The Middle Pleistocene handaxe site of Shuangshu in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 391-409

  Li, Hao ^a   Li, Chao rong ^b   Kuman, Kathleen ^a   Cheng, Jie ^c   Yao, Hai tao ^d   Li, Zhao ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e Hainan Provincial Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Acheulean; Danjiangkou Reservoir Region; Handaxe; Large Cutting Tools; Middle Pleistocene; Reduction sequence; Small medium sized d bitage

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; HOMINID; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; QUARTZ; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TOOL USE;

CHINA; DANJIANGKOU RESERVOIR;

EID: 84907760147     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.08.033     Document Type: Article

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