TL Dating:Traces of Ancient Culture in Dongfang Square
ZHENG Gongwang, XIA Zhengkai, REN Xiusheng
(Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871)
Abstract:
Dongfang Square is situated in Wangfujin area of Beijing. Under the ground lever there is an upper sand layer of river at 10.5m and a lower sand layer of river at 12m. Some fossils, stone artifacts or ashes were found in the layers while digging bases for some buildings. The upper layer age is 15 to 19ka B.P. and the lower layer age is 22 to 26ka B.P. with thermoluminescence dating.
Key words:
Dongfang Square; archaeology; thermoluminescence dating
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