Looking into the gap: Land use and the tropical forests of Southern Thailand

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-95

  Kealhofer, Lisa ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Palaeoenvironment; Phytolith analysis; Subsistence; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HOLOCENE; HUNTER-GATHERER; LAND USE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH; RAINFOREST;

THAILAND;

EID: 0043202577     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2003.0022     Document Type: Article

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