“LOESS” IN XUANCHENG PREFECTURE OF ANHUI PROVINCE AND PALAEOLITHIC CULTURE

In the Xuancheng prefecture of Anhui province,there are quite a few profiles composed of aeolian-dust accumulation,in which were buried palaeolithic stonewares.The profile located at Chenshan hill(30°52'32″N,118°51'58″E),Xuancheng prefecture,was accumulated since 81.7×10⁴aBP,and 8 cycles of wind dust accumulation-palaeosol development are found by an analysis of the susceptibility and grain size of samples continuously collected in the profile.The depositional environment of the aeolian-dust accumulation is similar to that of the loess accumulation in northern China.The palaeolithic stoneware from Chenshan profile as was shaped by simple chopper belongs to the southern culture system in the palaeolithic age,which was diferent from that north of the Qinling Mountain-system-Huaihe River in the stoneware assemblage.