Raw material selection and evidence for rhinoceros tooth tools at Dadong Cave, southern China

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 284, 2000, Pages 372-379

  Miller Antonio, S ^a   Schepartz, L A ^b   Bakken, D ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Dadong Cave; Palaeolithic; Rhinoceros; Tool kit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039337415     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00059457     Document Type: Article

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