The Late Upper Paleolithic occupation of the northern Tibetan Plateau margin |
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| Authors: | David B. Madsen Ma Haizhou P. Jeffrey Brantingham Gao Xing David Rhode Zhang Haiying John W. Olsen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas, 1 University Station R7500, Austin, TX 78712, USA;2. Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV 89512, USA;3. Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai 810008, PR China;4. Department of Anthropology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;5. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, PR China;6. Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA;g Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA |
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| Abstract: | The pre-Neolithic history of the Tibetan Plateau is virtually unknown. Test excavations of Late Paleolithic sites, described here, provide preliminary evidence that the initial occupation of the plateau's extreme environments was by small groups of foragers probably traveling from lower elevation plateau margins. These foragers occupied very short-term camps focused on the procurement and extensive processing of small-to-medium mammals. Five separate occupations date to 13–15,000 Cal yr BP, but limited survey data suggest mid-elevation locations may have been temporarily occupied as early as 25,000 years ago. Full-time, year-round occupation of the plateau probably did not take place until the early Neolithic advent of domesticated animals. |
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| Keywords: | Tibetan Plateau Upper Paleolithic Foraging Extreme environments |
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