Archaeological and palaeontological research in central Flores, east Indonesia: Results of fieldwork 1997-98

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 280, 1999, Pages 273-286

  Morwood, M J ^c   Aziz, F ^a   O'Sullivan, P ^c   Nasruddin, ^b   Hobbs, D R ^c   Raza, A ^c  

^a Geological Research and Development Centre Bandung   (Indonesia)

^b National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Colonization; Flores; Fossil fauna; Homo erectus; Indonesia; Lower Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COLONIZATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

FLORES; INDONESIA;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0032772363     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00088244     Document Type: Article

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