Three expansions of prehistoric humans towards northeast margin of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and environmental change

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-72

  Hou, Guangliang ^a   Xu, Changjun ^b   Fan, Qishun ^c  

^a QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Basic Geography Information Center of Qinghai Province   (China)

^c QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Prehistoric human; Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PLATEAU; PREHISTORIC; SOCIAL CHANGE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77953917916     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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