Resumen de The Donghulin Woman from western Beijing: 14C age and an associated compound shell necklace

Shou Gang Hao, Xue Ping Ma, Si Xun Yuan, John Southon

• A female skeleton, whose 14C age is about 8540 BP (c. 7500 cal BC), from the basal part of the Holocene loess at Fenpo Gully, west of the village of Donghulin, Mentougou district of Beijing, was associated with a shell necklace restored from 68 gastropod shells. This unprecedented find also contributes new environmental information.