Optically stimulated luminescence dating of cave deposits at the Xiaogushan prehistoric site, northeastern China

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 514-524

  Zhang, Jia Fu ^a   Huang, Wei Wen ^b   Yuan, Bao Yin ^c   Fu, Ren Yi ^d   Zhou, Li Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Middle and Upper Paleolithic; OSL dating; Radiocarbon dating; Xiaogushan cave

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAVE DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

CHINA;

EID: 77958163303     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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