Resource intensification in the Late Upper Paleolithic: a view from southern China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1027-1037

  Prendergast, Mary E ^a   Yuan, Jiarong ^b   Bar Yosef, Ofer ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

China; Grease; Hunting; Marrow; Taphonomy; Upper Paleolithic; Yuchanyan; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUNTING; MAMMAL; PALEOLITHIC; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 59349106127     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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