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New dates for the north China Mesolithic

R. G. Elston·X. Cheng·David B. Madsen·Z. Kan·R. L. Bettinger·L. Jingzen·P. J. Brantingham·Wang Huiming·Yu Jun
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Abstract

The Mesolithic - as the 'time in between' - raises issues of definition, the more so as chronology is refined and the abruptness of environmental change at the end of the glaciation becomes clearer. This clarification of an unusual regional sequence is an instance.

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R. G. Elston, X. Cheng, David B. Madsen, Z. Kan, R. L. Bettinger, L. Jingzen, P. J. Brantingham, Wang Huiming, Yu Jun. 2015-01-02. New dates for the north China Mesolithic. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00085872

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