How old are the Bose (Baise) Basin (Guangxi, southern China) bifaces? The Australasian tektites question revisited

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-174

  Wang, Wei ^a   Bae, Christopher J ^b  

^a Guangxi Museum of Nationalities   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ARCHEOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CHINA; DEVICE MATERIAL; PROCEDURES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; AUSTRALASIA; CHINA; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; METEOROIDS; MINERALS;

EID: 84923348955     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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