Migration patterns of Neolithic settlements on the abandoned Yellow and Yangtze River deltas of China

Quaternary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-314

  Chen, Zhongyuan ^a   Zong, Yongqiang ^b   Wang, Zhanghua ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Chen, Jing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandoned Yellow River delta; Cultural development; East China; Neolithic settlements; Sea level change; Yangtze River delta

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; MIGRATION ROUTE; NEOLITHIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; TRANSGRESSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG; TAIHU LAKE; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

EID: 50649103700     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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