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Homo sapiens remains from Late Palaeolithic and Neolithic China
palaeoanthropology and palaeolithic archaeology in the people's republic of china • Orlando • Published In 1985 • Pages: 107-133
By: Wu, Xinzhi, Zhang, Zhenbiao.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors summarize the most important human remains from the Upper Paleolithic to the Late Neolithic in China (most pertinently the Upper Cave at Zhoukoudian), concentrating on measurements and morphological characteristics pertinent to China’s modern racial composition.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Anthropometry
- Racial identification
- Comparative evidence
- Burial practices and funerals
- 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.
- Physical Anthropologist
- 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
- 20,000-3000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Wu Xinzhi and Zhang Zhenbiao
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-133)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84006359
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ordosian
- Fossil hominids--China
- Anthropology, Prehistoric--China
- China--Antiquities