Guanyindong () or Guanyin Cave is a Palaeolithic cave site, discovered in 1964 by archaeologist

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in Qianxi County,

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

, China. During several archaeological excavations in the 1960s and 1970s, most of the material remains were gathered from the cave entrance. About one-third of the artifacts were extracted from the upper layer which is called "Layer 2" or "Group A" by archaeologist Prof. Li Yanxian, and the rest of them were conducted from the lower layers- "Layers 4–8" or "Group B". According to Associate Professor Bo Li, besides a number of non-Levallois flakes, archaeologists examined more than 2000 stone artifacts from Guanyindong and revealed proof of Levallois concepts on 45 samples (including cores, flakes and tools). It contains the earliest evidence of stone artefacts made using the

Levallois technique The Levallois technique () is a name given by archaeologists to a distinctive type of stone knapping developed around 250,000 to 300,000 years ago during the Middle Palaeolithic period. It is part of the Mousterian stone tool industry, and was u ...

in China. In November 2018, the discovery of these stones dated to approximately 170,000-80,000 years ago were announced by the

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. The site has been on the

List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Guizhou This list is of Major Sites Protected for their Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level in the Province of Guizhou, People's Republic of China. See also * Principles for the Conservation o ...

Qianxi Guanyin dong yizhi () since 2001.

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