On the pharyngeal tooth remains of crucian and common carp from the neolithic Tianluoshan site, Zhejiang Province, China, with remarks on the relationship between freshwater fishing and rice cultivation in the Neolithic Age

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-304

  Nakajima, T ^a,b   Nakajima, M ^b   Mizuno, T ^b   Sun, G P ^c   He, S P ^d   Liu, H Z ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b LAKE BIWA MUSEUM   (Japan)

^c Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Archaeology   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carp; China; Freshwater fishing; Neolithic Age; Origins of rice cultivation; Pharyngeal teeth; Tianluoshan site; Wetland utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861782628     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1206     Document Type: Article

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