Late Pleistocene intensification technologies in Northern China

Quaternary International

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-415

  Elston, Robert G ^a   Guanghui, Dong ^b   Dongju, Zhang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; HUNTING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

CHINA;

EID: 80052414482     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.02.045     Document Type: Article

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