The spatiotemporal pattern of the Majiayao cultural evolution and its relation to climate change and variety of subsistence strategy during late Neolithic period in Gansu and Qinghai Provinces, northwest China

Quaternary International

Volumn 316, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-161

  Dong, Guanghui ^a   Wang, Lin ^b   Cui, Yifu ^a   Elston, Robert ^c   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GIS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTING; MATERIAL CULTURE; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBSISTENCE;

CHINA; GANSU; QINGHAI;

EID: 84887407415     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.038     Document Type: Article

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