List of Figures and Graphs

Figure 1: Geographic region of Xuejiagang culture

Figure 2: The stone knives of Xuejiagang culture

Figure 3: The Yue axes of Xuejiagang culture

Figure 4: The adzes of Xuejiagang culture

Figure 5: Geology of the mid- and lower reaches of the Yangze River

Figure 6: Microscope images

Graph 1: Raw material utilisation of funerary stone implements from the site of Xuejiagang in the early period

Graph 2: Raw material utilisation of funerary stone implements from the site of Gushan in the early period

Graph 3: Raw material utilisation of funerary stone implements from the site of Gushan in the later period

Graph 4: Raw material utilisation of funerary stone implements from the site of Xuejiagang in the later period

Graph 5: Raw material utilisation of stone tools from life deposit of the site of Xuejiagang in the later period