The Palaeolithic in Southern China

dc.contributor.author Olsen, John W. en_US
dc.contributor.author Miller-Antonio, Sari en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2010-08-04T19:42:28Z
dc.date.available 2010-08-04T19:42:28Z
dc.date.issued 1992 en_US
dc.description.abstract Palaeolithic sites discovered in southern China in the last 20 years document the human occupation of this region through the Pleistocene. Tool inventories from localities south of33°N latitude and east of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau have greatly expanded the range of variability in the Palaeolithic of this region. Bone artifacts and stone spheroids, once thought to be confined to northern Chinese Palaeolithic industries, have been recovered from South China sites as well. We see not only the persistence of the chopper/chopping tool tradition from the earliest Palaeolithic assemblages through to terminal Pleistocene sites but also the presence of assemblages dominated by smaller flaked implements, emphasizing the problems involved in equating hominid type and technology. Natural site formation processes affecting assemblage composition are a priority for future archaeological investigations. KEYWORDS: South China, Pleistocene, Palaeolithic, hominid, geoarchaeology. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Olsen, J. W., and S. Miller-Antonio. 1992. The Palaeolithic in Southern China. Asian Perspectives 31 (2): 129-60. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1535-8283 (E-ISSN) en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0066-8435 (Print) en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/17011
dc.publisher University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu) en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Volume 31 en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Number 2 en_US
dc.subject South China en_US
dc.subject Pleistocene en_US
dc.subject Palaeolithic en_US
dc.subject hominid en_US
dc.subject geoarchaeology en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Prehistoric peoples--Asia--Periodicals. en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Prehistoric peoples--Oceania--Periodicals. en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals. en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Oceania--Antiquities--Periodicals. en_US
dc.subject.lcsh East Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals. en_US
dc.title The Palaeolithic in Southern China en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.type.dcmi Text en_US
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