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Bone needle fragment in LGM from the Shizitan site (China): archaeological evidence and experimental study
Quaternary International • 400 • Published In 2016 • Pages: 140-148
By: Song, Yanhua, Li, Xiaorong, Wu, Xiaorong, Kvavadze, Eliso, Goldberg, Paul, Bar-Yosef, Ofer.
Abstract
The authors experimented in making bone needles with flaked stone tools to understand more about the bone needle found at the Shizitan 29 site. The site is briefly described, along with evidence of needle use elsewhere during the Upper Paleolithic.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2018
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 29,500-19,500 BP
- Coverage Place
- Shizitan 29, Jixian, Linfen, Shanxi, China
- Notes
- Yanhua Song, Xiaorong Li, Xiaohong Wu, Eliso Kvavadze, Paul Goldberg, Ofer Bar-Yosef
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 90660977
- LCSH
- Ordosian