[Alexander]
> > BTW, do you remember that microlithic cultures were
> > found in NW China as well?
[John]
> Interesting to do datings and naming of these cultures.
I'd like to know more about these cultures too.
I have only short and rather fragmentary mentioning of them in some books.
I didn't meet the names properly. They are called "microlithic Mesolithic
cultures", "Schnurkeramik cultures" (ceramic from East?), "northern
subneolithic cultures" (northern for China).
Their time is estimated as the 10th-7th mill. BC
Two sites in the North China plane are mentioned (as southmost ones?) -
Shayuan' and Lintszin (I'm sure, the spelling is wrong as I take it from a
Cyrillic book).
I guess there must be a rich literature, but in Chinese. Do you have a
Chinese-speaking friend who could surf the corresponding part of the web?
Alexander