Concentrations of "elemental carbon" in samples from the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the possibility of their application in the development of evidence for the use of fire by humans

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 612-616

  Shen, Chengde ^a   Yi, Weixi ^a   Yang, Ying ^a   Sun, Yanmin ^a   Jin, Changzhu ^a   Liu, Tungsheng ^a   Cai, Bingxi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Element carbon; Fire; Peking Man; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748688563     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0209     Document Type: Article

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