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absolute time period: c. 30,000–12,000 b.p. The beginning date is an estimate. There are no good absolute dates for the region, so that dating is done by stone tool forms, geological context, and faunal association
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Peregrine, P.N. (2001). Amur Paleolithic. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1191-5_3
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