@article{f3f72479cc66482194918f56878d2b20,
title = "A review of evidence for postulated Middle Pleistocene occupations in Viet Nam",
abstract = "Since the early 1960s, some Vietnamese and Soviet scholars have proposed that a number of fossil hominid and archaeological localities scattered across the territory of Viet Nam are of Middle Pleistocene antiquity. An extensive review of pertinent literature, in-depth consultation with Vietnamese colleagues, and the examination of specimens and field sites in Viet Nam over the past 3 years lead us to believe that while some of these claims appear valid, the criteria for establishing the absolute age of many localities are tenuous and unreliable at best. We suggest that most assemblages previously interpreted as synchronic single-component occurrences actually reflect human activities extending over very long periods of time. Lines of research that might lead to the resolution of remaining problems are recommended.",
keywords = "Gigantopithecus, Homo erectus, Middle Pleistocene, Palaeolithic, Southeast Asia, Viet Nam",
author = "Olsen, {John W.} and Ciochon, {Russell L.}",
note = "Funding Information: Long, and Nguyen Lan Cuong. Ix l{\textquoteright}rung Kha, ofthe Institute ofSocial Sciences in Ho Chi Minh City, proved an invalualAe asset to our research due to his extensive knowledge of \{\textquoteleft}iet Nam{\textquoteright}s Quaternary faunas. Nguyen Manh Loi, Director of the Historical Museum of Viet Nam, graciously allowed us to examine artifacts from Nui Do housed under his auspices. \Ye thank DrJudy Ladinsk) and the U.S. (bmmittee Ibr Scientific Cooperation with \{\textquoteleft}iet Nam, Mr Nguven \{\textquoteleft}an Ku of the \Yet Narn (hnmittee on Social Sciences, and Ambassador E. {\textquoteleft}I{\textquoteright}. Davies of the British Embassy in Hanoi for expediting our research. \\:. \1!. {\textquoteleft}I{\textquoteright}homson{\textquoteright}s cartographic skills are responsil)le fix Figure I. Funding for our studies in \{\textquoteleft}iet Nam has been provided by the I,. S. B. Leakey Foundation and the National Geographic Society. \%:e thank I\. S. Brooks and two anonvmous reviewers for their thoughtful criticisms of our original draft.",
year = "1990",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/0047-2484(90)90020-C",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "19",
pages = "761--788",
journal = "Journal of human evolution",
issn = "0047-2484",
publisher = "Academic Press",
number = "8",
}