Prehistoric hunting strategies in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: The evidence of the cuscus (Phalanger orientalis) remains from Buang Merabak Cave

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 207-218

  Leavesley, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuscus; Hunting strategies; New Ireland Province; Papua New Guinea; Phalanger orientalis; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; HUNTING;

MELANESIA; NEW IRELAND [(PRV) PAPUA NEW GUINEA]; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALANGER ORIENTALIS; REPTILIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 24344449507     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2005.0010     Document Type: Article

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