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China at the Last Glacial Maximum
, high latitudes • 1 • Published In 1990 • Pages: 276-295
By: Chen, Chun, Olsen, John W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides brief overviews of the cultures in China around the time of the Last Glacial Maximum, with comparisons between the various regions. Relevant North China sites are: Shiyu, Upper Cave (Zhoukoudian), Xiaonanhai, Xiachuan, Xueguan, Xiaogushan, Daxianzhuang, Salawusu (which the authors date to 50,000-35,000 BP), and Shuidonggou.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- Location
- Climate
- Topography and geology
- Soil
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- North China Upper Paleolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2017
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 30,315-18,000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Chun Chen and John W. Olsen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-295)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89016627
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ordosian