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The Donghulin Woman from western Beijing: 14C age and an associated compound shell necklace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Shou-Gang Hao ,
Xue-Ping Ma ,
Si-Xun Yuan  and
John Southon
Shou-Gang Hao
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, sghao@pku.edu.cn
Xue-Ping Ma
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, sghao@pku.edu.cn
Si-Xun Yuan
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
John Southon
Affiliation:
Center for AMS, University of California, Livermore CA 94551-9900, USA
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Abstract

A female skeleton, whose 14C age is about 8540 BP (c. 7500 cal BC), from the basal part of the Holocene loess at Fenpo Gully, west of the village of Donghulin, Mentougou district of Beijing, was associated with a shell necklace restored from 68 gastropod shells. This unprecedented find also contributes new environmental information.

Keywords

BeijingHoloceneDonghulin womannecklace14C ageclimate
Type
News & Notes
Information
Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 289 , September 2001 , pp. 517 - 522
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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