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Microlithic industries in Chinaessay 1985 • Gai, Pei
North China Upper Paleolithic • Asia > East Asia
The author provides an overview of microlithic assemblages, emphasizing their widespread temporal (from the Middle Paleolithic into the historic period), environmental, and geographical distributions in Asia and northwestern North America. The probab...Report of excavation in Shiyu, Shanxiarticle 1972 • Jia, Lanpo et al.
North China Upper Paleolithic • Asia > East Asia
This report on the site of Shiyu describes the types of stone tools and species of animal bone recovered, and attempts to reconstruct the climate and environment. The animal species present are compared to those found at other Chinese Paleolithic sit...