A chronology for late prehistoric Madagascar

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 25-63

  Burney, David A ^a   Burney, Lida Pigott ^a   Godfrey, Laurie R ^b   Jungers, William L ^c   Goodman, Steven M ^d   Wright, Henry T ^e   Jull, A J Timothy ^f  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

14C; Dating; Extinction; Human settlement; Lemur; Madagascar; Megafauna; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; FAUNA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOECOLOGY; PREHISTORIC;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ARCHAEOLEMUR; AVES; DAUBENTONIA; ELEPHANT; FUNGI; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MEGALADAPIS EDWARDSI; MULLERORNIS; PREUSSIA; STENOGNATHUS; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 3242890880     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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