The earliest writing? Sign use in the seventh millennium BC at Jiahu, Henan Province, China

Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 295, 2003, Pages 31-44

  Li, Xueqin ^a   Harbottle, Garman ^b   Zhang, Juzhong ^a   Wang, Changsui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Burials; China; Neolithic; Writing

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE; NEOLITHIC;

EID: 0037368473     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00061329     Document Type: Article

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