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Lithic raw material use at the late Middle Pleistocene site of Panxian Dadong.
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Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and thePacific
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September 22, 2004
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AT STRATIED MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SITES where the use of several lithic raw materials is observed, it is possible to examine patterns of resource exploitation to test hypotheses about cognitive abilities and behavioral change over time. Numerous studies have attempted to explain the organization of technologies, including raw material diversity and strategies of resource management, at localities in Europe, the Levant, and China.
Mallol (1999) analyzed lithics from the Lower and Middle Pleistocene levels TD6 and TD10A at Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain. She demonstrates that paleoeconomic strategies can be identified by examining relationships between lithic raw ...