Use-wear analysis confirms the use of Palaeolithic bone tools by the Lingjing Xuchang early human

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2282-2289

  Li, Zhan Yang ^a,d   Shen, Chen ^b,c,d  

^a Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bone tools; Lingjing site; replica experiment; use wear analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77955297629     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3089-4     Document Type: Article

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