ESR dating of the Majuangou and Banshan Paleolithic sites in the Nihewan Basin, North China

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-63

  Liu, Chun Ru ^a   Yin, Gong Ming ^a   Deng, Cheng Long ^b   Han, Fei ^a   Song, Wei Juan ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Early human occupation; Northeast Asia; Northern latitudes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LATITUDE; PALEOLITHIC;

CHINA; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN; NORTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; CHINA; CHRONOLOGY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HOMINID;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHINA; CHRONOLOGY AS TOPIC; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 84905743846     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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