Pollen taphonomy and airfall sedimentation in a tropical cave: The West Mouth of The Great Cave of Niah in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 465-473

  Hunt, C O ^a   Rushworth, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cave sedimentation; Climate change; Holocene; Pleistocene; Pollen taphonomy; Sarawak

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; TAPHONOMY;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 14744291405     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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