Prehistorical cultural transition forced by environmental change in mid-holocene in Gansu-Qinghai Region

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Hou, Guangliang ^a,b   Liu, Fenggui ^a,b   Liu, Cuihua ^a   Fang, Xiuqi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental evolution; Gansu Qinghai Region; Holocene; Paleoculture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CULTURAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PALYNOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; QINGHAI;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 65749097047     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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