Were bamboo tools made in prehistoric Southeast Asia? An experimental view from South China

Quaternary International

Volumn 269, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-21

  Bar Yosef, Ofer ^a   Eren, Metin I ^b   Yuan, Jiarong ^c   Cohen, David J ^d   Li, Yiyuan ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hunan Provincial Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics   (China)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; HOMINID; INNOVATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TOOL USE;

CHINA;

EID: 84863880108     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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