国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
『東洋文庫所蔵』貴重書デジタルアーカイブ

used for mealing some edible seeds. In the main the people here had probably to rely
on hunting for their living.
There are a few differences between the Singer material and that which I know
from Mongolia, but there are more analogies, and the composition of artifacts is
the same in the Singer site and in the Mongolian sites. It therefore seems appropri-
ate to characterize them as belonging to the same cultural complex, i. e. the Gobi
culture or the Mongolian-Manchurian late neolithic.

LIST OF ANTIQUITIES

Ch'ai-o-p'u.

K. 13330: 1-2. Two cores of grey flint. —: 1 is
oval in section and neatly point-
ed. L. 38 and 29 mm.

K. 13330: 3. Core of leparite(?) one side un-
touched, the convex edge forming
a scraper. L. 30 mm.

K. 13330: 4-5. Two small, almost cylindrical
cores of agate and leparite(?). L.
20 mm.

K. 13330: 6. Small flint flake.

K. 13330: 7. Small oval flint flake.

K. 13330: 8. Flake of chalcedony with retouch-
ed edges.

K. 13330: 9. Small scraper of green flint.

K. 13330: 10. Sherd of greenish-grey flint.

Singer.

K. 13332: 1. Small potsherd of brownish ware
with a straight, incised line.

K. 13332: 2-3. Two small potsherds of fairly
large vessels of rather thin brown-
ish ware.

K. 13332: 4. Forty-nine potsherds of brownish
or reddish ware.

K. 13332: 5-15. Eleven cores of flint, agate and
felsite.

K. 13332: 16. Eight fragm. of flint cores of
various sizes.

K. 13332: 17-18. Two roughed-out cores of agate
and felsite.

K. 13332: 19. 275 fine small flakes of flint, agate
etc.

K. 13332: 20. 47 small flakes with retouched
edges.

K. 13332: 21. Small narrow flint flake, but
rather thick, and with one edge
retouched.

K. 13332: 22. Flint piercer made of small flake.
Rather blunt point. L. 33 mm. Pl.
4: 1.

K. 13332: 23-24. Two flint piercers with broken
points. Same type as —: 22.

K. 13332: 25-26. Two flint piercers, willowleaf-
shaped like arrow-points. L. 20
and 30 mm.

K. 13332: 27-34. Eight awls or piercers of flint
and agate. Of slightly different
type. —: 29 Pl. 4: 3, —: 34 Pl. 4: 2.

K. 13332: 35. Small flint flake with one edge
retouched and the median ridge
chipped on one side.

K. 13332: 36. Fourteen small flint flakes with
the more or less high median ridge
chipped on one or both sides.

K. 13332: 37. Curved flint flake with the high
median ridge chipped on one side.

K. 13332: 38-41. Four very slender, willowleaf-
shaped arrow-points of phtanite
and flint. Perfectly finished. —: 41 is made from
a small flake. L. 49—34 mm. Br. 13—7 mm. Pl.
3: 1—4.

K. 13332: 42-47. Six leaf-shaped arrow-points of
flint and quartzite. Shorter than
the previous ones. L. 39—25 mm. Br. 13—11 mm.
Pl. 3: 5—10.

K. 13332: 48. Very thin leaf-shaped arrow-point
of grey flint. 19×9 mm. Pl. 3: 11.

K. 13332: 49. Leaf-shaped arrow-point of flint,
coarsely made. 38×20 mm. Pl.
3: 12.

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