottoes (Datong, Shanxi).
Route 2 (about 4-5 days): Guangxi Bose Basin Paleolithic sites, the karst landform and
Detian waterfall near the China-Vietnam border.
The post-symposium excursions will be decided in the second circular according to
the responses, so we welcome any comments and suggestions for our proposedarrangements.
5. Call for Abstracts
All prospective participants are asked to submit an abstract in English (within 1 A4page) no later than July 1, 2009. The abstract should include: title, authors’ names(capitalized family names), their institutions and addresses, and main-body of abstracts(see example below). The abstract should be submitted 1.5 spaced in 11-point, Times New
Roman font, with 2.5 cm margins top, left and right, 2.0 cm bottom margin. Family names ofthe authors should be in capitals. The email of the corresponding author must be included on
the abstract. Figures are not permitted. The abstract should be created in, or converted to,
Microsoft Word 2000 or 2003.
Preliminary Report on the Excavations of Shuidonggou Localities 3,4,5 in Ningxia
2
1
WANG Huimin1, PEI Shuwen , MA Xiaoling , FENG Xingwu2
1. Institute of Archeology of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750001;
2. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100044
hmwang@gmail.com

The Localities 3, 4 and 5, which distributed in the southwest margin of the Shuidonggoubasin, are the important localities of Shuidonggou site. These localities were not formally
excavated since discovered in 1923. The three localities were excavated from August to October
2004, as a salvage archeological project due to the construction of the diversion channel of
Ningdong Heavy Chemical Base. The excavations exposed an area of about 80 m2. More thanthousand of stone artifacts and ostrich egg fragments were excavated and collected from thethree localities.
The upper cultural layer and surface lithic assemblage: a total of 928 pieces (479 fromsurface and 347 from layer ① of locality 4; 102 from upper layer and surface of localities 3,5)of stone artifacts were excavated and collected from the localities 3,4,and 5. More than 30% of
blade and high percent of chert as the raw material is the main character. Preliminary analysis ofretouched tools and technique as well as the stage of fossilization of ostrich egg fragments andextinction age of the ostrich in the region indicate that the lithic assemblage stage of localities
3,4 and 5 can be put to the end Upper Paleolithic to early Lower Neolithic of China.
The lower cultural layer lithic assemblage: about 85 pieces of stone artifacts wereexcavated from the layer ⑥ of the three localities, which seems more primitive in the culturalfeature than the upper cultural layer by analyzing the type, morphology and technique of thestone artifacts. About 61.5% of the raw materials were dolomite, which shows similar to the
Shuidonggou cultural of Upper Paleolithic in North China. Cores, flakes, blade and biface
retouched tools are the main classes without typical microlith and levallois-style cores. The
principal technique is direct hammer percussion with commonly core preparation, which the
bipolar and soft-hammer percussion are seldom flaking technique.

FIRST CIRCULAR REPLY FORM

Family Name:

Given Name:

Gender:Country:
Title:

Institution:_________________________________________________

Mailing Address:________________________________________________
Telephone:_________________ Fax: _______________ Email:__________
Please insert YES or NO before:
I want to receive the Second Circular
I plan to attend the symposium
I plan to give an oral presentation(Provide the title of the presentation here, if possible)
I plan to give a poster presentation
I plan to go to post-symposium excursion ONE
I plan to go to post-symposium excursion TWO
Suggestions: