Fusu Cave Site

Fusu Cave Site

The Fusu Cave Site is a cultural relic protection unit of Jilin Province.

Fusu Cave Site

Batch and announcement date: Fifth batch, February 26, 1999

Address: Malugou, Songjiao Township, Fusong County

Era: Paleolithic Age

Category: Ancient site

Managing authority: Fusong County Cultural Relics Management Office

Is it open to the public: No

Located in a cave on the left side of the road from Fusong County to Songjianghe Town, this is a cultural remnant from the late Paleolithic Age, dating back approximately over 10,000 years. In 1999, it was designated as a cultural relics protection unit by the People’s Government of Jilin Province. In 1992, when Fusong County built a temple in front of the cave to develop tourism, the silt inside the cave was cleared. During the silt removal, fossils of mammals such as hyenas, wild boars, and deer were discovered, along with some chipped stone tools. The types of stone tools include scrapers and choppers; the stones used are quartz porphyry and basalt, among others; the flaking technique employed was the hammering method; the sizes of the tools range from as large as 16.1 cm to as small as 12.3 cm. These are rarely seen large stone implements among the more than 20 late Paleolithic sites in Northeast China.