Dating Shuidonggou and the Upper Palaeolithic blade industry in North China

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 290, 2001, Pages 706-716

  Madsen, David B ^a   Li, Jingzen ^b   Brantingham, P Jeffrey ^c   Gao, Xing ^d   Elston, Robert G ^e   Bettinger, Robert L ^f  

^a UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Ningxia Archaeological Association   (China)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^e University of California ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Lithic technology; Microlithic; Shuidonggou; Upper palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC;

CHINA; NINGXIA PROVINCE; SHINDONGGOU;

EID: 0035667279     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00089213     Document Type: Article

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