Rethinking the "Acheulean" in East Asia: Evidence from recent investigations in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China

Quaternary International

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 163-175

  Li, Hao ^a   Li, Chao rong ^b   Kuman, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acheulean; Danjiangkou reservoir region; East asia; Middle pleistocene; Movius line; Techno economic behaviours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923264452     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.03.059     Document Type: Article

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