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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

S. Miller-Antonio ,
L. A. Schepartz  and
D. Bakken
S. Miller-Antonio
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, California State University, Stanislaus, 801 West Monte Vista Avenue, Turlock CA 95382, USA sarima@toto.csustan.edu
L. A. Schepartz
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH 45221–0380, USA
D. Bakken
Affiliation:
Field Museum, Roosevelt Road & Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL 60605, USA
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Abstract

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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ChinaPalaeolithicDadong Caverhinocerostool kit

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 284 , June 2000 , pp. 372 - 379
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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