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Article: Human settlement of the last glaciation on the Tibetan plateau

TitleHuman settlement of the last glaciation on the Tibetan plateau
Authors
Zhang, DLi, SHHe, YQLi, BS
Issue Date2003
PublisherIndian Academy of Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci
Citation
Current Science, 2003, v. 84 n. 5, p. 701-704 How to Cite?
AbstractAn archaeological site with 19 handprints and footprints of Homo sapiens and the remnant of a fireplace have been found on hot spring travertine at an elevation of 4200 m on the Tibetan plateau. The prints were pressed on soft travertine by humans. The age of the prints and fireplace is estimated to be around 20,000 years using the optically stimulated luminescence method. The result suggests that humans came to the plateau much earlier than was previously thought. This evidence of human settlement implies that the Tibetans occupy high plateau much earlier than the Andeans and the ice sheet did not cover the entire Tibetan plateau during the Last Glacial Maximum.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/151247
ISSN
0011-3891
2021 Impact Factor: 1.169
2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.281
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dc.description.abstractAn archaeological site with 19 handprints and footprints of Homo sapiens and the remnant of a fireplace have been found on hot spring travertine at an elevation of 4200 m on the Tibetan plateau. The prints were pressed on soft travertine by humans. The age of the prints and fireplace is estimated to be around 20,000 years using the optically stimulated luminescence method. The result suggests that humans came to the plateau much earlier than was previously thought. This evidence of human settlement implies that the Tibetans occupy high plateau much earlier than the Andeans and the ice sheet did not cover the entire Tibetan plateau during the Last Glacial Maximum.en_HK
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