ANIMAL BONES FROM TANSHISHAN NEOLITHIC SITE, MINHOU, FUJIAN

Chi Kuo-chin Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Academia Sinica  

Animal bones described in this paper were collected from Tanshishan Neolithic Site,Minhou, Fujian in 1964--1965. In addition to mammals, there are a lot of shells of Mollusca and a few bones ofFish and Reptile in these materials. The mammalian bones represent the followinganimals: Canis familiaris L. Ursus arctos L. Felis tigris L. Elephas maximus L. Sus domesticus Brisson Cervus nippon Temminck Rusa unicolor Keer Bovinae indet. Gill According to the relation with human being, they may be divided into two groups:one is the domestic animal (such as dog and pig), another is the wild animal (such astiger, bear, deer, elephant etc.). The latter is the object hunted by haman being orthe occasional visiter of the village. We may acquaint the natural surroundings about Tanshishan and the lives ofTanshishan Man at that time from discussion and analysis to above the mentionedanimal bones. Tanshishan was situated on the sea shore and near by the mountains. The climatewas warm and wet. The trees and grasses were flourshing. Tanshishan Man was collect-ing the shells, catching the fishes and the turtles in the water, planting the crops) huntingthe deers. They were wodring, fighting, and populating on this fertile ground andestablishing copious Tanshishan culture.

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