Paleolithic archaeology in China

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 319-335

  Bar Yosef, Ofer ^a   Wang, Youping ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acheulian; microblades; Pleistocene; pottery; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ARCHAEOLOGY; COGNITION; CULTURAL RELATIONS; PALEOLITHIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHINA;

EID: 84870519017     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-092611-145832     Document Type: Article

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