Later hunter-gatherers in southern China, 18 000-3000 BC

Antiquity

Volumn 86, Issue 331, 2012, Pages 11-29

  Chi, Zhang ^a   Hung, Hsiao Chun ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early farmers; Hunter gatherers; Neolithic transition; Northern Vietnam; Rice cultivation; Southern China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857875343     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00062438     Document Type: Article

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