Raw material selection and evidence for rhinoceros tooth tools at Dadong Cave, southern China

Research in Dadong Cave, southern China, has revealed evidence suggesting that nonlithic materials were used in the tool kits of the Chinese Lower Palaeolithic.

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Published in:Antiquity 2000-06, Vol.74 (284), p.372-379
Main Authors: Miller-Antonio, S., Schepartz, L. A., Bakken, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Asia
China
Chinese
Dadong Cave
Excavations (Archaeology)
Far East
Historic sites
Palaeolithic
Palaeolithic and mesolithic
Prehistoric era
Prehistoric tools
Prehistory and protohistory
rhinoceros
tool kit
Tools, Prehistoric
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Summary:Research in Dadong Cave, southern China, has revealed evidence suggesting that nonlithic materials were used in the tool kits of the Chinese Lower Palaeolithic.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00059457