Glacial cycles and Palaeolithic adaptive variability on China's Western Loess Plateau

Antiquity

Volumn 85, Issue 328, 2011, Pages 365-379

  Morgan, Christopher ^a   Barton, Loukas ^b   Bettinger, Robert ^c   Chen, Fahu ^d   Dongju, Zhang ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate; LGM; Lithics; MIS3

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957665825     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00067818     Document Type: Article

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