Luminescence dating of reticulated red clay buried in Lanshanmiao Paleolithic site in Zhejiang Province, southern China

Ying LU; Xuefeng SUN; Xinmin XU; Yalin LIU; Shuangwen YI

doi:10.1007/s11442-020-1791-y

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