Rocks and a charred place
A polished stone implement unearthed from the Zhaoguodong cave site in Guian New Area, Guizhou province. Archaeologists are using sophisticated tools and evidence of fire to study the history of human settlement at the Zhaoguodong relics site in Guizhou, Wang Kaihao reports. Stepping down the ladders and along the platforms in the cave, located in Guian New Area, not far from Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province, Zhang and his team members can review tens of thousands of years in one glance, but it may take years to decode the abundant hidden information in detail. Rich findings of stone relics in the cave, including one of the earliest polished stone implements in China, dating back 12,000 years, as well as over 300 tools made of bones and antlers - the biggest reservoir of such items discovered in any of the country's prehistoric caves to date - further consolidate the extraordinary status of Zhaoguodong.
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