Archaeological records of Dadiwan in the past 60 ka and the origin of millet agriculture

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1636-1642

  Zhang, Dong Ju ^a   Chen, Fa Hu ^a   Bettinger, R L ^b   Barton, L ^b   Ji, Du Xue ^a   Morgan, C ^c   Wang, Hui ^d   Cheng, Xiao Zhong ^e   Dong, Guang Hui ^a   Guilderson, T P ^f   Zhao, Hui ^g  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Gansu Province Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

^e Preservation Institute of Dadiwan   (China)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Dadiwan site; Hunting and gathering; Loess Paleosol stratigraphy; Millet agriculture origin; Stone tool technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953910981     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3097-4     Document Type: Article

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