Paleoanthropology and Paleolithic Archaeology in the People's Republic of China
Paleoanthropology and Paleolithic Archaeology in the People's Republic of China
by Wu Rukang and John W. Olsen
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1598744585 | 325 Pages | PDF | 54 MB
by Wu Rukang and John W. Olsen
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1598744585 | 325 Pages | PDF | 54 MB
This book represents the first comprehensive attempt to bring to western scholarship the great advances made in Paleolithic archaeology and palaeoanthropology in the People’s Republic of China. The 15 chapters are devoted to a historical overview of past and recent studies, the development of chronological frameworks, the composition and stratigraphy of vertebrate fauna, the pongid and hominid palaeontological records, and Pleistocene prehistoric archaeology. Maps, illustrations and tables illustrate the materials presented here.