The Chinese Upper Paleolithic: Geography, Chronology, and Techno-typology

Journal of Archaeological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-73

  Qu, Tongli ^a   Bar Yosef, Ofer ^b   Wang, Youping ^a   Wu, Xiaohong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Techno typology; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL HISTORY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOMINID; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLITHIC; RESEARCH WORK; TOOL USE;

CHINA;

EID: 84873307815     PISSN: 10590161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10814-012-9059-4     Document Type: Article

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