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Lithic assemblages from the Chang Tang Region, Northern Tibet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

P. Jeffrey Brantingham,
John W. Olsen and
George B. Schaller
P. Jeffrey Brantingham
Affiliation:
Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe NM 87501, USA.
John W. Olsen
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721-0030, USA.
George B. Schaller
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Society, 185th Street & Southern Boulevard, Bronx NY 10460, USA.
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Archaeological evidence from the Chang Tang Reserve suggests that humans may have first colonized the Tibetan Plateau during the late Pleistocene. Blade, bladelet and microblade technologies are found as surface assemblages in a variety of contexts above 4500 m elevation. The lack of modern analogues for foraging populations in high-elevation environments brings about a reconsideration of the diversity and organization of Pleistocene hunter-gatherer adaptations.

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Tibetan Plateaulate Pleistoceneforaging adaptationsblade technologymicroblade technology

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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 288 , June 2001, pp. 319 - 327
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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