The early appearance of Shuidonggou core-and-blade technology in north China: Implications for the spread of Anatomically Modern Humans in northeast Asia?

Quaternary International

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-28

  Madsen, David B ^a   Oviatt, Charles G ^b   Zhu, Yan ^c   Brantingham, P Jeffrey ^d   Elston, Robert G ^e   Chen, Fahu ^c   Bettinger, Robert L ^f   Rhode, David ^g  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate dating; Dispersal of modern humans in asia; Early upper paleolithic; Middle paleolithic to upper paleolithic transition; Shuidonggou

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923229215     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.03.051     Document Type: Article

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