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... REMAINS Radiocarbon dating suggests that the Earlier Stone Age ( ESA ) , with its immensely long Acheulean tradition ( char- acterized by bifacial stonecutting tools ) , may have lin- gered on until about 55,000 BC - long after the ...
... REMAINS Radiocarbon dating suggests that the Earlier Stone Age ( ESA ) , with its immensely long Acheulean tradition ( char- acterized by bifacial stonecutting tools ) , may have lin- gered on until about 55,000 BC - long after the ...
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... remains of the Shang , fully illustrating the splendour and ad- vanced stage of a previously totally unknown civilization that developed more than half a millennium before the beginning of authentic Chinese history in 776 BC . The dis ...
... remains of the Shang , fully illustrating the splendour and ad- vanced stage of a previously totally unknown civilization that developed more than half a millennium before the beginning of authentic Chinese history in 776 BC . The dis ...
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... Remains of cultures from the last 3,000 years occur in Hejaz , Asir , Yemen , and the Hadramawt . More recent remains — perhaps 1,000 to 2,000 years old -are being examined in the Eastern Province ; most of them date from the early ...
... Remains of cultures from the last 3,000 years occur in Hejaz , Asir , Yemen , and the Hadramawt . More recent remains — perhaps 1,000 to 2,000 years old -are being examined in the Eastern Province ; most of them date from the early ...
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