About the Authors

Zhenhua Deng

Affiliation School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China

Ling Qin

Affiliation School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China

Yu Gao

Affiliation School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China

Alison Ruth Weisskopf

Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Chi Zhang

Affiliation School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China

Dorian Q. Fuller

d.fuller@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LQ CZ DF. Performed the experiments: ZD LQ YG DF. Analyzed the data: ZD LQ AW DF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZD LQ AW DF. Wrote the paper: ZD LQ AW DF.