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

Download or read book Paleoanthropology and Paleolithic Archaeology in the People's Republic of China written by Wu Rukang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.