Mid-Neolithic exploitation of mollusks in the Guanzhong Basin of Northwestern China: preliminary results.

Mollusk remains are abundant in archaeological sites in the Guanzhong Basin of Northwestern China, providing good opportunities for investigations into the use of mollusks by prehistoric humans. Here we report on freshwater gastropod and bivalve mollusks covering the time interval from about 5600 to...

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Main Authors: Fengjiang Li, Naiqin Wu, Houyuan Lu, Jianping Zhang, Weilin Wang, Mingzhi Ma, Xiaohu Zhang, Xiaoyan Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23544050/pdf/?tool=EBI