Paleoanthropology and Paleolithic Archaeology in the People's Republic of China

Buch | Hardcover

324 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-40441-0 (ISBN)

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Presents the advances made in Paleolithic archaeology and palaeoanthropology in the People's Republic of China. With maps, illustrations and tables, this title includes chapters dealing with the development of chronological frameworks, the composition and stratigraphy of vertebrate fauna, and Pleistocene prehistoric archaeology.

This book represents the first comprehensive attempt to bring to western scholarship the great advances made in Paleolithic archaeology and palaeoanthropology in the People‘s Republic of China. The 15 chapters are devoted to a historical overview of past and recent studies, the development of chronological frameworks, the composition and stratigraphy of vertebrate fauna, the pongid and hominid palaeontological records, and Pleistocene prehistoric archaeology. Maps, illustrations and tables illustrate the materials presented here.

Wu Rukang, John W Olsen

1: Chinese Palaeoanthropology; 2: Chronology in Chinese Palaeoanthropology; 3: Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus from Lufeng, China; 4: Gigantopithecus and “Australopithecus” in China; 5: Homo erectus in China; 6: Early Homo Sapiens in China; 7: Homo Sapiens Remains from Late Palaeolithic and Neolithic China; 8: China's Earliest Palaeolithic Assemblages; 9: The Early Palaeolithic of China; 10: The Middle Palaeolithic of China; 11: The Late Palaeolithic of China; 12: Microlithic Industries in China; 13: Aspects of the Inner Mongolian Palaeolithic; 14: On the Recognition of China's Palaeolithic Cultural Traditions; 15: Pleistocene Mammalian Faunas of China

Erscheinungsdatum	08.12.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10	1-138-40441-1 / 1138404411
ISBN-13	978-1-138-40441-0 / 9781138404410
Zustand	Neuware