Epipaleolithic/early Neolithic settlements at Qinghai Lake, western China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 600-612

  Rhode, David ^a   Haiying, Zhang ^b   Madsen, David B ^c   Xing, Gao ^d   Jeffrey Brantingham, P ^e   Haizhou, Ma ^f   Olsen, John W ^g  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epipaleolithic; Forager farmer interactions; Neolithic; Tibetan Plateau; Western China

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PASTORALISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER;

CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33845504075     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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