Lithic technological variability of the Middle Pleistocene in the Eastern Nihewan Basin, Northern China

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-301

  Shen, Chen ^a   Qi, Wei ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Core reduction; Lithic technology; Lower Paleolithic; Refitting; Use wear

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 11844278412     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2004.0029     Document Type: Article

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