Settlement patterns reflected in assemblages from the Pleistocene/Holocene transition of North Central China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-231

  Madsen, David B ^a   Elston, Robert G ^b   Bettinger, Robert L ^c   Xu, Cheng ^d   Zhong, Kan ^e  

^a UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Intermountain Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ningxia Archaeo Research Institute   (China)

^e Ningxia Cultural Relics Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural origins; Hunter gatherers; Late palaeolithic; Microlithic; Neolithic; North China; Settlement variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ORIGIN; AGRICULTURE; HUNTER GATHERER; HUNTER/GATHERER; PLEISTOCENE/HOLOCENE TRANSITION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; TOOL ASSEMBLAGE;

CHINA, INNER MONGOLIA; CHINA, NEI MONGOL; CHINA, NINGXIA HUI;

EID: 0029750028     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0019     Document Type: Article

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