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Nwya Devu
31.4667° N, 88.8000° E
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Nwya Devu (Chinese: 尼阿底; pinyin: Ní'ādǐ; Tibetan: ཉ་དེའུ་གནའ་ཤུལ།, Wylie: Nya-de'u gNa-shul) is a high-altitude archaeological site on the Tibetan Plateau located in the eastern Changtang region of Tibet. At around 4,600 m (15,092 ft) above sea level, Nwya Devu is the highest known archaeological site from the Paleolithic and provides evidence for one of the earliest known presences of humans at a high-altitude site, at around 40,000-30,000 BP.
Historical Timeline
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Holocene layer and AMS dates (Layer 1)
c. 13,000–4,000 BP; mollusc AMS c. 12,700–12,400 BP
Last Glacial Maximum deposits (Layer 2)
c. 25,000–18,000 BP
Earliest occupation (Layer 3)
c. 45,000–30,000 BP
Discovery
2013
Archaeological Features
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Industrial and Craft Structures
Environmental and Natural Features
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