Chronology and subsistence strategy of Nuomuhong Culture in the Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary International

Volumn 426, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-49

  Dong, Guanghui ^a   Ren, Lele ^a   Jia, Xin ^a,b   Liu, Xinyi ^c   Dong, Simeng ^d   Li, Haiming ^a   Wang, Zhongxin ^e   Xiao, Yongming ^e   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SICHUAN COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Human settlement; Nuomuhong Culture; Qaidam Basin; Radiocarbon dating; Subsistence strategies

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CHRONOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS GRUNNIENS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; EQUIDAE; HORDEUM; OVIS ARIES; PANICUM MILIACEUM; SETARIA ITALICA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84959495710     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.02.031     Document Type: Article

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