Spatial and temporal variety of prehistoric human settlement and its influencing factors in the upper Yellow River valley, Qinghai Province, China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2538-2546

  Dong, Guanghui ^a   Jia, Xin ^a   Elston, Robert ^b   Chen, Fahu ^a   Li, Shuicheng ^c   Wang, Lin ^d   Cai, Linhai ^e   An, Chengbang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Archaeological investigation; Human settlement; Prehistoric period; Radiocarbon dating; Upper Yellow River valley

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; QINGHAI; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84875209704     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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