The earliest well-dated archeological site in the hyper-arid Tarim Basin and its implications for prehistoric human migration and climatic change

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-72

  Han, WenXia ^a,b,d   Yu, LuPeng ^b,c,d   Lai, ZhongPing ^a,b,d   Madsen, David ^e   Yang, Shengli ^f  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Qinghai Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Archeological site; Prehistoric human migration; Silk Road through the Taklimakan Desert; Tarim Basin; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ROADS AND STREETS; SILK;

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES; HUMAN MIGRATION; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; TARIM BASIN; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

RIVERS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MIGRATION; PREHISTORIC;

CHINA; KERIYA RIVER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84904046595     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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