C-14 AMS DATING THE TRANSITION FROM THE PALEOLITHIC TO THE NEOLITHIC IN SOUTH CHINA

Authors
YUAN SX ZHOU GX GUO ZY ZHANG ZM GAO SJ LI K WANG JJ LIU KX LI B LU XY
Citation
Sx. Yuan et al., C-14 AMS DATING THE TRANSITION FROM THE PALEOLITHIC TO THE NEOLITHIC IN SOUTH CHINA, Radiocarbon, 37(2), 1995, pp. 245-249
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics
Journal title
Radiocarbon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338222
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
245 - 249
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8222(1995)37:2<245:CADTTF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
To study the transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic period a nd its duration, samples of charcoal, bone, flowstone and shells excav ated from Bailiandong and Miaoyan caves, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous reg ion, South China were dated using the Peking University AMS facility a nd liquid scintillation counter. The remains excavated from these site s show typical characteristics of the transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic. Radiocarbon dating results show a rapid transition f rom ca. 20 to 10 ka sp.