The human use of caves in Peninsular and Island Southeast Asia: Research themes

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Barker, Graeme ^a   Reynolds, Tim ^b   Gilbertson, David ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burials; Caves; Cultural landscapes; Farming; Foraging; Humid tropics; Island Southeast Asia; Peninsular Southeast Asia; Rock shelters; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344466833     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2005.0003     Document Type: Editorial

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