Environmental change since mid-Pleistocene re-corded in Shangshan achaeological site of Zhejiang

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-256

  Mao, Longjiang ^a   Mo, Duowen ^a   Jiang, Leping ^b   Jia, Yaofeng ^c   Liu, Xiaoyan ^d   Li, Minglin ^a   Zhou, Kunshu ^e   Shi, Chenxi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HENGYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Mid Pleistocene; Reticulate red clay; Shangshan culture; TL OSL dating; Zhejiang

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949242909     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-008-0247-6     Document Type: Article

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