Spatial analysis of intra-site use at a Late Paleolithic site at Shuidonggou, Northwest China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 3457-3463

  Guan, Ying ^a,b   Gao, Xing ^a   Wang, Hui Min ^c   Chen, Fu You ^a   Pei, Shu Wen ^a   Zhang, Xiao Ling ^a   Zhou, Zhen Yu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Institute of Archeology of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region   (China)

Author keywords

intra site study; Late Paleolithic; Shuidonggou; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 80355144497     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4682-x     Document Type: Article

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