山西、陕西两省,地处黄河中游,是中华民族古文化的发祥地之一。五十年代以来,接连发现古文化和古人类遗址,为我们研究两省旧石器时代初期石器文化,提供了较多的依据。截至目前为止,两省已发现的旧石器时代初期典型的遗址有四处,即山西芮城西侯度遗址、陕西蓝田公王岭蓝田猿人遗址和陈家窝遗址,以及山西芮城匼河遗址等。除陈家窝遗址未发现可资代表的文化遗物外,其余三处遗址都发现了大批属于旧石器时代初期的石器。其中,西侯度遗址还发现了烧骨和带有切痕的鹿角。 Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, is one of the cradles of ancient Chinese culture. Since the 1950s, successive discoveries of ancient cultures and ancient human sites have provided us with more basis for studying the stone culture of the early Paleolithic provinces in the two provinces. Up to now, the two provinces have found four typical sites in the early Paleolithic period, namely, Ruicheng Xihoudu Site in Shaanxi Province, Lantian ape Man Site in Gongwangling, Shaanxi Province, and Chenjiwo Site in Shanxi Province, and Ruhehe Site in Ruicheng, Shanxi Province. Except that no cultural relics were found on the site of Chen Jiawo, a large number of stone ware belonging to the early Paleolithic period were found in the remaining three sites. Among them, Xihoudu site also found a bone and cut antlers.