Luminescence and radiocarbon chronologies for the Xindian Culture site of Lamafeng in the Guanting Basin on the NE edge of the Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 394-398

  Hou, GuangLiang ^a,b   Lai, ZhongPing ^b,c   Sun, YongJuan ^c,d   Ye, MaoLin ^e  

^a QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Lajia and Lamafeng archaeological sites; NE Tibetan Plateau; OSL dating; Qijia and Xindian Cultures; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NATURAL DISASTER; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETON;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84863775576     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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