The holocene palaeogeography of the southeast margin of the Bangkok plain, Thailand, and its archaeological implications

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-207

  Boyd, William E ^a   Higham, Charles F W ^b   Thosarat, R ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Phimai Historic Park   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Geoarchaeology; Holocene; Palaeogeography; Site distribution; Southeast Asian archaeology; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037816144     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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