Matrilocality during the prehistoric transition to agriculture in Thailand?

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 306, 2005, Pages 865-881

  Bentley, R Alexander ^a   Pietrusewsky, Michael ^b   Douglas, Michele T ^b   Atkinson, Tim C ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marital residence; Neolithic agriculture; Oxygen isotope analysis; Southeast Asia; Strontium isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749028477     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00115005     Document Type: Article

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