Paleoanthropology and paleolithic archaeology in the People's Republic of China / / edited by Wu Rukang, John W. Olsen

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetto topico: Paleolithic period - China; Anthropology, Prehistoric - China; Fossil hominids - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: OlsenJohn W WuRukang
• Note generali: First published 2009 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Chinese Palaeoanthropology: Retrospect and Prospect / Wu Rukang and Lin Shenglong; 2. Chronology in Chinese Palaeoanthropology / Wu Xinzhi and Wang Linghong; 3. ""Ramapithecus"" and ""Sivapithecus"" from Lufeng, China / Wu Rukang and Xu Qinghua; 4. ""Gigantopithecus"" and ""Australopithecus"" in China / Zhang Yinyun; 5. ""Homo erectus"" in China / Wu Rukang and Dong Xingren; 6. Early ""Homo sapiens"" in China / Wu Xinzhi and Wu Maolin ; 7. ""Homo sapiens"" Remains from Late Palaeolithic and Neolithic China / Wu Xinzhi and Zhang Zhenbiao8. China's Earliest Palaeolithic Assemblages / Jia Lanpo; 9. The Early Paleolithic of China / Zhang Senshui; 10. The Middle Palaeolithic of China / Qiu Zhonglang; 11. The Late Palaeolithic of China / Jia Lanpo and Huang Weiwen; 12. Microlithic Industries of China / Gai Pei; 13. Aspects of the Inner Mongolian Palaeolithic / Wang Yuping and John W. Olsen; 14. On the Recognition of China's Palaeolithic Cultural Traditions / Jia Lanpo and Huang Weiwen ; 15. Pleistocene Mammalian Faunas of China / Han Defen and Xu ChunhuaIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Paleoanthropology and paleolithic archaeology in the People's Republic of China
• ISBN: 1-315-42312-X; 1-315-42313-8; 1-59874-769-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458672903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II