Three scenarios of the middle to upper paleolithic transition: Scenario 2: The Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in continental East Asia

Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-27

  Derevianko, A P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

acculturation; adaptation; China; convergence; Korean Peninsula; Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960503208     PISSN: 15630110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeae.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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