The southern dispersal hypothesis and the South Asian archaeological record: Examination of dispersal routes through GIS analysis

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-108

  Field, Julie S ^a   Petraglia, Michael D ^a   Lahr, Marta Mirazón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal routes; GIS; Human dispersals; Modeling; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847720925     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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