New dates for the north China Mesolithic

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 274, 1997, Pages 985-993

  Elston, Robert G ^a   Xu, Cheng ^b   Madsen, David B ^c   Zhong, Kan ^d   Bettinger, Robert L ^e   Li, Jingzen ^f   Brantingham, Paul J ^g   Wang, Huiming ^b   Yu, Jun ^b  

^a Intermountain Research   (United States)

^b Ningxia Archaeological Association   (China)

^c UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Ningxia Museum   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Ningxia Cultural Relics Bureau   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOLOGY; CULTURAL HISTORY; DATING METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; MESOLITHIC;

CHINA, (NORTH);

EID: 0031404212     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00085872     Document Type: Article

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