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Aspects of the Inner Mongolian Palaeolithic
palaeoanthropology and palaeolithic archaeology in the people's republic of china • Orlando • Published In 1985 • Pages: 243-258
By: Wang, Yuping, Olsen, John W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents the findings from investigation of the Dayao quarry site, with analysis of the various cores, flakes and tools in the lithic assemblage. Other important archaeological areas of Inner Mongolia are described. [The authors date the site of Salawusu to 50,000-35,000 BP; newer evidence indicates it pertains wholly to the Middle Paleolithic.]
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Location
- Cultural participation
- Lithic industries
- Mining and quarrying
- Settlement patterns
- General tools
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry, 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973, 1976, 1979, 1981, and 1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 130,000-10,000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dayao, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Wang Yuping and John W. Olsen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-258)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84006359
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ordosian
- Fossil hominids--China
- Anthropology, Prehistoric--China
- China--Antiquities